Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

Queensland Art Gallery Korea Han Pasin: This Is Our Way Torres Strait Art Earth, Spirit, Fire: Korean Masterpieces of the ChosOn This landmark exhibition explored the historical and Dynasty' is a collaborative venture between the contemporary art works of the Torres Strait Islander Queensland Art Gallery, the National Museum of Korea people. The works ranged from rare nineteenth-century i n a s s o c i a t i o n 'cult the Ho-Am Art Museum, a n d the turtleshell masks to avant-garde conceptual art b y urban- Powerhouse Nluscuiv, Svdncy. based artists of the 1990s. Details are provided previously under Exhibitions Presented at the Gallery. New Zealand The Curator (Prints, Drawings & Photographs) Publications Coll trihutcd to the Art Association of Australias In association with the exhibition 'Urban Dingo: The Art Lonlcrcncc in \Uillington. Ncw Zealand. of Lin On u s 1948-1996', a 144-page b o o k containing over 60 plates of the artist's work as well as documentary Pacific illustrations was developed. Entilted Urban Dingo: The Funded by the Gordon Darling Foundation, the Assistant Life and Art of Lin Onus 1948-1996, it was published by Curator (International Art) undertook research travel in Craftsman House in association with the Gallery, in both the South Pacific during May 2000. She visited Vanuatu, soft a n d hard cover editions. Fiji, Tonga a n d Tahiti, where she instigated contacts with cultural centres, museums, galleries a n d artists. Cross-cultural Workshop Members from the Brisbane Samoan community In November 1999, as part of the Gallery's commitment to travelled to N e w Caledonia for one week to wo r k with fulfilling the directive of The Hon. Matt Foley, MLA, APT artists Michel Tuffery a n d Patrice Kaikilekofe, as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for well as the local New Caledonian community. The N e w the Arts, 'That the Board is to undertake a cross-cultural Caledonian dancers then travelled to Brisbane for APT awareness campaign, with assistance from the Cultural a n d performed with Tuffery, Kaikilekofe a n d the Brisbane Advisory Committees, for all levels of staff and the Board Samoan community. of Directors', Gallery personnel attended one-day workshops at the Murri Murra Centre in South Brisbane. Sri Lanka & Asialink The Assistant Curator (Contemporary Asian Art), Exhibition Venue of the Future travelled to Sri Lanka to oversee the planning of Fiona The recently announced Queensland Gallery of Modern Hall's Asialink residency in Colombo a n d the related Art, with the existing Queensland Art Gallery, will form exhibition. a single, two-site gallery, intended to be a n outstanding example of architectural a n d artistic excellence and Indigenous Australia and Reconciliation innovation. It will focus o n mo d e r n a n d contemporary Exhibitions Australian, Indigenous Australian a n d international art, Urban Dingo: The Art of Lin Onus 1948-1996 with a special focus o n the art of Asia a n d the Pacific. It The Gallery developed a n d organised the retrospective will include the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art exhibition o n the life a n d wo r k of Lin Onus, a a n d will provide a h ome for future Asia-Pacific contemporary Australian artist of Aboriginal a n d Scottish exhibitions a n d promotion of cultural exchange descent. 'Urban Dingo' will be presented in Sydney as throughout the region. part of the Olympic Arts Festival before opening in Brisbane in late November a n d subsequently travelling to Melbourne.