Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report

queensland art gallery | gallery of modern art / QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT 05/06 13 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT When the Gallery opens its doors as a two-site institution, the Gallery will more than double its display space across two sites. With the focus of the original Gallery building being the historical collections of pre- 1970 Australian, Asian and international art, the Gallery’s contemporary collections will be displayed at the Gallery of Modern Art. During the reporting year, significant works were acquired for display at GoMA and included Pulverous 2003 by Aernout Mik, Substrat 19 1 2003 by Thomas Ruff, Tobias Putrih’s Macula A/-5 2005, Roman Signer’s Ladder with barrel 2001, and Dinh Q Lê’s Lotusland 1999. Other acquisitions included works by Australian artists Tracey Moffatt and Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Japanese artist Masami Teraoka and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY I GALLERY OF MODERN ART ‘TWO SITES, ONE VISION’ OPENING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Intensive planning for the opening celebrations program for the new Gallery of Modern Art, the refurbished Queensland Art Gallery and ‘The 5th Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5)’ was undertaken during the reporting year. On 2 December, opening celebration events will be held across both sites, and will include artist talks, tours and keynote speakers, international guest artists and performers, and the APT5 Cinema program. With the opening of the Queensland Art Gallery’s second site, the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), on 2 December 2006, the focus for the reporting year was the continued planning of new initiatives for GoMA. AUSTRALIAN CINÉMATHÈQUE In November 2005 the Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque was officially launched by the Honourable Rod Welford, MP , Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts. The event marked the opening of the Australian Cinémathèque’s inaugural exhibition and film program, ‘Kiss of the Beast’. The ‘Kiss of the Beast’ exhibition featured over 100 works exploring the imagery of gorillas, wild beasts and monsters in art, film, science, literature and popular culture from the late nineteenth century to the present day, while the film program presented more than 30 films, including iconic monster movies from the 1930s to 1950s, which were screened at the Gallery and South Bank Cinemas. Several significant acquisitions by key filmmakers were made by the Gallery during the year including films by Samoan/ New Zealand filmmaker Sima Urale and internationally recognised Indian filmmaker Kumar Shahani. Roman Signer Switzerland b.1938 Ladder with barrel 2001 Metal ladder, barrel, balloon, ladder: 274.2 x 35.5 x 5.7cm; barrel: 58.5 x 37.5cm (diam.) Purchased 2005. The Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund and the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation