Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report

34 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT 05/06 / initiatives and services THIS PAGE: A selection of Gallery publications produced during 2005-06. OPPOSITE FROM TOP : Barbara Heath Australia b.1954 Skylark 2005 Oxidised sterling silver, white seed pearls, ruby, 3.2 x 4 x 0.5cm Mashrabia-inspired lattice brooch 1993–94 18 carat yellow gold, sterling silver, 3.6 (diam.) x 1.3cm Mashrabia-inspired lattice brooch 1993–94 18 carat yellow gold, pearls, 2.7 x 2.7 x 0.9cm Purchased 2006 with funds from the Estate of Jessica Ellis through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Cinémathèque. The film program was also complemented by a 28-page printed program containing film notes, and details of associated events, such as lectures and forums. Kiss of the Beast was highly commended at the 2006 MAPDA Awards, and was commended at both the 2006 Australian Publishing Awards and 2006 Queensland Design Awards. Profiling 11 of Queensland’s leading artists, Queensland Live portrayed contemporary art in the state as vibrant, energetic and unpredictable. Produced to accompany the regional travelling exhibition of the same name, the 64-page catalogue featured the work of Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Eugene Carchesio, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Tracey Moffatt, Scott Redford, Luke Roberts, Anne Wallace, Judy Watson, and Judith Wright. An education resource, in the form of an A1-size poster and online webography, was also produced to accompany the exhibition tour. The Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award catalogue was published to profile the work of the ten urban, regional and community-based Indigenous artists short-listed for inclusion in the acquisitive award exhibition. Presented by the Gallery and Xstrata Coal, and featuring paintings (Roma Nyutjangka Butler, Timothy Cook, Emily Evans, Sally Gabori, Mignonette Jamin, Raelene Kerinauia and Minnie Lumai), landscape photography (Nici Cumpston), contemporary installation (Jonathan Jones) and baskets made with modern- day materials (Lorraine Connelly-Northey), the 32-page exhibition catalogue also profiled the winner of the inaugural award, Jonathan Jones. A 12-page activity book for children was produced for the Gallery’s annual Children’s Art Centre exhibition, ‘Made for this World: Contemporary Art and the Places We Build’. Kitty the Alley Cat acted as tour guide in the booklet, which was designed to take children on a creative journey through the exhibition space. Artlines was relaunched in August as a 48-page, full-colour, nationally distributed magazine. No longer a members-only magazine, Artlines was redeveloped to feature themed issues, ideas-based writing, and visual arts news from the Asia–Pacific, and maintains a mix of both historical and contemporary art. The August 2005 issue — featuring the cinematography of Australian-born Hong Kong-based Christopher Doyle — focused on the moving image in contemporary art, while the theme for December’s issue was contemporary art for contemporary kids. The April 2006 Pacific art issue featured stills from the film The Land has Eyes , directed by Vilsoni Hereniko, on the wrap-around cover. Artlines (no.2 and no.3, 2005) was awarded an honourable mention at the American Association of Museums (AAM)