Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 2006-07

QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT 06–07 / exhibitions and audiences 26 2007 in GoMA) and 'Contemporary Queensland Architecture' (opening in 2008 in GoMA). The first major survey of Warhol's work to be held in Australia, 'Andy Warhol' is being developed by the Gallery in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, United States. Scheduled for display at GoMA from 8 December 2007 to 30 March 2008, it will present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for visitors to see a large group of significant Warhol works in Australia. 'Andy Warhol' will be the first major exhibition in GoMA to profile a single key figure of twentieth-century art. The presentation of this exhibition as one of the signature events in the opening programs for GoMA will underline Warhol's pivotal role as an artist of enormous influence in the second half of the twentieth century and his continued legacy in the twenty-first. During 2006–07 the exhibition project team focused on finalising the contract and list of works with the Andy Warhol Museum, and progressing planning and commissions for the exhibi- tion catalogue. In March, Suhanya Raffel, Head of Asian, Pacific and International Art, visited the Museum to further progress the project with Director Thomas Sokolowski and Museum staff. In a coup for the Gallery, 'Andy Warhol' will be one of the largest exhibitions the Andy Warhol Museum has undertaken. The exhibition will include a major Children's Art Centre program. Developed with the support of the Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation, 'Contemporary Queensland Architecture' will focus on residential architecture built in Queensland in the last ten to fifteen years and will feature low-, medium- and high-density projects. It aims to broaden the general public's understanding of architecture and its significance within our society's visual culture. Work during the year focused on internal research and development, followed by a five-week consultation period with senior figures from the Queensland architectural profession. Feedback from this process led to finalising the curatorial rationale and the selection of architects and projects in June 2007. Also in development during the year was a major exhibition of Kenneth Macqueen's watercolours, scheduled for display at QAG in November 2007. The exhibition will highlight the artist's distinctive style and his importance as a key Australian modernist. It will feature watercolours from the Gallery's Collection alongside loans of art works, sketchbooks and ephemera from public and private collections. During the reporting year, preparations were also being finalised for the opening of the National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition 'Howard Arkley' at GoMA on 6 July 2007. This retrospective exhibition presents the evolution of Arkley's oeuvre — his obsessive portraits of suburban Melbourne houses are among the most dedicated and serious studies of Australian popular culture in postwar painting. The works in the exhibition range from the early 1970s to the final major works shown at the Venice Biennale in 1999, just before the artist's death the same year. Weekend design talks, curator and writer talks, as well as panel discussions, will be presented as part of the exhibition's public programs. left to right Michael O'Sullivan, Senior Exhibition Designer, and Don Heron, Head of Exhibitions and Display, discussing the 'Andy Warhol' exhibition model. Katharina Grosse installing work for the exhibition 'Katharina Grosse: Picture Park', opening in July 2007.a Photograph: Joanne Bell OPPOSITE Callum Morton Australia b.1965 Silverscreen 2006 Wood, aluminium and synthetic polymer paint 167.6 x 180 x 90cm (complete) Purchased 2007. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation