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5 4 ARTLINES 4 | 2020 MESSAGE MESSAGE Welcome back to Artlines for our final issue of 2020. We remain grateful to be able to have visitors in the Gallery again, even as so many of our colleagues around Australia and the world grapple with the continued impact of the pandemic. Our cautious return has been buoyed by feedback from visitors, as ‘Mavis Ngallametta: Show Me the Way to Go Home’, ‘Two Sisters – A Singular Vision’ and evolving Collection displays have brought QAG back to life, followed by several dynamic displays at GOMA and two major summer exhibitions: ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’ and ‘Unfinished Business: The Art of Gordon Bennett’. Through these exhibitions, alongside our presentation of the Brisbane International Film Festival in October, we have streamlined and fine-tuned our new COVID-safe world. We are proud to be something of a refuge and anchor point in these often unpredictable times, and grateful for our audience’s enthusiasm for returning and the care they’ve taken to follow the health and safety guidelines we must all now contend with in public. We really are in this together. Queensland’s positive response to such safety measures has allowed us to open ‘The Motorcycle’ — possibly the first international blockbuster in a major Australian art museum (and perhaps one of the first in the world!) to be held in the COVID era. We’ve done everything we can to make it safe while still being a thrilling journey. The exhibition includes Shaun Gladwell’s mesmerising video work Approach to Mundi Mundi 2007 in the midst of the motorcycles, and a special adjacent project inviting some of Australia’s most renowned contemporary artists to decorate a motorcycle helmet in their own styles. Meanwhile, Australian artist Ross Manning has presented a parallel installation in the Children’s Art Centre — ‘Idling Engines’ explores Manning’s kinetic sculptural installations created from everyday objects and electronics. As we move into 2021, we’ll continue to apply what we’ve learned this year as we present a survey of Queensland-born artist William Yang’s deeply personal and invariably moving photography at QAG. We are also preparing for our major exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art next winter. It has been a pleasure for the Gallery to work with this august institution again to present what is undoubtedly the greatest collection of European paintings ever to visit Queensland. This is an exhibition very close to my heart and I can’t wait to share it with you. I wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy summer. Chris Saines CNZM | Director EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chris Saines, Simon Wright, Simon Elliott, Tarragh Cunningham PROJECT TEAM ARTLINES EDITOR / Stephanie Kennard SENIOR EDITOR / Mark Gomes DESIGNER / Sarah Newport INFORMATION AND PUBLISHING SERVICES MANAGER / Judy Gunning DESIGN MANAGER / Michael O’Sullivan COLLECTION PHOTOGRAPHY / Natasha Harth ISSN 1325-8842 4–2020 (DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY) Artlines is published quarterly (March, June, September and December) QAGOMA, PO Box 3686, South Brisbane Qld Australia 4101 E: artlines@qagoma.qld.gov.au | W: qagoma.qld.gov.au © The authors and Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2020 This work is copyright and all rights are reserved. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 , no part of this magazine may be reproduced or communicated to the public in any form or by any process without prior written permission from the publisher. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Gallery, its Trustees or staff. QAGOMA MEMBERS Members of the Gallery receive Artlines as a benefit of their membership. T: +61 (0)7 3840 7278 F: +61 (0)7 3840 7275 E: members@qagoma.qld.gov.au W: qagoma.qld.gov.au/members CONTACT US Information Desk | T: +61 (0)7 3840 7303 GOMA Restaurant | T: +61 (0)7 3842 9916 QAGOMA Store | T: +61 (0)7 3840 7290 OPENING HOURS Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm Open 12 noon – 5.00pm Anzac Day Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the Gallery stands in Brisbane. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and, in the spirit of reconciliation, acknowledge the immense creative contribution Indigenous people make to the art and culture of this country. Printed by Cornerstone Press, Brisbane, on FSC® Mix Certified paper, made in an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System accredited facility. M MEMBERS F FOUNDATION G GENERAL ADMISSION A ACCESS C CHILDREN L LEARNING & EDUCATION QAGOMA EVENTS & PROGRAMS KEY We’ve created this key to identify when our exhibitions have related events or programs. They appear throughout the magazine, so look for your icon to find out what’s on just for you. Above Visitors with Brian Dunlop's Roomwith a visitor 1979, GOMA / Purchased 1980 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon Cover Gordon Bennett / Untitled (Nuance) (detail) 1992 / Private collection / © The Estate of Gordon Bennett WARNING This publication may contain the names and photographs of the deceased, with permission. Care and discretion should be exercised in using this publication within Indigenous communities. Addendum to Artlines 2/3-2020, pages 60-1: QAGOMA’s Open Studio project is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, including Madeleine Kelly’s project, which featured in this article.