2005-06 Report

queensland art gallery | gallery of modern art

/ QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT 05/06

QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT 05/06 /

queensland art gallery | gallery of modern art

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE OF

ASIA–PACIFIC ART

The Australian Centre of

Asia–Pacific Art (ACAPA)

seeks to develop

scholarship, publishing and

collaborative links with other

institutions to raise the

Gallery’s profile in the field

of Asian and Pacific art. In

collaboration with Griffith

University’s Griffith Asia

Institute, ACAPA developed

and presented Perspectives:

Asia, a series of free public

lectures. Perspectives: Asia

explored issues of

contemporary culture,

politics and society in the

Asia–Pacific region, and

featured guest speakers

from the Australian

Broadcasting Corporation,

Australian National

University, Care Australia,

Griffith University, The Myer

Foundation and the

University of New South

Wales, amongst others.

REGIONAL SERVICES

The first regional

Queensland activity to

celebrate the opening of

GoMA was the travelling

exhibition ‘Queensland Live:

Contemporary Art on Tour’.

‘Queensland Live’ provides a

snapshot of the excellence,

diversity and achievement

found in the visual arts in

Queensland today, and

reflects the strengths of the

Gallery’s collections and

programs. The exhibition

will travel to eight regional

venues throughout the state

to coincide with the opening

of GoMA. Work also

continued on programming

high-quality Collection-based

touring exhibitions and on

developing partnerships

and collaborations to

benefit regional Queensland

arts workers.

CHILDREN’S ART CENTRE

The Gallery’s programs for

children and families will have

a physical home in the

Children’s Art Centre at GoMA.

The Centre will specialise in

artist-run, activity-based

programs which foster the

creative and learning potential

of children working directly

with contemporary artists.

The Children’s Art Centre was

announced by the

Honourable Rod Welford,

Minister for Education and

Minister for the Arts, at a

formal presentation during

the ‘Made for this World’

Summer Family Day in

January 2006. The Centre,

though based at GoMA, will

operate across both sites of

the Gallery and its programs

will allow children to continue

to explore both historical and

contemporary art.

CENTRE FOR

CONTEMPORARY ART

CONSERVATION

During the reporting year,

the new Centre for

Contemporary Art

Conservation (CCAC) was

officially named. An initiative

of the Gallery of Modern Art,

CCAC is dedicated to

programs of contemporary

art conservation and the

Centre’s research activities

will focus on the Gallery’s

post-1970 collections. CCAC

will be located at GoMA.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

The Honourable Rod Welford,

, Minister

for Education and Minister for the Arts, at

the Summer Family Fun Day, held on 15

January 2006 as part of the ‘Made for this

World’ children’s exhibition.

Children viewing

Aleks Danko’s

DAY IN

DAY OUT (second version)

1991 at the

‘Made for this World’ children’s exhibition,

held at the Queensland Art Gallery 26

November 2005 – 19 February 2006.

OPPOSITE:

The Gallery’s second site, the Gallery of

Modern Art, at Kurilpa Point on the south

bank of the Brisbane River, will open on 2

December 2006.

20 July 2005

Robin Gibson and Partners

presented a revised design scheme

for QAG’s new entry, following

feedback in June 2005.

8 September 2005

The largest concrete pour involving

an area of 956m

occurred on

Level 3 of GoMA.

November 2005

Sheeting for GoMA’s roof

commenced.

2 November 2005

The GoMA ‘topping off’ ceremony

was held, with the Hon. Peter

Beattie,

, Premier of Queensland

and Minister for Trade, and the

Hon. Rod Welford,

, Minister for

Education and Minister for the Arts,

in attendance.

December 2005

All the main concrete pours for

GoMA were completed.

9 January 2006

Bovis Lend Lease commenced

construction work on QAG’s new

entry to link the two buildings.

3 February 2006

The bridge linking Stanley Place

and QAG’s new entry was poured.

18 February 2006

The main crane was removed from

the GoMA site.

March 2006

GoMA’s roof sheeting was

completed.

28 April 2006

Art lift no.1 (GoMA) was completed

and commissioned.

28 April 2006

GoMA escalators linking levels 1 to

2 and levels 2 to 3 were installed.

12 May 2006

The timber battens were installed

under the south-east soffit of

GoMA’s roof.

end of May 2006

GoMA’s furniture, fittings and

equipment tender specifications

were completed.

June 2006

The glazing for GoMA’s southern

elevation and main entry was

completed.

QUEENSLAND ART

GALLERY (QAG)

GALLERY

OF MODERN ART (GoMA)

CONSTRUCTION

MILESTONES

The reporting period

witnessed considerable

progress in the construction

of GoMA. In July 2005, work

was only partially complete

on the building’s third level,

while 12 months later

GoMA’s roof is complete,

with 80 per cent of facades in

place. GoMA will open to the

public on 2 December 2006.

At the end of May 2006, a

total of 56 645m

of waste

had been generated by the

Millennium Art–Queensland

Cultural Centre Project site,

with 45 337m

being

recycled, representing 80 per

cent of the waste generated.

QUEENSLAND ART

GALLERY MAJOR CAPITAL

MAINTENANCE PROJECTS

2005–06

A range of major

refurbishment projects was

also undertaken on the

Queensland Art Gallery

building during the year.

A major refurbishment of the

Conservation laboratories was

undertaken in October and

November 2005, and Otis

commenced work on a 25-year

lift modernisation program at

the end of June 2005.