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10 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2012–13
OUTCOMES
OUTCOMES
The Collection
The Gallery is committed to expanding, exhibiting,
publishing on and caring for the Collection. The Gallery
uses the number of exhibitions presented and the
number of regional locations receiving exhibitions,
programs, education, interpretative and information
services as performance indicators to measure the
success of achieving this goal. Statistical summaries
can be found on page 71 and details related to the
Collection are outlined below.
Collection development
The Queensland Art Gallery’s Collection was central to the
exhibitions and activities presented in 2012–13. Collection
development during this period was conducted in line with
the Acquisitions Policy. In 2012–13, 409 works were acquired
for the Collection, bringing the total number of works held
by the Gallery to 16 095.
A large number of contemporary Asian and Pacific works
across a range of media were acquired. Significant areas
identified for development included Melanesia, South-East
Asia, West Asia and the subcontinent. These included
major commissions and gifts through ‘The 7th Asia Pacific
Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT7).
Several contemporary Asian and Pacific gifts throughout the
year also contributed to the representation of key artists from
the region, as stipulated in the Acquisitions Policy. APT7 also
included a number of works developed by exhibiting artists
especially for Kids’ APT7, and some of these works entered
the Gallery’s Collection including:
• Tiffany Chung
one day the bird flies across the sea
2012
• Parastou Forouhar
Persian for kids
2012
• Kwoma Arts
Kwaia koromb (Small spirit house)
2012
• Uji Handoko Eko Saputro (aka Hahan)
Memento masko
2012
The Collection work
The obliteration room
2002 to present,
by Yayoi Kusama, was part of the Tate Modern’s international
tour of the exhibition ‘Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Obsession’; the
tour commenced at Malba-Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires,
on 30 June 2013, and was organised by Philip Larratt-Smith,
Deputy Chief Curator, Malba-Fundación Costantini, and
Frances Morris, Head of Collections, Tate Modern.
Asian art
The Gallery’s Asian art department continued its policy of
acquiring significant works expanding existing focus areas.
One work was acquired for the Asian art collection.
Contemporary Asian art
During the year, collecting focused on contemporary Asian
art post 1960 across all media — from South Asia, West Asia,
South-East Asia and East Asia, as well as the diasporas. 27
works were acquired for the contemporary Asian art collection.
Pacific art
Pacific art acquisitions demonstrated the diversity of art forms
prevalent in the region, including works referencing customary
practices. Collecting activity continued to build the Gallery’s
holdings of works by key New Zealand artists, whose works
directly engage with issues relevant to the Pacific. Seven
works were acquired for the Pacific art collection.
International art to 1975
The international art collection consists mainly of European
works dating from the fifteenth to the mid twentieth centuries.
To further develop the international collection, strategic gifts
and acquisitions of works by major artists were pursued in
2012–13. 25 works were acquired for the international art
collection during the year.
The 2013 Foundation Appeal focused on the acquisition of five
woodcut prints by Albrecht Dürer in order to complete the
Gallery’s holdings of the artist's masterpiece,
The Apocalypse
1496–98, published in 1511.
Contemporary international art
Collecting in the area of contemporary international art
has focused on an expanded field including eastern Europe,
the Middle East, Central and South America, and Africa.
Acquisitions have been made across all media focusing on
the period from the 1970s to the present. Ten works were
acquired for the contemporary international art collection.