2013-14 Report

48 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2013–14

OUTCOMES

Bea Maddock

2 November 2013 – 16 February 2014 | GOMA

Bea Maddock’s magnum opus acknowledging Tasmania's

Indigenous people,

TERRA SPIRITUS . . . with a darker shade

of pale

1993–98 comprises 51 sheets of ochre on paper. This

display was accompanied by a group of exquisite contemporary

Aboriginal shell necklaces and other works by Maddock

exploring Tasmania’s history.

Fred Williams: Painter, Printmaker

2 November 2013 – 16 March 2014 | QAG

Featured in this Collection display were Fred Williams’s

distinctive depictions of the Australian bush — which have

transformed our way of seeing the Australian landscape —

and an extraordinary body of prints, including his delightful

music hall images of 1950s London.

California Design 1930–1965: Living in a Modern Way

2 November 2013 – 9 February 2014 | QAG | Ticketed exhibition

This exhibition from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

(LACMA) introduced Australian audiences to a broad spectrum

of industrial, architectural, commercial, fashion and craft

design from mid-century California. To illustrate how California

was an ideal incubator for a specific strand of Modernism, the

exhibition was presented in four thematic sections exploring

the Shaping, Making, Living and Selling of the ideas and objects

of California. The exhibition’s 260 works included a 1964

Studebaker Avanti car and a 1936 Airstream ‘Clipper’ trailer,

together with furniture, fabrics, ceramics, domestic ware,

architectural design, clothing and graphic design.

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Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth

23 November 2013 – 11 May 2014 | GOMA | Ticketed exhibition

‘Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth’ was the first solo

exhibition in Australia for Cai Guo-Qiang, the internationally

acclaimed artist who has a long association with the Gallery

through the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art series

of exhibitions. ‘Falling Back to Earth’ featured two new major

commissions inspired by Cai’s experiences of the landscapes

of Queensland:

Heritage

2013, featuring 99 replicas of animals

from around the world, drinking from a blue lake surrounded

by pristine white sand, was acquired for the Collection with

the generous support of benefactor Win Schubert,

, and the

QAGOMA Foundation; while

Eucalyptus

2013 was a 31-metre-

high tree (transplanted from land earmarked for urban

development) installed horizontally in GOMA’s Long Gallery.

On display in Australia for the first time was

Head On

2006,

the third major installation and one of Cai’s signature works.

A striking installation of 99 replica wolves leaping en masse into

a glass wall, it was on loan from the Deutsche Bank Collection.

In addition, the Tea Pavilion

located at the heart of the exhibition,

invited visitors to learn about the significance of Chinese tea by

enjoying tastings as part of

gongfu

tea ceremonies.

A detailed chronology of Cai’s work, including early work,

photographs and artefacts from the artist’s private collection

and the QAGOMA Research Library, also featured in the

exhibition and offered insights into Cai’s history as an artist

and his relationship with the Gallery.

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