50 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2013–14
OUTCOMES
Terrain: Indigenous Australian Objects and Representations
10 May 2014 – 6 September 2015 | GOMA
‘Terrain’ explored the powerful aesthetic and cultural
infuences that the land represents for Australia’s Indigenous
artists through the colours, textures, lines and forms of
painting, weaving, body adornment and sculpture drawn from
the Gallery’s Collection.
Harvest
28 June – 21 September 2014 | GOMA
‘Harvest’ presented more than 150 historical and
contemporary works from the Gallery’s Collection highlighting
the representation of food and relationships with land. The
centrepiece of the exhibition was a large installation of
Biosphere
works by Tomás Saraceno, acquired by the Gallery
with the generous support of Tim Fairfax,
AC
. The exhibition
was presented in association with the film program ‘Harvest:
Food on Film’.
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Exhibitions presented in regional Queensland
Lloyd Rees: Life and Light
Cairns Regional Gallery
28 June – 11 August 2013
Logan Art Gallery
21 August – 28 September 2013
Artspace Mackay
26 October – 8 December 2013
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
14 December 2013 – 25 January 2014
Redcliffe City Art Gallery
8 February – 30 March 2014
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
5 April – 18 May 2014
Works by one of Australia’s most recognised and awarded
landscape artists, Lloyd Rees (1895–1988), continued a tour of
12 regional Queensland venues. The exhibition demonstrated
the varied subjects that inspired Rees, including architecture,
interiors, landscapes, figures and self-portraits, and was drawn
from the exhibition displayed at QAG in 2011.
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Ah Xian: Metaphysica
Cairns Regional Gallery
28 June – 11 August 2013
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
17 August – 5 October 2013
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
31 October – 8 December 2013
Artspace Mackay
14 December 2013 – 25 January 2014
Rockhampton Art Gallery
7 February – 23 March 2014
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
29 March – 11 May 2014
Mundubbera Regional Art Gallery
17 May – 3 July 2014
‘Metaphysica’ featured ten bronze busts from the Gallery’s
Collection by Chinese–Australian artist Ah Xian, best known
for his contemporary use of traditional Chinese cultural motifs,
techniques and materials, including porcelain, bronze, jade,
lacquer and cloisonné. The works were gifted by the artist and
acquired with the generous support of Tim Fairfax,
AC
.
Ever Present: Photographs from the Queensland Art Gallery
Collection 1850–1975
Rockhampton Art Gallery
23 November 2013 – 2 February 2014
Logan Art Gallery
2 April – 10 May 2014
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
21 June – 17 August 2014