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tim fairfax, am, is president of the
queensland art gallery foundation
and one of the gallery’s most
important benefactors. through
the foundation, he has provided
substantial support for the acquisition
of major contemporary works for
the gallery’s collection, including
shirana shahbazi’s ‘flowers, fruits &
portraits’ series of photographs, which
featured in ‘the 6th asia pacific
triennial of contemporary art’ (apt6)
in 2009. other key contemporary
international art works acquired
with support from tim fairfax, am,
include the video installation Flooded
McDonalds 2009 by danish artist
collective superfLex and hd
animation Promenade 2008 by south
african artist robin rhode, both of
which featured in ‘21st century: art
in the first decade’.
the tim fairfax family foundation
continues to provide valuable
support to the collection and to the
children’s art centre exhibitions
and programming, including the
recent kids’ apt and 21st century
kids programs. we extend special
thanks to the fairfax family for their
continued generosity.
warm thanks also go to professor
John hay, ac , and barbara hay for
supporting the acquisition of six
significant paintings by indigenous
artists from western and south
australia that will go towards building
a significant body of indigenous art
works for the collection.
our sincere thanks go to longstanding
supporter win schubert, who
generously gifted a group of
significant works by ian fairweather
to the collection, including Syntax
1950, Head c.1955, Head c.1954,
Pumicestone Passage 1957 and
Abstract figures c.1959. these works
opposite: Left: Lloyd rees | australia 1895–1988 | (Brisbane building
under construction); verso: (Napoleon) 1914 | pencil on paper |
33.8 x 25.1cm | gift of alan and Jan rees through the queensland
art gallery foundation 2010. donated through the australian
government’s cultural gifts program | collection: queensland art
gallery | © Lloyd rees 1914. Licensed by Viscopy, sydney, 2011
below: nancy nyanjilpayi chapman | manyjilyjarra people wa
b.1942 | may maywokka chapman | manyjilyjarra people wa
b.(c.)1940s | mulyatingki marney | manyjilyjarra people wa b.1941 |
marjori malatu yates | manyjilyjarra people wa b.(c.)1950 | Mukurtu
2010 | synthetic polymer paint on linen | 127 x 300cm | purchased
2010 with funds from professor John hay, ac, and mrs barbara
hay through the queensland art gallery foundation | collection:
queensland art gallery
were gifted by the Josephine ulrick
and win schubert foundation for
the arts. win schubert contributed
further generous support to acquire
a group of Ku’ [camp dog] sculptures
by aurukun artists and kohei nawa’s
PixCell-Double Deer#4 2010, through
the Josephine ulrick and win
schubert diversity foundation.
further significant donations were
received through the foundation this
year from henry bartlett, cmg, obe, and
James sourris. significant works gifted
to the James c sourris collection
this year, through the australian
government’s cultural gifts program
and the foundation, included gordon
bennett’s Number twelve 2007 and
memory bones 2007 by Judy watson.
we also thank the many individuals
who gave works to the collection this
year, including patrick corrigan, am,
for his generosity in donating tracey
moffatt’s ‘first jobs’ series and alan
and Jan rees for a series of works on
paper by Llyod rees.