Annual Review 2016

INTERNATIONAL ART ALBRECHT DÜRER GERMANY 1471–1528 St Michael Fighting the Dragon (from 'The Apocalypse' series) c.1497–98, Latin edition, 1511 Woodcut / 39.3 x 28cm / Purchased 2016 with funds from the Airey Family through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation The Foundation Appeal in 2013 enabled the acquisition of five prints from Dürer’s ‘Apocalypse’ series. In 2015, with further generous assistance from the Airey Family, two more joined the Collection. This year, the Airey Family’s ongoing support has seen us accomplish our ambitious goal of completing the entire series of 16 woodcuts by this Renaissance master printmaker. QAGOMA’s conservation framer Robert Zilli received a James Love Churchill Fellowship to investigate traditional picture frame-making techniques and research nineteenth-century picture frames. Robert spent a month each at the Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London and the National Gallery, London, as well as visiting other major London institutions. CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL ART ROKNI HAERIZADEH IRAN/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES b.1978 Subversive salami in a ragged briefcase (from ‘Fictionville’ series 2009–ongoing) 2013–14 Gesso, watercolour and ink on printed paper / 29.7 x 42cm / Purchased 2016 with funds from the Contemporary Patrons through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation CONSERVATION ABOVE Robert Zilli working on the new frame for Sebastiano del Piombo The Raising of Lazarus 1519 / Collection: National Gallery, London / Photograph: Robert Zilli LEFT Overseeing the installation at the Lightbox Gallery of John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, from the Meadows 1831 / Collection: Guildhall Art Gallery / Image courtesy: Lightbox Gallery, London 'THE NEED TO RETAIN TRADITIONAL SKILLS IS AN ESSENTIAL LINK THAT CONNECTS US TO OUR PAST, KEEPS US GROUNDED IN OUR PRESENT AND PRESERVES SKILLS INTO THE FUTURE. THROUGH GENEROUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE JAMES LOVE CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP, I GAINED ACCESS TO MAJOR LONDON ART MUSEUMS THAT PROVIDED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE PICTURE FRAMING PROFESSIONALS FROM VARIOUS EUROPEAN BACKGROUNDS.' Robert Zilli Rokni Haerizadeh paints lyrical social critiques in a contemporary Persian miniature style. His ‘Fictionville’ series takes images of people from media stories about demonstrations, violent incidents and political events and transforms them into surreal animals, drawing out the elements of the grotesque within these real-life scenarios. These works were acquired with support from the QAGOMA Foundation’s new Contemporary Patrons group in their inaugural year. 60 ▼  REVIEW 2016 REVIEW 2016 ▼ 61 COLLECTION CONSERVATION