Annual Review 2017

2017 IN REVIEW DALE HARDING WORKING ON WALL COMPOSITION IN RECKITT’S BLUE 2017, A SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR THE NEW DISPLAY. Commissioned 2017 with funds from anonymous donors through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon BELOW | The story of Australian art was augmented with several new commissions made possible through the generosity of donors through the QAGOMA Foundation. Daniel Boyd is pictured with Untitled (HNDFWMIAFN) 2017, which deals with the complex history of South Sea Islander labour in Queensland. Helen Johnson is shown with Women’s Work (1902) 2017, a response to AME Bale’s Leisure moments 1902. Her two paintings on unstretched canvas were commissioned with funds from the Future Collective. Photographs: Natasha Harth 29