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Brian Robinson / XXlllVlllMCMLXXlllXVllVLLMCMVLl (when worlds collide) 2012 / Installation view in ‘GOMA Q’ / Courtesy: The artist, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, and Michael Reid Sydney / Installation view in ‘GOMA Q’ / Photograph: Natasha Harth
TITLE PAGE / Bhenji Ra performs Ex Nilalang: Incarnations 2015–16 under Haegue Yang’s Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Open Modular Cubes (Small), Expanded 958 Times 2015 for the APT8 opening weekend / Haegue Yang work purchased 2015 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AC, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / November 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
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THE DIRECTOR
06 2015
SNAPSHOT
08 PICTURE
COLLECTION AND EXHIBITIONS
48 PEOPLE
AUDIENCES AND ENGAGEMENT
64 PARTNER
PARTNERSHIPS AND PRACTICES
74 PROGRAM
2015 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
78 PREPARE
2016 IN PREVIEW
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2015SNAPSHOT
PICTURE / DAVID LYNCH: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
PICTURE / THE 8TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
PREPARE / A WORLD VIEW: THE TIM FAIRFAX, AC GIFT
CONTENTS
COVER / Melati Suryodarmo performs I’m a
Ghost in My Own House 2012, a 12-hour durational performance, on the opening
weekend of APT8 / November 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
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FROM THEDIRECTOR
Chris Saines speaks at the QAGOMA Members’ Christmas Party at GOMA / December 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art presented an insistently contemporary program in 2015. We featured solo exhibitions of ambitious scale, took advantage of our parallel visual art and cinema spaces and saw sustained progress toward our goal to be the leading institution for the contemporary art of Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
Australian artist Robert MacPherson’s 2400-sheet 1000 FROG POEMS: 1000 BOSS DROVERS 1996–2014 dramatically occupied the full height of GOMA’s largest wall, and New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai’s monumentally scaled stainless steel portrait of Captain Cook, The English Channel 2015, was pressed into a two-story replica 1930s Art Deco house that greeted visitors to the Fairfax Gallery. Meanwhile, artist and auteur David Lynch animated the deep connection between his life-long practice as an artist and the transcendent vision of his screen work.
These three exhibitions resulted from direct collaboration with the artists, and we are grateful for their support. Another highlight was ‘GOMA Q’, our first exhibition in many years of recent work by some of Queensland’s most prominent emerging, mid-career and senior artists. It won’t be the last time we engage with the local in this way, just as we do with regional and international programming.
The project that most consumed us, as it does every three years, was ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, our flagship
exhibition and convergence of art, performance and public programs. The APT energises the entire organisation and our audiences flooded QAG and GOMA in record numbers for the opening night and weekend events. It’s also a vital cog in our collection development machine, with 70 per cent of its 250 artworks brought into the contemporary Australian, Asian and Pacific art collections.
APT8 saw institutional innovations too, with the return of a scholarly conference, and the initiation of a research collaboration with the tertiary education sector in the Brisbane Consortium for the Visual Arts. We also launched the Asia Pacific Council — a new organisation committed to working with government and industry to build an enduring platform for the APT — and introduced the stimulating APT8 Live sequence of performances throughout the exhibition.
The APT, indeed all of our programming, would simply not be possible without the support of the Queensland Government. I wish to very warmly thank Premier and Minister for the Arts, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk, mp, and the Department of Premier and Cabinet, along with Arts Queensland and Tourism and Events Queensland. We’re also privileged to have the backing of a deeply committed sponsorship family, and the generosity of many wonderful donors through the Gallery’s Foundation.
The Gallery is guided by an astute Board, among whom I especially thank Chair, Professor Susan Street, ao, and Deputy Chair Philip Bacon, am, and an engaged Executive Management team and staff.
In 2016, we will present major exhibitions by the late Queensland painter Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori and acclaimed New York artist Cindy Sherman. We will explore four decades of art from our neighbours Papua New Guinea and honour the generosity of our remarkable benefactor Tim Fairfax, ac. We will also mark, with a swathe of exhibitions, acquisitions and commissions, the tenth anniversary of our second building, the Gallery of Modern Art, a landmark not just for its iconic riverside presence, but for its role as a meeting place for ideas in Brisbane.
As we head into another exciting year, Review takes a broad look back at our achievements in 2015 and acknowledges the many people within the organisation and surrounding it that bring these projects to life: artists and audiences, stakeholders and staff. My thanks go to them all.
CHRIS SAINES, CNZM
DIRECTORQUEENSLAND ART GALLERY GALLERY OF MODERN ART
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2015 SNAPSHOT QAGOMA ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
FACEBOOK 62 000+ LIKES
(UP 36%)
TWITTER 28 000+ FOLLOWERS
(UP 80%)
INSTAGRAM 21 000+ FOLLOWERS
(UP 75%)
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT / Visitors arrive for the APT8 opening party / November 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
Visitors to ‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ / March 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
Screening of The Passion Joan of Arc 1928 during ‘Myths and Legends’ / January 2015 / Live accompaniment: hazards of swimming naked / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
TOTAL 2015 ATTENDANCE
1.18 MILLION
QAG 546 000
GOMA 635 000
CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER
225 000
28 200 STUDENTS IN
BOOKED GROUPS
APT8 broke records for an opening day
with more than 17 000 visitors to the opening
events on Friday 20 November.
ACQUISITIONS 236 ARTWORKS, BRINGING
THE COLLECTION TO 16 953 OBJECTS
VOLUNTEER HOURS 32 257
2000+ VOLUNTEER
GUIDED TOURS FOR 10 000
VISITORS
39 TOURS FOR 191 PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITY
17 000+ VISITORS TO 121 PUBLIC PROGRAMS
‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ was a
world-first exhibition of the renowned artist’s painting, photography, sculpture, installation,
music and film.
AUSTRALIAN CINÉMATHÈQUE
27 500+ VIEWERS 351 SCREENINGS
278 FILMS
More than 1000 viewers a week saw ‘Cult Japan’
screenings, the Australian Cinémathèque’s most popular ticketed film
program to date.
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Conceived and developed by QAGOMA in collaboration with artist, filmmaker and musician David Lynch, ‘Between Two Worlds’ exploited GOMA’s combination of gallery and cinema to present an exhibition of 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs and videos — exploring industry and organic phenomena, manifestations of inner conflict and a deeper reality in our everyday experience — and screen all of Lynch’s films.
The artist was joined in conversation by eminent Australian film critic David Stratton in a sold-out event at QPAC, and attended the opening-night performance by Lynch muse and chanteuse Chrysta Bell, who held the audience spellbound.
DAVID LYNCH BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2015 GOMA
CURATOR / JOSÉ DA SILVA, SENIOR CURATOR AND HEAD OF AUSTRALIAN CINÉMATHÈQUE
ATTENDANCE 44 000+
VISITORS FROM
OUTSIDE BRISBANE
50%
LEFT TO RIGHT / David Lynch masterclass / March 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
Chrysta Bell and band perform at the opening party / March 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
PREVIOUS PAGE / Xiu Xiu perform the music of Twin Peaks / April 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
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IN CONVERSATION CAPACITY CROWD 1500+
ARTIST MASTERCLASS DELIVERED TO 677 QUEENSLAND
ARTISTS AND FILMMAKERS, INCLUDING 500 IN REGIONAL QUEENSLAND VIA WEBCAST
PROGRAMS BY NIGHT SERIES,
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES, A CAPACITY TWIN PEAKS
TRIVIA NIGHT.
The Gallery of Modern Art, with its on-site Australian Cinémathèque, seems purpose
built to house this retrospective of Lynch’s diverse creative practice...
Mr Lynch and Brisbane are each having a moment, coming together on equal terms.
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CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT /David Lynch / Untitled 2007 / Installation after a drawing by David Lynch / 700 x 805 x 340cm / Collection Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
David Lynch / Untitled c.1977 / Felt-tip marker on paper / 7.6 x 12.7cm / Collection Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
Publications, merchandise and damn good coffee / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Installation view of Lynch’s factory photographs / March 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
PUBLICATION Essays by José Da
Silva and Greg Hainge, artist interview,
sold out before close of exhibition
MERCHANDISE Exclusive exhibition t-shirts, David Lynch
signature coffee blend
MUSIC Opening performance
by Chrysta Bell Xiu Xiu perform the music of Twin Peaks
HEXA [Jamie Stewart + Lawrence English] perform
in response to Lynch’s factory photographs
Lynch By Night sessions with Australian
electronic artists
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MICHAEL PAREKOWHAI
THE PROMISED LAND
28 MARCH – 21 JUNE 2015 GOMA
CURATOR / MAUD PAGE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COLLECTION & EXHIBITIONS
An exhibition of two decades of sculpture, photography and installation by one of New Zealand’s leading artists, ‘The Promised Land’ featured works from throughout Parekowhai’s career, with some recast in new media or at different scales. The exhibition drew on his longstanding relationship with the Gallery, and his reputation for wry comment on national narratives, colonial histories and popular culture.
PROGRAMS He Kōrero Pūrākau mo
Te Awanui o Te Motu: story of a New Zealand river 2011,
Parekowhai’s elegantly carved Steinway piano, was played by
Queensland Conservatorium students and members of the public during the exhibition
BENEFACTION Supported by the New
Zealand Supporters’ Group, the first time international
patrons have contributed directly to staging
an exhibition
OPPOSITE / Activation of He Kōrero Pūrākau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu: story of a New Zealand river 2011 during the opening weekend / Purchased 2011 with the assistance of the Friends of Te Papa / Collection: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / March 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
THE PUBLICATION COVER FEATURED THE BRAND NEW
STAINLESS STEEL SCULPTURE
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 2015
THE ARTIST AND MICHAEL
LETT GIFTED HOME FRONT 2015 TO THE
COLLECTION
LEFT / Installation view of The Song of the Frog 2006 / Collection: Michael and Eleonora Triguboff; and They Comfort Me III 2015 / Courtesy: The artist and Michael Lett / Photograph: Natasha Harth
BELOW / The English Channel 2015 / Installation view / Courtesy: The artist and Michael Lett / March 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
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‘GOMA Q’ surveyed new works by 30 emerging, mid-career and senior Queensland artists, reflecting the state’s dynamic character. The exhibition was developed over the course of 200 visits with artists, refreshing and deepening the Gallery’s connections with the community.
GOMA Q CONTEMPORARY QUEENSLAND ART
11 JULY – 11 OCTOBER 2015 GOMA
CURATORS / PETER MCKAY, CURATOR, CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ART; BRUCE MCLEAN,
CURATOR, INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ART; AND CHRIS SAINES, DIRECTOR.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / Mavis Ngallametta with Wutan #2 2014 / Purchased 2015 with funds from Cathryn Mittelheuser, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation
Kim Guthrie with ‘My vanishing act’ series 2005–15 / Courtesy: The artist
Pat Hoffie with Team Australia 2014 / Courtesy: The artist
Exhibition publication
Dale Harding with their little black slaves, perished in isolation 2015 / Courtesy: The artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Photographs: Mark Sherwood
OPPOSITE / Vernon Ah Kee with acontentedslave 2015 / Courtesy: The artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
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ROBERT MACPHERSON
THE PAINTER’S REACH
25 JULY – 18 OCTOBER 2015 GOMA
CURATOR / INGRID PERIZ
Long-established Australian artist Robert MacPherson’s self-taught style and varied life experiences were reflected in this wide-reaching survey. The exhibition included painting, installation and ephemeral works, through which the artist explores minimalism, abstraction, humour, conceptualism and the everyday.
For the first time ever, MacPherson’s 1000 FROG POEMS: 1000 BOSS DROVERS (“YELLOW LEAF FALLING”) FOR H.S. 1996–2014, which consists of 2400 hand-drawn, imagined portraits of Australia’s pastoral stock route drovers, was installed in its entirety.
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT / A school group inspects MacPherson’s 1000 FROG POEMS: 1000 BOSS DROVERS (“YELLOW LEAF FALLING”) FOR H.S. 1996–2014 / Purchased 2014 with funds from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation, Paul and Susan Taylor, and Donald and Christine McDonald / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
‘Robert MacPherson: Swags and Swamp Rats’ in the Children’s Art Centre / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Visitors to ‘The Painter’s Reach’ / September 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
Exhibition publication / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
CHILDREN’S ART CENTRE
THE ACTIVITIES IN ‘SWAGS AND SWAMP RATS’ INTRODUCED
KIDS TO THE COLOURFUL LIFE
AND LINGO OF THE AUSTRALIAN
DROVERS.
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The Peter Tyndall and Robert MacPherson Correspondence Archive 1979–2014, donated to the QAGOMA Research Library by Tyndall, is the result of 35 years of exchange between two celebrated Australian artists. The Archive comprises envelopes of newspaper and magazine pages related to frogs, axes and other items of shared interest, all annotated by MacPherson. A small sample of the 13 000-object Archive was displayed in GOMA’s Foyer Cabinet during ‘Robert MacPherson: The Painter’s Reach.’
THE FOUNDING YEARS 1895–1915 A COLLECTION FOR QUEENSLAND
28 MARCH – 14 JUNE 2015 QAG
CURATOR / DAVID BURNETT, CURATOR, INTERNATIONAL ART AND MICHAEL HAWKER,
ASSOCIATE CURATOR, AUSTRALIAN ART
Marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Queensland National Art Gallery, as it was first known, this display brought together Collection favourites acquired in the Gallery’s first 20 years.
QAGOMA Foundation President Tim Fairfax, AC, at the Foundation Viewing of ‘The Founding Years’ / March 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
See page 47 for the conservation work that allowed the exhibition of a never-before displayed painting in ‘The Founding Years’
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP / Artist Peter Tyndall in conversation during the opening weekend / July 2015 / Photograph: Brad Wagner
The Archive arrives at GOMA
A selection of items sent by Robert MacPherson to Peter Tyndall /Collection: QAGOMA Research Library / © The artists
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DANIEL CROOKS MOTION STUDIES
8 AUGUST – 25 OCTOBER 2015 GOMA
CURATOR / AMANDA SLACK-SMITH, ASSOCIATE CURATOR, AUSTRALIAN CINÉMATHÈQUE
THE PHOTOGRAPH
AND AUSTRALIA 4 JULY – 11 OCTOBER 2015
QAG
CURATOR / JUDY ANNEAR, SENIOR CURATOR, PHOTOGRAPHS, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Tracing the existence of photography in Australia from the 1840s to today, this exhibition from the Art Gallery of New South Wales examined how the medium has shaped ideas about our place and identity. Some 650 works by renowned artists and unknown photographers, including everyday material such as family albums and postcards, were sourced from more than 35 collections across Australia, New Zealand and England.
FROM ABOVE / ‘The Photograph and Australia’ installation view / August 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
A visitor in the exhibition resource lounge / July 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
FROM ABOVE / Installation view of Static No.12 (seek stillness in movement) 2010 / Courtesy: The artist, Anna Schwartz Gallery and Future Perfect / September 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
Daniel Crooks in conversation / August 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
Working across digital video, photography and sculpture, Daniel Crooks explores the elasticity of movement in time and space. Best known for his ‘time slice’ video technique — slicing ribbons of varying thicknesses into a video stream to create a lyrical displacement of time and space — Crooks has extended his exploration into physical space with three-dimensional sculptural works.
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LURE OF THE SUNCHARLES BLACKMAN
IN QUEENSLAND
7 NOVEMBER 2015 – 31 JANUARY 2016 QAG
CURATOR / MICHAEL HAWKER, ASSOCIATE CURATOR, AUSTRALIAN ART
Members of the Blackman family at the Foundation Viewing of ‘Lure of the Sun’ / November 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
A visitor with The Blue Alice 1956–57 / Purchased 2000. The Queensland Government’s special Centenary Fund / November 2015 / © Charles Blackman. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney 2016 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
The connections of one of Australia’s most important artists to Queensland, where he spent a good portion of his career living and working, were explored in this Glencore Queensland Artists’ Gallery exhibition.
LURE OF THE SUN Whispering shadowed dawn ariseSee the world through Alice eyes
Kettle sings to brush in handDescending dappled Wonderland
Beneath the faithful Queensland houseBlue Alice, rabbit and dormouse
Gilded by a Gertrude flowerAmidst the splendid perfumed hour
Gerbera Roses Daisy LilyEarthen breezeway IndooroopillyExpounding wild magenta dream
Away to Barjai TamborinePandanus palms Maroochydore
Blackman paints our fatal shoreA tea pot tips inspiring brew
Alice grows a foot or two ‘Drink Me’ now and you can beA golden girl kissed by the sea
Through The Looking Glass we leap Falling down in jumbled heap
And here at last we’re joined as oneSpellbound by a Lure of Sun
WRITTEN AND READ BY AUGUSTE BLACKMAN AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION,
7 NOVEMBER 2015.
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PROCESS
The eighth edition of QAGOMA’s flagship exhibition series emphasised performance, figuration and the human form’s capacity to express social and political ideas. Along with works by more than 80 artists and groups, the exhibition project included the ongoing performance program APT8 Live, a conference, APT8 Cinema, and two publications.
The research and development of the APT is a three-year process, culminating in an intense period for the QAGOMA design, workshop and installation teams, who work with artists to realise every piece of this multifaceted project.
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THE 8TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
21 NOVEMBER 2015 – 10 APRIL 2016
QAGOMA
CURATORS / CHRIS SAINES, DIRECTOR; MAUD PAGE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
COLLECTION & EXHIBITIONS; AARON SEETO, CURATORIAL MANAGER,
ASIAN & PACIFIC ART; AND THE QAGOMA CURATORIAL TEAM
33CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / Venkat Raman Singh Shyam paints his untitled mural for the Kalpa Vriksha project / November 2015
Nicolas Molé installing Ils vous regardent (They look at you) 2015 / November 2015
Volunteers and staff installing Haegue Yang’s Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Open Modular Cubes (Small), Expanded 958 Times 2015 / November 2015
Conservators prepare work for display at QAG / October 2015
Photographs: Chloë Callistemon
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The artist scoured local salvage yards for the remains of dismantled Queensland buildings, in the process also choosing bits of old bridges and timber from the recently removed Shorncliffe Pier at Sandgate.
Looking into Brisbane’s architectural history, Waqif discovered the story of the Deen Brothers company — fifth-generation Australians, originally from India — who have been associated with the sometimes surreptitious demolition of many local buildings. The major installation work, titled All we leave behind are the memories, is not a lamentation but a reminder that sometimes destruction allows for adaptation and innovation.
Rosanna Raymond’s SaVAge K’lub plays off the nineteeth-century gentlemen’s club of the same name, moving emphasis to the ‘VA’ within ‘SaVAge’, which invokes Samoan philosophical understandings of space. Raymond invited a diverse group of Pacifika performers and artists to imbue the K’lub with their presence.
‘WHAT IS IMPORTANT
TO ME IS THE PERPETUATION
OF HERITAGE KNOWLEDGE, NOT ITS END
PRODUCT.’Asim Waqif
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / Asim Waqif visits Kennedy’s Timbers / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
During the opening weekend / November 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
Asim Waqif during installation / November 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
APT8 Members’ Preview / November 2015 / Photograph: Natasha Harth
Rosanna Ramyond and fellow performers activate SaVAge K’lub 2010–ongoing / November 2015 / Photographs: Natasha Harth and Joe Ruckli
A site-specific intervention by Indian artist Asim Waqif filled the full height and nearly the length of GOMA’s Long Gallery.
‘ It is an active space. It is activated by people. It binds people and things together. It forms relationships, and reciprocal obligations.’
ROSANNA RAYMOND
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APT8 OPENED WITH A BANG ON FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER WITH A RECORD-BREAKING 17 000 VISITORS RECORDED ACROSS THE OFFICIAL OPENING EVENTS AND PUBLIC PARTY.
01 QAG’s Upper Sculpture Courtyard / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
02 Artist Gunybi Ganambarr in conversation / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
03 Anida Yoeu Ali The Buddhist Bug 2015 / Performance for APT8 Live / Photograph: Natasha Harth
04 Audi activation on the opening night / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
05 Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra Ex Nilalang: Incarnations 2015–16 / Performance / Photograph: Brodie Standen
06 White Shoes and the Couples Company perform at QAG / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
07 Actor Alan Cumming visits APT8 / Photograph: @qagoma via Instagram
08 Kalpa Vriksha installation view / Photograph: Natasha Harth
09 Yumi Danis (We Dance) performance by Julia Mage’au Gray / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
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Kalpa Vriksha: Contemporary Indigenous and Vernacular Art of India took an in-depth look at indigenous and folk art from the
subcontinent.
The Yumi Danis (We Dance) project grew out of an artist
camp on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, and tapped into the vitality
of performance in the cultures of Melanesia.
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Over 40 opening-weekend public programs, including the launch of APT8 Live, teemed with artists, international guests, visiting curators and families.
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In APT8 Cinema, ‘Filipino Indie’ surveyed independent and experimental digital filmmaking from the Philippines, with a related retrospective showing the intensely poetic ‘slow cinema’ of Lav Diaz. ‘Pop Islam’ explored representations of the religion on screen at a time when it is a polarising subject in media and politics, offering a more nuanced take on the subject.
‘Pop Islam’ was launched with an Anasheed performance of Islamic spiritual songs by Sydney-based followers of Rifai and Qadiri Sufism. Anasheed incorporates many devotional musical styles, often accompanied by percussive instruments, reflecting Islam’s diverse and multi-ethnic devotees.
For APT8 Kids, exhibiting artists collaborated with the Gallery’s Children’s Art Centre on 12 new hands-on activities and artworks that were just as popular with adult visitors. Among them were Choi Jeong Hwa’s bottle-cap interactive The Mandala of Flowers and Lawrence English’s suspended ‘whisper cloud’ full of visitors’ wishes. The accompanying book, Draw, Make, Create: APT8 Kids, brought the fun home and into the classroom.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / APT8 Kids artworks and activities: Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra Club Anak (Club Child) 2015 / Lawrence English Everyday Whispers 2015 / Venkat Raman Singh Shyam The Woman and the Parrot 2015 / Choi Jeong Hwa The Mandala of Flowers 2015 / Photographs: Brad Wagner, Chloë Callistemon, Brodie Standen
Artist Choi Jeong Hwa and Premier and Minister for the Arts the Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk, MP, with students from West End State School in The Mandala of Flowers 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
The Children’s Art Centre publication Draw, Make, Create: APT8 Kids / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
LEFT / APT8 International Visitors and First Nations Curators / November 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
BELOW / Anasheed performance launching ‘Pop Islam’ / Photograph: Brad Wagner
The Australia Council for the Arts supported the APT8 International Visitors Program and First Nations Curators Program
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CINEMA ACROSS TWO STATE-OF-THE-ART CINEMAS,
THE GALLERY’S AUSTRALIAN CINÉMATHÈQUE CONTINUES TO SHOW THE BEST WORKS OF LEADING
ARTISTS AND FILMMAKERS, FROM RESTORED HISTORICAL GEMS AND COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVES, TO GENRE PROGRAMS AND CULT FAVOURITES.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
9 JANUARY – 8 MARCH 2015
Epic journeys and sacred stories were celebrated in a program exploring the
relationships between folklore and modern cinematic storytelling,
with classic tales and contemporary cross-genre interpretations.
HARUN FAROCKI: WAR AT A DISTANCE
24 APRIL – 15 MAY 2015
Harun Farocki interrogated the way images mediate our experience of the world. This survey of his films,
documentaries and video installations explored modern warfare, surveillance,
propaganda and industry.
SHIRLEY CLARKE AND THE NEW YORK BEAT
12–26 JUNE 2015
American filmmaker Shirley Clarke inhabited the space between fiction and non-fiction with improvisational rhythms
and kinetic camerawork informed by her love of jazz. This program featured
recently restored feature films and several shorts.
‘DAVID LYNCH: BETWEEN TWO
WORLDS’ (PAGES 10–13) AND APT8
CINEMA (PAGE 32) ALSO LIT UP
OUR SCREENS THIS YEAR.
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CULT JAPAN
3 JULY – 2 SEPTEMBER 2015
This celebration of the strange in postwar Japanese cinema sold out several
sessions of underground and cult classics, as it plumbed Japan’s unique take on horror, action, the excessive and the
surreal. The program also featured a full retrospective of animator Hayao Miyazaki’s
hand-crafted fables, including Spirited Away 2001 and Princess Mononoke 1997.
THE WESTERN
11 SEPTEMBER – 15 NOVEMBER 2015
Inspired by the mythic vision of the frontier and its depictions of confrontations between man and nature, and civilisation and freedom, this program surveyed the Western from its roots in silent cinema
through to the present day.
CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT / Spirited Away (still, detail) 2001 / Director: Hayao Miyazaki / Courtesy: Madman Entertainment
Screening of Go West 1925 / Live accompaniment: Percussimo / November 2015 / Photograph: Eduardo Viera
Wurlitzer organ performance for Der Golem 1920 / Live accompaniment: David Bailey / January 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
Live set-up for performers the hazards of swimming naked accompanying The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 /January 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
For A Few Dollars More (still, detail) 1965 / Director: Sergio Leone / Courtesy: Park Circus
PREVIOUS PAGES, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT / Screening of Go West 1925 / November 2015 / Live accompaniment: Percussimo / Photograph: Eduardo Viera
A screening of Blue Velvet 1986 during ‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ / April 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
The Cool World (still, detail) 1953 / Director: Shirley Clarke / Courtesy: National Film And Sound Archive Australia / Zipporah Films
Erkennen und Verfolgen (War at a Distance) (still, detail) 2003 / Director: Harun Farocki / Courtesy: Video Data Bank, Chicago
Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa (The Legend of Suram Fortress) (still, detail) 1984 / Directors: Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze / Courtesy: RUSCICO - Russian Cinema Council
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KIDS THE GALLERY’S CHILDREN’S ART CENTRE
COLLABORATES DIRECTLY WITH AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO CREATE LARGE-SCALE IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE PROJECTS FOR KIDS.
SEE ROBERT MACPHERSON’S ‘SWAGS AND SWAMP RATS’ (PAGE 19) AND APT8 KIDS
(PAGE 33) FOR MORE.
ART ON THE WILD SIDE
23 MAY – 11 OCTOBER 2015 GOMA
The Children’s Art Centre looked at how artists use animals to share their ideas, assembling a menagerie of wild works
from the Collection. Visitors created zoomorphic images using Farsi script
in Persian for kids and released animals into their natural habitats
in The call of the wild.
CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT / Toddler Tuesday at GOMA / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Visitors in Harlequin Hallway at ‘Jemima Wyman: Pattern Bandits’, which toured to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery / Image courtesy: TMAG
NAIDOC Family Fun Day, Musgrave Park / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Paola Pivi’s One love 2007 in ‘Art on the Wild Side’ / Purchased 2010 with a special allocation from the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / May 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
The popular long-running and free Toddler Tuesday uses games, storytelling
and interactivity to encourage toddlers to have fun learning about art. Each session explores a single artwork in the Collection and is suitable
for visitors aged 18 months to 4 years.
THE CHILDREN’S ART CENTRE
WORKED WITH ARTIST BIANCA
BEETSON TO PRESENT THE
ACTIVITY 2DEADLY AT THE NAIDOC
FAMILY FUN DAY AT MUSGRAVE PARK
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ACQUISITIONS AUSTRALIAN ART
Arthur Streeton / Australia 1867–1943 / Still life flowers c.1920s / Oil on canvas / 58.5 x 48.5cm / Gift of Kay Bryan through the
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s
Cultural Gifts Program
ARTHUR STREETON
STILL LIFE FLOWERS C.1920S
Arthur Streeton once wrote to Julian Ashton that he found ‘painting nowadays is beginning to
interfere seriously with my gardening operations’. From the 1920s, Streeton was increasingly concerned
with the textures and colours of flowers, a subject that dominated his late career.
JUDITH WRIGHT
DESTINATION 2013
Destination is a classic example of Judith Wright’s sculptural practice, through which she exercises a long-term fascination with the power of antique
objects to evoke past lives, and maintains a decade-long focus on autobiographical works exploring
remembrance and loss.
Judith Wright / Australia b.1945 / Destination 2013 / Mixed media / Dimensions variable / Gift of the artist through the Queensland
Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program /
Photograph: Carl Warner
YUKULTJI NAPANGATI
UNTITLED 2014
Alongside the late Doreen Nakamarra, Yukultji Napangati has transformed Western
Desert painting, creating complex optical fields that pulse with the power of desert stories, culture and
law. This work marks Napangati’s emergence as a leader among contemporary
Australian artists.
Yukultji Napangati / Australia b.c.1970 / Untitled 2014 / Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen / 183 x 242cm / The James C Sourris, am, Collection.
Purchased 2015 with funds from James C Sourris, am, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation /
© The artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
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ACQUISITIONS ASIAN AND PACIFIC ART
REX WARRIMOU (SABÏO)
OUR CREATION (ÖMIE) 2014
A detailed visual creation story by the only male barkcloth painter from the Ömie people of Papua New Guinea, this last work in Warrimou’s series is
a complex and ambitious illustration of a continuous thread, running from the creation of the world by Uhöeggö’e the lizard to its population with plants,
animals, the seasons, fire and humans.
Rex Warrimou (Sabïo) / Ömie people, Papua New Guinea b.c.1945 / Our Creation (Ömie) 2014 / Natural pigments on barkcloth / 66 x 131cm / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art
Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation
UNKNOWN
NETSUKE (ASHINAGA AND TENAGA)
19TH CENTURY
This group of netsuke — small, elaborately carved pieces of ivory and wood — was once part of the collection of art historian and critic Dr Gertrude
Langer, the bulk of which was bequeathed to the gallery in 1985. With this further gift,
the group has been reunited.
Unknown / Japan / Netsuke: (Ashinaga and Tenaga) 19th century / Carved ivory / 5.8 x 2.9 x 2cm / Gift of John Riedel in memory
of Gertrude Langer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2015
Aung Myint / Myanmar b.1946 / Amazing 2012 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 117 x 86.6cm /
Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation
AUNG MYINT
AMAZING 2012
Senior artist Aung Myint was part of the movement to establish a contemporary
art platform in globally isolated Myanmar. This painting’s calligraphic line evokes
Burmese script, but also reveals a strong figurative presence.
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ACQUISITIONS INTERNATIONAL ART
Pablo Picasso / Spain 1881–1973 / Le Repas frugal (The frugal meal) 1904, printed 1913 / Etching and scraper on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper / 46.4 x 37.8cm (opposite); and Salomé 1905, printed 1913 / Drypoint on sturdy wove paper / 40.1 x 35cm (above) / Purchased 2015 with funds from the Margaret Olley Art Trust through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of
Modern Art Foundation / © Succession Picasso. Licensed by Viscopy, 2016
PABLO PICASSO
FROM ‘LA SUITE DES SALTIMBANQUES’ SERIES 1904
Created between his Blue and Rose periods, when the artist also produced the Gallery’s La Belle
Hollandaise 1905, these first attempts at printmaking reveal Picasso’s intimate observations of the fringe dwellers in Montmartre, Paris — a community he
lived among and identified with closely at this pivotal time in his career.
NAZGOL ANSARINIA
22 SEPTEMBER 2012, FRONT PAGE 2012
Calling on the Persian tradition of mirror mosaics, Ansarinia intricately splices two newspaper articles on the same subject. The works in this series have
a sense of order and symmetry, while the distortion of the text alludes to information being distorted
by rumour and censorship.
Nazgol Ansarinia / Iran b.1979 / 22 September 2012, front page (from ‘Reflections/Refractions’ series) 2012 /
Newspaper collage / 65 x 42.5cm / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation
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CONSERVATION
Lisa Reihana / New Zealand b.1964 / in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (stills, detail) 2015 / Four-channel HD video, 32 minutes (looped), 5:1 sound,
colour, ed. 2/5 / Purchased 2015 with funds from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation Appeal and Paul and Susan Taylor
LISA REIHANA
IN PURSUIT OF VENUS [INFECTED] 2015
The QAGOMA Foundation’s Annual Appeal aimed to acquire New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana’s major
video work in Pursuit of Venus [infected] 2015, now a touchstone for the Gallery’s growing Pacific collection. Subsequent to its acquisition, the work
was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
John Ford Paterson / Scotland/Australia 1851–1912 / Lake Catani, Buffalo Mountains 1911, before, during and after conservation
treatment / Photographs: QAGOMA Conservation
The last known work of influential landscape painter John Ford Paterson has been in the Gallery’s Collection since 1912 but severe paint cracking and a deteriorated
linen support meant it had never been displayed. Extensive conservation treatment began in 2010. Removed from its stretcher and treated with the ‘Dutch method’ to
reduce the upward-lifting layers of cracked paint, the painting was double-lined with a synthetic canvas, its cracks filled and losses in-painted. Revarnished, with a new
custom support, and returned to the restored original frame constructed by renowned Melbourne framer John Thallon, the work was displayed —
possibly for the first time — in ‘The Founding Years’ (see page 21).
FOUNDATION APPEAL
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P E O P L E
AUDIENCES
This year, the Gallery’s Board formally endorsed a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Strategy, which provides practical and ethical guidelines and procedures around our commitment to Indigenous Australian art and culture. The Gallery established its first Indigenous advisory committee for APT8, ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are part of the broader APT mix.
(l-r) Cedric Ingra, Mike Wragge, Uncle Des Sandy, Uncle Cyril Fisher, Uncle Charlie Chambers, Aunty Joan Collins, Aunty Denise Proud, and Gallery Director Chris Saines, at the Elders’ Morning Tea, Reconciliation Week, 27 May 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / Performance of Clark Beaumont’s Joy Ride 2015 during ‘GOMA Q’ / July 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
Comedian brothers Noel and Mike Fielding come with us on a journey through time and space during ‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ / April 2015 / Photograph: @qagoma via Instagram
Roger Federer at GOMA / January 2015 / Photograph: @qagoma via Instagram
Xiu Xiu in Yayoi Kusama’s The obliteration room 2002–present / Photograph: @qagoma via Instagram
The annual Bodhi Tree blessing / May 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
PREVIOUS PAGE / QAGOMA Store Winter Design Market / August 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
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FRONT OF HOUSE RETAIL
Passionate about the Collection they promote and protect, and enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge of exhibitions, programs and facilities, QAGOMA’s Gallery Visitor Services Officers are dedicated to providing the best possible visitor experience.
Along with exhibition and Collection-related merchandise, the QAGOMA Stores stock art books, magazine, jewellery and limited-edition art objects, while the artists & writers store, located in the Gibson Entry at QAG, equips the creative with
everything they need. Local designers and makers share their wares with our audience at twice-yearly design markets held onsite, and book launches highlight the best of local and national art writing.
Gallery Visitor Services Officer Ian Bolt at QAG
INSET / Gallery Visitor Services Officer Elizabeth Whittred at QAG
QAGOMA Store Winter Design Market / August 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
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PROGRAMS
The Gallery experience is enriched by programs that illuminate the artwork on display and create connections to the everyday. Signature program series such as GOMA Talks and Up Late augment major exhibitions, while frequent talks, tours and workshops create even more opportunities to connect with art and artists.
The renewed APT8 Conference was a focused scholarly look at the themes and work in the exhibition. Through the newly launched Brisbane Consortium for the Visual Arts — which unites QAGOMA, the University of Queensland, Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology in collaboration on research activity — the conference was staged alongside the annual conference of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand.
P E O P L E
The long-running partnership between
Griffith University’s Griffith Asia Institute and QAGOMA’s
Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art continued,
with its thought provoking Perspectives Asia lecture
series hosting the likes of Dr John Yu, Prof Riaz Hassan, Toshiro Iijima,
Tim Lindsay and David Irvine.
OPPOSITE PAGE / Shonen Knife perform at Future Beauty Up Late / January 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
LEFT / Aaron Seeto, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art, in conversation with revered paediatrician and 1996 Australian of the Year Dr John Yu, AC, for Perspectives: Asia / October 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
BELOW / Author John Birmingham, political advisor Robert Hughes, ABC Radio National’s Paul Barclay, digital futures expert Dr Jenny Ostini and artist Richard Bell talk Queensland during GOMA Talks / August 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
ABOVE / Lecture–performance by Slavs and Tatars in conjunction with their exhibition at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art / October 2015 / Photograph: Brad Wagner
RIGHT / Katrina Igglesden, Fijian Art Research Project, Sainsbury Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, gives a speed paper at the APT8 Conference / November 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
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FOOD & BEVERAGE AND EVENTS
The Gallery operates its own hospitality outlets and events with a focus on quality and creativity. QAGOMA Executive Chef Josue Lopez was named Queensland’s Citi Chef of the Year 2016, while GOMA Restaurant was one of only nine restaurants in the state awarded two chef hats by the Good Food Guide. It also received an Australian Gourmet Traveller star.
“THE FOOD IS MEMORABLE, IN ITS
CLEVER COMPOSITION, ITS BLEND OF INTERESTING
INGREDIENTS, AND THE ARTISTICALLY BEAUTIFUL
WAY IT IS PRESENTED.”TripAdvisor review of
GOMA Restaurant
GOMA’S ROOF TERRACE
HAS BECOME A POPULAR VENUE FOR WEDDINGS
AND PRIVATE FUNCTIONS.
For its launch, the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival made the most of the venue with some fantastic set dressing around the GOMA Cafe Bistro.
QAGOMA partnered with the Scenic Rim Regional Council on
its Eat Local Week, a perfect fit for our
Executive Chef’s passion for low-
mileage food.
A special Members’ Degustation is prepared in the GOMA kitchen / August 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / Executive Chef Josh Lopez and Sous Chef Ryan Ward on a research trip to Stanthorpe / March 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Dusky flathead, avocado, pea garden, allium / From the spring menu, GOMA Restaurant / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
Choi Jeong Hwa Alchemy (Circle) 2015 / Commissioned for APT8 and installed in the GOMA Restaurant / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
A wedding reception on the Roof Terrace / Image courtesy: Lucas & Co Photography
Theming for the launch of the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival at GOMA Cafe Bistro / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
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REGIONAL SERVICES
QAGOMA works with regional galleries and community centres, extending its reach across the state with touring exhibitions and annual Kids on Tour programs to dozens of regional and remote centres, as well as artist workshops and professional development programs through the Backstage Pass Regional Internship Program, which this year hosted Angela Cheung from Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville.
Pattern Bandits on Tour at Caloundra Regional Gallery / April 2015 / Image courtesy: Caloundra Regional Gallery
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TOURING EXHIBITIONS‘Ah Xian: Metaphysica’ completed
its 14 venue tour, travelling to Gympie, Ingham, Miles and
Cleveland (Redland Shire).‘Ever Present: Photographs
from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection 1850–1975’ concluded
its eight venue tour at Gympie, Cairns and Bundaberg.
‘Transparent: Watercolour in Queensland 1850s–1890s’ continued to seven venues
Highlights from Indonesian artists in ‘Indo Pop: Indonesian
Art from APT7’ opened at Noosa, Logan and Redcliffe.
JEMIMA WYMAN: PATTERN BANDITS ON TOUR WAS HELD AT 61 VENUES AROUND THE STATE.
The Glencore Regional Touring Workshop Program
sent artist Sean Davey to 12 regional venues to teach locals the basics of digital photography while drawing
inspiration from their community.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / QAGOMA Director Chris Saines at the opening of ‘Indo Pop’ at Noosa Regional Gallery / June 2015
A photograph taken during the Glencore Regional Workshop Touring Program / September 2015 / Courtesy: Sheen Crittle
Pattern Bandits on Tour at the QANTAS Founders Museum, Longreach / May 2015 / Image courtesy: Qantas Founders Museum
Works by Uji Handoko Eko Saputro (Hahan) on display in ‘Indo Pop’ at Noosa Regional Gallery / June 2015
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LEARNING
QAGOMA Learning opens new windows on art for visitors of every age and level of ability. The Gallery’s dedicated Volunteer Guides delivered more than 2000 tours to over 10 000 visitors, and November saw the graduation of 27 new trainee guides who had completed 100 hours of training and six months’ probation. Look Out teacher professional development programs continued to engage teachers directly in the Gallery’s exhibition schedule, with 230 teachers attending through the year.
P E O P L E
A DEAF-BLIND TOUR ARRANGED
THROUGH ABLE AUSTRALIA
WELCOMED VISITORS WHO ARE DEAF AND
HAVE VISION LOSS. GUIDES PROVIDED
A TACTILE AND NARRATED TOUR, WHILE SUPPORT
WORKERS TRANSLATED.
The annual Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art exhibition, showcasing work by senior visual art students from schools throughout Queensland, was held at GOMA from 18 April to 12 July.
A school group immersed in Yayoi Kusama’s Soul under the moon 2002, installed in ‘We can make another future: Japanese art after 1989’ at GOMA / February 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
ABOVE / An Art and Dementia tour during ‘The Founding Years’ / May 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
LEFT / QAGOMA Director Chris Saines and the Hon. Kate Jones, MP, Minister for Education, with Creative Generation exhibiting artists / April 2015 / Photograph: Brad Wagner
LEFT / A Deaf-Blind tour participant gets hands on with Edgar Degas’ Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, jambe droite en avant, première étude (Dancer at rest, hands on her hips, right leg forward, first study) c.1882–95, cast c.1919–21 / Purchased 1955. Beatrice Ethel Mallalieu Bequest / August 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
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MEMBERS
QAGOMA Members enjoy exclusive events and benefits, including advance and after-hours viewings of exhibitions, year-round discounts at shops and restaurants, workshops, film screenings and exclusive dining opportunities in the award-winning GOMA Restaurant.
EXCLUSIVE VIEWING
OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARY’S
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS,
INCLUDING THE SURREALIST
JOURNAL MINOTAUR
Members’ wine-tasting in the GOMA Restaurant / August 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT / Members’ watercolour workshop / December 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Members’ Fathers Day Flavours of QLD Beer Tasting / September 2015 / Photograph: Brodie Standen
Members’ Christmas Party / December 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
Members’ exclusive viewing of the Research Library’s Minotaur collection / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Members Coordinator Jennie Lane and Members Administration Officer Birgit Willadsen at the Members’ Christmas Party / December 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
P E O P L E
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS CALENDAR IN 2015 INCLUDED
Artist-run workshops on watercolours, colour
mixing and kirigamiFather’s Day Flavours of Queensland beer tasting
Wine-tastings
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PA R T N E R
GOVERNMENT
The Gallery’s principal supporter is the Queensland Government through the Premier and Minister for the Arts, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk, MP. We extend our thanks to the many Ministers and Members who have visited us and supported us this year — including Deputy Premier, the Hon. Jackie Trad, MP, Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy, the Hon. Leeanne Enoch, MP, and Minister for Education and Minister for Tourism and Major Events, the Hon. Kate Jones, MP.
Arts Queensland provides crucial support through Dave Stewart, Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet; Kirsten Herring, Deputy Director-General, Arts Queensland; and their dedicated teams.
Tourism and Events Queensland provides invaluable assistance by supporting exhibitions that draw visitors to the state. We thank Bob East, Chairman; Leanne Coddington, Chief Executive Officer; John Montgomery, Executive Director; and the team at Tourism and Events Queensland.
PA R T N E R
CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT / QAGOMA Deputy Director of Collection and Exhibitions Maud Page, QAGOMA Director Chris Saines and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at the Media Preview of APT8 / November 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk with David Lynch / March 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Minister Leeanne Enoch, Chris Saines, Queensland Art Gallery Chair Sue Street, AO, and Jennifer Herd at the opening of ‘GOMA Q’ / July 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Deputy Premier Jackie Trad at the opening of the co-curated exhibition ‘Time of others’ at Singapore Art Museum / November 2015 / Image courtesy: Singapore Art Museum
Minister Kate Jones with ‘Creative Generation’ artist Lachlan Anderson from Marist College Ashgrove / April 2015 / Photograph: Brad Wagner
PREVIOUS PAGES / Audi activated the approach to the Gallery for the APT8 Opening Party / November 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
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SPONSORS
Our network of sponsors, supporters and partners helps bring the Gallery to life, enriching the experiences of our visitors and communicating our vision to the widest possible audience.
Our dynamic partnership with Audi Australia continued, with their role as Principal Sponsor of APT8 including the activation of the precinct on the opening night of the Triennial with a special visual concept linking QAG and GOMA. The Australian Government’s long-term commitment to the Triennial continued through support from the Australian Council for the Arts and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Glencore supported the Queensland Artists’ Gallery program at QAG and regional touring workshops, while Virgin Australia and Yering Station made year-round contributions of flights and wine.
The Gallery’s tourism and media partners help to get the message out and make our visitors to Brisbane feel welcome. Thanks to Brisbane Marketing, Southern Cross Austereo through Hit 105, Channel 7, Brisbane Airport Corporation, ABC Radio National and Accor Hotels.
See page 74 for a full list of exhibition sponsors.
PA R T N E R
CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT / Audi Managing Director Andrew Doyle, Brisbane Marketing Chaiman Ian Klug and QAGOMA Director Chris Saines inspect Collection storage during preparations for APT8 / October 2015
APT8 Partners Dinner / October 2015
Yering Station wine bar at the APT8 Opening Party / November 2015
Audi Australia staff on site for the APT8 opening / November 2015 Photographs: Chloë Callistemon
Virgin Australia flight staff at the opening of APT8 / November 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
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CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
ASIA PACIFIC COUNCIL
The Chairman’s Circle is a group of companies committed to supporting our development of innovative programs and exhibitions. In 2015, funds raised through Chairman’s Circle membership contributed to the sponsorship of APT8. We extend our thanks to all members and welcome those who joined us in 2015.
The Asia Pacific Council is the Gallery’s membership network for leaders in Australia–Asia–Pacific engagement. Inaugurated this year with Queensland Premier and Minister for the Arts, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk, MP, as Patron, the Council supports the Asia Pacific Triennial exhibition series and offers members a year-round relationship with the Gallery, which includes exclusive events, learning and relationship-building opportunities.
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QAGOMA FOUNDATION
With support from generous individuals and families and Queensland Government, the QAGOMA Foundation raises crucial funds to develop the Gallery’s Collection and present major exhibitions and programs, and has enabled the acquisition of more than 40 per cent of the Gallery’s Collection.
The Foundation is led by its President, Tim Fairfax, AC, and its Patron is His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey, AC, Governor of Queensland.
In its first year, the Foundation’s new Future Collective initiative for younger benefactors attracted 30 members and supported the acquisition of five striking works from Abdul Abdullah’s ‘Coming to terms’ series 2015, which appeared in APT8.
The second QAGOMA Medal was awarded to one of the most outstanding patrons in the Gallery’s history, Win Schubert, AO. The Foundation also awarded the inaugural Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship to Matthew Perkins, for his research into the development of Australian video art.
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT /Guests at the Foundation Christmas Celebration view Anida Yoeu Ali’s The Buddhist Bug, Into the Night 2015 / Commissioned for APT8. The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2015 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / December 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
QAGOMA Medal recipient Win Schubert, AO, at the Annual Dinner / October 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
His Excellency the Hon. Paul de Jersey, AC, addresses the Annual Dinner / October 2015 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
Curator of Contemporary Australian Art Peter McKay pitches Abdul Abudullah’s work to the Future Collective for acquisition / October 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
PREVIOUS PAGES FROM LEFT / Senior Curator and Head of Australian Cinémathèque José Da Silva leads a Chairman’s Circle tour of ‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ / March 2015 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood
Celestine Doyle, then Director, Asia Pacific Council; Amelia Tang, Deputy Director, Arts & Heritage, Singapore Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth; Thangamma Karthigesu, Director, Culture Academy, National Heritage Board; Rosa Daniel, Chief Executive, Singapore National Heritage Board; QAGOMA Director Chris Saines, CNZM; His Excellency Burhan Gafoor, Singapore High Commissioner to Australia; Prof Sue Street, AO; Benedict Tan, First Secretary, Singapore High Commission / September 2015 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon
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TERRAIN: INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN OBJECTS AND REPRESENTATIONS 10 MAY 2014 – 6 SEPTEMBER 2015 | GOMA
HIRAKI SAWA: O19 JULY 2014 – 15 MARCH 2015 | GOMA
HANGA: MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS16 AUGUST 2014 – 26 APRIL 2015 | QAG
MADONNA STAUNTON: OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY30 AUGUST 2014 – 1 MARCH 2015 | QAG
SPONSORED BY
SUBLIME: CONTEMPORARY WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION30 AUGUST 2014 – 24 MAY 2015 | QAG
WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER FUTURE: JAPANESE ART AFTER 19896 SEPTEMBER 2014 – 20 SEPTEMBER 2015 | GOMA
SUPPORTING SPONSOR
ISLAND CURRENTS: ART FROM BENTINCK ISLAND AND THE TORRES STRAIT4 OCTOBER 2014 – 1 NOVEMBER 2015 | QAG
EVERYWHEN, EVERYWHEREONGOING | QAG
TRACEY MOFFATT: SPIRITED25 OCTOBER 2014 – 8 FEBRUARY 2015 | GOMA
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
FUTURE BEAUTY: 30 YEARS OF JAPANESE FASHION1 NOVEMBER 2014 – 15 FEBRUARY 2015 | GOMA
WINE AND SPARKLING PARTNERSUPPORTING SPONSOR
PRINCIPAL PARTNER PRINCIPAL SPONSOR
AIRLINE PARTNERTOURISM AND MEDIA PARTNERS
DAVID LYNCH: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2015 | GOMA
This initiative is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
AIRLINE PARTNER
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
MEDIA PARTNER
MICHAEL PAREKOWHAI: THE PROMISED LAND28 MARCH – 21 JUNE 2015 | GOMA
SUPPORTED BY
THE FOUNDING YEARS 1895–1915: A COLLECTION FOR QUEENSLAND28 MARCH – 14 JUNE 2015 | QAGSPONSORED BY
CREATIVE GENERATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS IN VISUAL ART18 APRIL – 12 JULY 2015 | GOMA
THE PHOTOGRAPH AND AUSTRALIA4 JULY – 11 OCTOBER 2015 | QAG
SPONSORED BY
GOMA Q: CONTEMPORARY QUEENSLAND ART11 JULY – 11 OCTOBER 2015 | GOMA
ROBERT MACPHERSON: THE PAINTER’S REACH25 JULY – 18 OCTOBER 2015 | GOMA
DANIEL CROOKS: MOTION STUDIES8 AUGUST – 25 OCTOBER 2015 | GOMA
LURE OF THE SUN: CHARLES BLACKMAN IN QUEENSLAND7 NOVEMBER 2015 – 31 JANUARY 2016 | QAG
SPONSORED BY
EXHIBITION PROGRAM
THE 8TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT8)21 NOVEMBER 2015 – 10 APRIL 2016 | QAGOMA
PRINCIPAL SPONSORFOUNDING SUPPORTER
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
MAJOR PARTNERS
WINE & SPARKLING PARTNERAIRLINE PARTNERS
TOURISM & MEDIA PARTNERS
CULTURAL PARTNERS
Assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.
CHILDREN’S ART CENTRE EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
JOURNEY TO FANTASTIC LANDS8 NOVEMBER 2014 – 10 MAY 2015 | GOMA
YAYOI KUSAMA: THE OBLITERATION ROOM6 DECEMBER 2014 – 19 APRIL 2015 | GOMA
SUPPORTED BY
MAJOR SPONSOR
ART ON THE WILD SIDE 23 MAY – 11 OCTOBER 2015 | GOMA
ROBERT MACPHERSON: SWAGS AND SWAMP RATS27 JUNE – 5 OCTOBER 2015 | GOMA
APT8 KIDS21 NOVEMBER 2015 – 10 APRIL 2016 | QAGOMA
PRINCIPAL BENEFACTOR MAJOR SPONSOR
AUSTRALIAN CINÉMATHÈQUE PROGRAMS
MYTHS AND LEGENDS9 JANUARY – 8 MARCH 2015
DAVID LYNCH: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS14 MARCH – 7 JUNE 2015
CONTEMPORARY FILM AND VIDEO: HARUN FAROCKI: WAR AT A DISTANCE24 APRIL – 15 MAY 2015
SHIRLEY CLARKE AND THE NEW YORK BEAT12–26 JUNE 2015
CULT JAPAN3 JULY – 2 SEPTEMBER 2015
THE WESTERN 11 SEPTEMBER – 15 NOVEMBER 2015
APT8 CINEMA: POP ISLAM | FILIPINO INDIE | LAV DIAZ21 NOVEMBER 2015 – 10 APRIL 2016
QAGOMA TOURINGREGIONAL QUEENSLAND
AH XIAN: METAPHYSICAGYMPIE REGIONAL GALLERY29 NOVEMBER 2014 — 1 FEBRUARY 2015
TYTO REGIONAL ART GALLERY, INGHAM7 FEBRUARY — 29 MARCH 2015
JOHN MULLINS MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, MILES17 APRIL — 31 MAY 2015
REDLAND ART GALLERY5 JULY – 16 AUGUST 2015
EVER PRESENT: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY COLLECTION 1850–1975GYMPIE REGIONAL GALLERY20 DEC 2014 – 21 FEB 2015
CAIRNS REGIONAL GALLERY5 APRIL – 17 MAY 2015
BUNDABERG REGIONAL ART GALLERY17 JUNE – 9 AUGUST 2015
TRANSPARENT: WATERCOLOUR IN QUEENSLAND 1850S–1890SBUNDABERG REGIONAL ART GALLERY13 DECEMBER 2014 – 1 FEBRUARY 2015
REDLAND ART GALLERY, CLEVELAND8 FEBRUARY – 22 MARCH 2015
ARTSPACE MACKAY11 APRIL – 17 MAY 2015
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CAIRNS REGIONAL GALLERY23 MAY – 5 JULY 2015WARWICK ART GALLERY11 AUGUST – 13 SEPTEMBER 2015PINNACLES GALLERY, THURINGOWA19 SEPTEMBER – 22 NOVEMBER 2015STANTHORPE REGIONAL ART GALLERY19 DECEMBER 2015 – 14 FEBRUARY 2016
INDO POP: INDONESIAN ART FROM APT7NOOSA REGIONAL ART GALLERY11 JUNE – 19 JULY 2015LOGAN ART GALLERY31 JULY – 12 SEPTEMBER 2015REDCLIFFE ART GALLERY10 DECEMBER 2015 – 30 JANUARY 2016
TOURING PROGRAMS
PATTERN BANDITS ON TOUR1 APRIL – 31 MAY 2015
2015 GLENCORE REGIONAL TOURING WORKSHOP PROGRAM4–17 SEPTEMBER 2015SPONSORED BY
INTERNATIONAL AND INTERSTATE
YAYOI KUSAMA THE OBLITERATION ROOM, 2002 TO PRESENTAS PART OF THE EXHIBITION ‘GIVE ME LOVE’:DAVID ZWIRNER, NEW YORK9 MAY – 13 JUNE 2015
JEMIMA WYMAN: PATTERN BANDITSAS PART OF THE EXHIBITION ‘PATTERN PLAY’TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY18 DECEMBER 2015 – 22 MAY 2016
AWARDS
ART ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AWARDSBEST SMALL EXHIBITION CATALOGUEMADONNA STAUNTON: OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY
MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA MULTIMEDIA & PUBLICATION DESIGN AWARDS EXHIBITION CATALOGUE (MAJOR) LEVEL B / HIGHLY COMMENDEDWE CAN MAKE ANOTHER FUTURE: JAPANESE ART AFTER 1989
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE (MAJOR) LEVEL B / JOINT WINNERHARVEST: ART, FILM AND FOOD
INVITATION LEVEL B / HIGHLY COMMENDED: ‘FUTURE BEAUTY: 30 YEARS OF JAPANESE FASHION’
PUBLICATIONSDAVID LYNCH: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
MICHAEL PAREKOWHAI: THE PROMISED LAND
GOMA Q: CONTEMPORARY QUEENSLAND ART
ROBERT MACPHERSON: THE PAINTER’S REACH
LURE OF THE SUN: CHARLES BLACKMAN IN QUEENSLAND
THE 8TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
DRAW, MAKE, CREATE: APT8 KIDS
ARTLINES (2015, ISSUES 1-4)
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PREPARE
2016 IN PREVIEW
Carsten Höller’s Left/Right slide 2010 installed in ‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ at GOMA / Commissioned 2010 with a special allocation from the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / December 2010 / Photograph: Natasha Harth
TIME OF OTHERS
11 JUNE – 18 SEPTEMBER 2016 | GOMA
A curatorial collaboration between QAGOMA, Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka’s National Museum of Art and the Singapore Art
Museum reflects on social and cultural relations in the Asia Pacific region today.
Graham Fletcher / Untitled (from ‘Lounge Room Tribalism’ series) 2010 / Oil on canvas / Purchased 2010 with funds from the Estate
of Lawrence F King in memory of the late Mr and Mrs SW King through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / © The artist
NO. 1 NEIGHBOUR ART IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
1966–2016
15 OCTOBER 2016 – 29 JANUARY 2017 | QAG
Papua New Guinea’s vibrant contemporary artistic expression, as well as the importance of the ongoing relationship between PNG and Australia, is explored
in this extensive look at the art of the country.
Unknown / Baining people, Papua New Guinea / Kavat mask c.1994 / Gift of Carole and Natacha Murphy in memory of Geoff Murphy through
the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2013. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI
DULKA WARNGIID – LAND OF ALL
21 MAY – 28 AUGUST 2016 | QAG
A retrospective celebrating the life and work of this senior Kaiadilt artist from Bentinck Island
in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria.
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori / Thundi 2013 / Synthetic polymer paint on linen / Collection: The Estate of
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori / © The artist 2013 / Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2016
CINDY SHERMAN
28 MAY – 3 OCTOBER 2016 | GOMA
The first Australian exhibition of the highly influential New York artist’s works since 2000, including several
important series featuring Sherman as an array of characters, a large-scale mural and
a brand new series of works.
Cindy Sherman / Untitled #400 2000 / Image courtesy: The artist and Metro Pictures, New York / © The artist
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GOMA TURNS
10 DECEMBER
2016
QAGOMA WILL MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF ITS TRANSFORMATIVE
SECOND SITE, THE GALLERY OF MODERN ART, WITH A SUITE OF EXHIBITIONS, ACQUISITIONS,
PROGRAMS AND COMMISSIONS.
A WORLD VIEW THE TIM FAIRFAX ac GIFT
11 JUNE 2016 – 16 APRIL 2017
The extraordinary philanthropic commitment of benefactor Tim Fairfax, ac, is celebrated in this exhibition of major Collection works by leading
contemporary international artists.
LEFT TO RIGHT / Tomás Saraceno / Biosphere 2 (installation view) 2009 / Purchased 2014
with funds from Tim Fairfax, ac, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / July 2014 / Photograph: Natasha Harth
The Gallery of Modern Art / May 2015 / Photograph: Natasha Harth
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QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY | GALLERY OF MODERN ART Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane qagoma.qld.gov.au Tel: +61 (0) 7 3840 7303
OPENING HOURS Daily 10:00am – 5:00pm Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday Open Anzac Day 12 noon – 5.00pm Hours may vary for some public and cinema programs when scheduled. Check the website for details.
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QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Professor Susan Street, AO | Chair Philip Bacon, AM | Deputy Chair Gina FairfaxAvril Quaill Ross PataneElizabeth PidgeonRick Wilkinson
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Chris Saines, CNZM, Director Maud Page, Deputy Director, Collection and ExhibitionsTarragh Cunningham, Assistant Director, Development and Commercial Services Adam Lindsay, Assistant Director, Operations and GovernanceSimon Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Public Engagement
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PUBLISHER © Queensland Art Gallery 2016This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher. No illustration in this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright owners. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the publisher. Except as noted, all artworks are from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection.
PHOTOGRAPHY All photography by QAGOMA unless otherwise credited.
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