'Lost and Found' 19 January to 25 January 2004

Performances, workshops and interactive experiences centered around creating works of art around familiar objects such as synthetic fur, skins, tins, cutlery and found wood. A spectacular spiral installation of cutlery of various sorts was a central highlight as was a coat made of toad skins. Children and families spent many hours creating objects from cardboard, plastic straws, tape and paper squares from old telephone directories. The inclusion of packs of playing cards created some novel constructions.

Project supported from the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Children's Centre.

Artists featured

• Carchesio, Eugene


• Hutchins, Alice


• Jaarsma, Mella (wearable coats from kangaroo, frog, fish and chicken skins)


• Klippel, Robert (machine part sculpture)


• Onus, Lin


• Paik, Nam June


• Roberts, Luke


• Staunton, Madonna


• Tuffery, Michel (a sculptured bull made from corned beef tins)

Ah Xian ( 6 December 2003 - 7 March 2004 )

Works of Chinese-Australian artist Ah Xian. The Queensland Art Gallery has a number of works (5) in their collection.
Ah Xian is a figurative sculpture working with the human form, traditional chinese art forms, techniques and crafts including cloisonne busts and figures. Winner of the inaugural National Sculpture Prize in 2001.

Cloisonne is an enamel ware, where the various colours in the design are separated by thin metal strips. It is produced from a red-copper roughcast where patterns are formed with thin copper strips which are in turn filled with enamels of differing colours. Once fired and highly polished a beautiful presentation is possible.
It is a highly prized chinese traditional art integrating bronze and porcelain-working skills as well as painting and etching.
Cloisonne making originated in Beijing. In the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). It reached its heights in the Xuande period (1426-1456) of the Ming dynasty. In the Jingtai period (1426-1456) of the Ming, a dark-blue enamel became fashionable and is still used today.
In the Qianlong period (1736-1795) of the Qing Dynasty, pure copper began to be used for roughcasts.

'How We Live' ( 6 December 2003 - 22 February 2004)

Artists from the Asia-Pacific region use photography and sculpture to give a cultural perspective to their lives.

Artists featured include:

• Fudong, Yang (China)


• Gill, Simryn (Malaya, installation)


• Neshat, Shirin (Iran/USA)


• Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Jun (Vietnam, video stills)


• Noble, Anne (New Zealand)


• Page, Charles (Australia, photographer)


• Sonabi (India)

John Rigby Focus (till 28 March 2004)

Queensland Artist

William Robinson (till 28 March 2004)

Australian painter.

'Conceptualism in Brisbane' (till 9 May 2004)

Artists featured include:

• Nixon, John


• MacPherson, Robert


• Redford, Scott


• Tyndall, Peter

Prints of George Baldessin (till 9 May 2004)

George Baldessin (1939 to 1978) was an acknowledged leader in Australian printmaking and sculpture in the 1970's. He focused on the female form to a significant extent.

Lionel Lindsay (till 9 May 2004)

An Australian graphic artist, watercolourist and writer. A display of woodblock prints from between the world wars depicting birdlife. They were produced in the asian styles of Japan and China.

Colour Country (till 9 May, 2004)

The colourful and innoavtive artistic styles emerging from indigenous artists.
Featured artists:

• Lemon, Theresa (Australian Indigenous artist)


• Munduwalawala, Ginger Riley (Australian Indigenous artist)


• Napurrula, Mitjili (Australian Indigenous artist)


• Pwerle, Minnie (Australian Indigenous artist)


• Thaiday, Ken (Australian Indigenous artist)

Paul Adair (till 15 February 2004)

A young, emerging photographic talent with series of suburban landscapes. Graduate of the Queensland College of Art.