2011 Annual Report Publication

Townsville City Council Gallery Services

Annual Report 2011/2012

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Pinnacles Gallery

Prepared September 2012

Jon Cattapan Looking Back (Baucau) [detail] 2011

Gallery Services Staff

Frances Thomson Manager, Gallery Services

Shane Fitzgerald Curator

Anthony Edwards Operations Supervisor, Pinnacles Gallery

Eric Nash Audience Development Co-ordinator

Amber Church Audience Development Officer

Jak Henson Installation/Collection Officer

Leah McManus Installation Officer

Jo Stacey Administration Officer

Louise Middleton Gallery Assistant

Gillian Ribbins Gallery Assistant

Nic Horton Gallery Trainee

Mitch Lynn Gallery Trainee

Carly Sheil Gallery Trainee

Daniel Sleigh Gallery Trainee

Wendy Bainbridge Gallery Services Officer

Townsville City Council’s Art Acquisition Working Group

Councillor Jenny Lane Chair (to 2 December 2011)

Councillor Tony Parsons Acting Chair (to 26 March 2012)

Councillor Sue Blom Chair

Objectives

The mission of Gallery Services is to develop the arts, artists, and arts audience of north Queensland.

In 2011/2012 the Gallery Services section of Townsville City Council managed the City of Townsville Art Collection, delivered advice and support to arts and cultural organisations and artists across the region, and operated the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, providing a dynamic program of exhibitions and events at each venue. Gallery Services was also responsible for delivering the hugely successful, 11 day outdoor sculpture festival, Strand Ephemera; Ron Mueck: In Bed and Xstrata Percival Portrait Award

The work undertaken by the Gallery Services section is guided by and meets the following goals as set out in the Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan >> 2011-2014; Townsville City Council Corporate Plan 2009-2014; and Leading, Creating, Connecting: Shaping a Place to be Proud of - Community Plan, Townsville >> 2011-2021

Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan >> 2011-2014

>> Priority Area One: Place

Accessible, functional and lively locations that enhance the city’s uniqueness.

>> Priority Area Two: Participation

Maximise opportunities for people to be involved in, and to make a contribution to, the arts and cultural profile of Townsville.

>> Priority Area Three: Professional Practice, Production and Programming

Excellence in arts and cultural expression through planning and capacity building initiatives that promote best practice.

>> Priority Area Four: Promotion

Townsville’s arts and cultural heritage widely promoted as a

Councillor Gary Eddiehausen

Councillor Colleen Doyle

Mr Simon Reid (to 7 June 2012)

Mr Tate Adams AM (to 7 June 2012)

Ms Connie Hoedt (to 7 June 2012)

Dr Nita Vasilescu (to 7 June 2012)

key feature of the city’s identity.

>> Priority Area Five: Partnerships

Sustainability of Townsville’s arts and cultural sector.

>> Priority Area Six: Planning

Arts and cultural projects and initiatives as a catalyst for the region’s social and economic development.

Townsville City Council Corporate Plan 2009-2014

>> Goal 3: Social Sustainability

Enhancement of opportunities for social engagement and well-being.

3.4 Foster the development of the city as a learning community.

3.6 Strengthen community networks to collaboratively deliver community services

3.7 Plan for community facilities and services to meet the community’s current and future needs.

3.8 Provide community services and facilities to meet the needs of the community.

3.10 Facilitate and showcase artistic learning and expression through performances, exhibitions, activities and programs.

3.11 Support community participation in cultural activities, programs and events.

Leading, Creating, Connecting: Shaping a Place to be Proud of - Community Plan, Townsville >> 2011-2021

>> Guiding principle: Develop a vibrant arts lifestyle

Embracing the richness and talent of the arts community.

Gallery Services Report

We are pleased to present the Gallery Services Annual Report 2011/12 celebrating a solid year of achievement in exhibition programming, public programs and new acquisitions for the City of Townsville Art Collection

Throughout 2011/12 Gallery Services has successfully delivered 64 exhibitions across its two premier venues, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, including numerous local artists and community group exhibitions in its Niche, Access, Showcase, Stairwell and YourSpace exhibition spaces. A host of education and public programs complementing the major exhibitions were also conducted by the Gallery Services team during this period.

Highlights for 2011/12 included the highly anticipated Xstrata Percival Portrait Award which offered a $40,000 acquisitive prize, heralding the Percival as one of the nation’s most lucrative portrait prizes. The exhibition attracted significant local and national media with a staggering 178 entries received from throughout Australia and overseas, with all entries being displayed.

Similarly, Strand Ephemera, Townsville’s flagship biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition which took place in September 2011, received widespread positive feedback from the community. Planning is already underway to continue to grow and improve this significant arts event for the people of Townsville and visitors to the region in 2013.

The final Acquisition Working Group meeting for the 2011/12 financial year also marked the end of the four year appointment to the Working Group of Chair Cr Jenny Lane, Cr Tony Parsons, Mr Tate Adams AM, Ms Connie Hoedt, Mr Simon Reid, and Dr Nita Vasilescu. The Gallery Services team wishes to acknowledge the significant support and contribution of the group and we offer our sincerest thanks. As we enter 2012/13 we extend a very warm welcome to the newly appointed Working Group members.

Acquisition Working Group Chair’s Report

On behalf of the Art Acquisition Working Group, I thank all of our donors for their generous support over the past year. It is also important to recognise all of our donors over the years. Every contribution to the Collection is gratefully received and acknowledged and all gifts, whether large or small, do make a difference.

I warmly thank fellow Working Group members and Gallery Services Manager, Frances Thomson and her dedicated team for their support as the new Chair of the Acquisition Working Group. I look forward to continuing to provide support and assistance to Townsville City Council’s Gallery Services section and the arts community as a whole.

Cr Sue Blom Chair, Art Acquisition Working Group

Girringun Artists Bagu with Jiman [detail] 2011 Co-recipient of the Award for Artistic Excellence, Strand Ephemera 2011

Overview

The year 2011/2012 saw committed staff and volunteers of Gallery Services contribute significantly to the development of Townsville as a creative community, in a year that marked Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s 30th anniversary and Pinnacles Gallery’s 15th anniversary. As well as the blockbusters Strand Ephemera, Ron Mueck: In Bed and the Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, and the plethora of other exhibitions presented at Gallery Services venues, there were a host of programs delivered to enhance the arts audience’s enjoyment of and engagement with the artwork throughout the region. These programs included informative and educational programs; ABC Open digital workshops; film screenings; artist talks; floortalks; lectures and tours; performances by local writers; Australian Festival of Chamber Music masterclasses; and the introduction of the extremely popular Townsville Artist Markets, which will now be held regularly at Riverway Arts Centre.

Gallery Services also demonstrated its commitment to the learning and engagement opportunities made available to the youth of the Townsville region, through consistent consultation with local arts teachers; the provision of educative resources to complement major exhibitions; the Artist-in-Schools program, which sees a local artist tutor a class of students to deliver an exhibition outcome at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery; the Pinnacles Gallery Kids Club; numerous free drop-in weekend workshops; consistent developed programs of school holiday workshops delivered at both galleries; and the regional art workshops delivered by Pinnacles Gallery staff in the lead up to Creative Generations and ArtNow. In short there was much activity in the arts across the region during 2011/12.

Importantly, more than 95% of visitors’ comments in the Visitors Books expressed satisfaction with the Galleries’ exhibitions, accompanying programs and activities, and the warm welcome and assistance received from staff and volunteers.

Townsville Artist Markets at Pinnacles Gallery

Opening of St Joseph’s Mundingburra Artist-in-Schools Project with Artist Anna Mango

Xstrata Percival Portrait Award Judge’s Floortalk by Mr Barry Pearce

Strand Ephemera 2011 Main Artist Tour

ABC Open Digital Storytelling Workshop with Michael Bromage

Townsville City Council Gallery Services Annual Report 2011/2012

Gallery Services Outputs 2011/12

During the 2011/12 period Gallery Services undertook a dynamic, diverse and assertive approach towards maintaining and establishing numerous outreach programs which challenge traditional roles normally associated with visual art galleries.

In total eight major Townsville region localitiesNorth Ward; Kirwan; Northern Beaches; Pimlico; South Townsville; Annandale; Mundingburra and Garbuttparticipated in various educative and community based programs and activities.

In addition to the Townsville region focus the successful touring exhibition Metal as Anything exposed audiences in Stanthorpe; Toowoomba; Tamworth; Wagga Wagga and Canberra to the engaging and popular work of Townsville artist Ron McBurnie.

Artist Anna Mango works with students in a local school

Exhibitions

Gallery Services presented 65 exhibitions in the 2011/12 financial year, including the major outdoor public art festival Strand Ephemera. The undertaking of a major tour of the 2009 Ron McBurnie survey exhibition Metal as Anything to five galleries along the east coast of Australia and revolving showcase displays of artworks at the Townsville airport and select council locations throughout the city were also undertaken during this period. Similarly, the Gallery Services Art About program saw the presentation of City of Townsville Art Collection artworks throughout council chambers and offices.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery presented 16 major exhibitions on the ground and first floors, including works from the collection such as the 30th birthday exhibition entitled 30@30, major touring exhibitions of national and international artworks, such as Zhongjian: Midway, and exhibitions by local artists including Tony Cuthbertson and Gerald Soworka. The Gallery continued its partnership with local arts and cultural groups such as JCU, Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE, and the Townsville Art Society to present their annual exhibitions.

A further 32 exhibitions of predominantly local content were delivered in the Gallery’s Niche, Access, Showcase and Stairwell spaces. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery attracted 62,197 visitors in the financial year, with the largest attendance

recorded for any single exhibition being 15,284 during the Xstrata Percival Portrait Award

Pinnacles Gallery presented eight major exhibitions, including touring exhibitions of national significance such as the immensely popular Ron Mueck: In Bed (which attracted 8,039 visitors) and Vernon Ah Kee - CantChant. The Gallery continued its strong relationship with Education Queensland and the region’s secondary schools through Creative Generations Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design, and Pinnacles Gallery’s innovative ArtNow initiative.

Exhibitions of new media and contemporary art were also presented, while a program of seven local artist and community group exhibitions were arranged by the Gallery to be displayed at YourSpace, in the foyer of the Thuringowa Library - each enjoying an opening celebration.

Go Figure! Xstrata Children’s Exhibition

Ron Mueck - In Bed

Vernon Ah Kee - CantChant

30@30

Zhongjian: Midway Photo: Louis Dunn

Creative Generations Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design

Xstrata Percival Portrait Award

Events and Educational Activities

There was a particular focus throughout Gallery Services in 2011/12 on the delivery of a range of events and educational ativities to engage audiences and complement the 64 exhibitions displayed, thus enhancing participation with the community. A total of 469 public programs were delivered during this period.

The Artist-in-Schools program initiated and conducted by Gallery Services offers artists the opportunity to work with students within the school environment to achieve an exhibition outcome at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Gallery Services employs local artists who transfer skills to both students and teachers alike whilst encouraging the development of visual arts. The students are introduced to the gallery environment and view their works in the Stairwell of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery with an official opening and a guided tour of the current exhibitions being displayed.

Pinnacles Gallery staff undertook trips to schools to present workshops covering the documentation and presentation of student artwork, video editing, digital photography and lomography. The workshops were held locally, as well as regionally in Ingham and Mount Isa, with an aim to help the development of students entering work in the exhibitions.

Pinnacles Gallery initiated a new Kids Club program in 2011/12. Sign up to the Kids Club program is free, and members receive discounted workshops and a free monthly e-news detailing the programs delivered by Pinnacles Gallery specifically for children. The program has been popular, with 189 members to date and positive feedback from participants.

One example of a program that extended the audiences understanding of the artwork was the screening of The Bandit

Queen of India. Gallery Services secured the rights to publicly screen the 1994 Indian film, which exposes a controversial aspect of Indian culture, while providing a triumphant portrait of female empowerment. This true story was referenced by artist Sangeeta Sandrasegar in her Goddess of Flowers series, which was included in the Queensland Art Gallery Touring Exhibition Contemporary Miniatures, displayed at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery from 2 March - 29 April 2012. The event was advertised to coincide with International Womens Day, and attracted 24 enthusiastic visitors.

Adopting the Townsville Artist Markets as a regular event has proven to be an extremely popular choice within the community. The event is going from strength to strength, both in terms of visitation and the number and quality of stall holders, and provides a vehicle for local arts and crafts-people to promote and sell their works at no cost. One member of the community recently expressed their personal appreciation, stating “A big thankyou to all the guys for yet again an absolutely fantastic markets. You guys are awesome, and I love the way you keep to the ‘handmade’ rule...alot of stalls yesterday I was really surprised and such talent... that was a huge success and so well organised - well done.” Six Townsville Artist Markets are planned for 2012/13.

The staging of regular free drop-in workshops on Sundays throughout the Xstrata Percival Portrait Award was also popular with the community. Attendances to these activities were consistently in excess of 300, with positive feedback received from families seeking affordable, fun family activities. The workshops were all linked to portraiture. Gallery Services continues to conduct talks and tours available to primary and secondary schools within the region, to tertiary arts groups, and to community groups such as the University of the Third Age (U3A).

Strand Ephemera 2011 Main Artist Tour

Erica Gray Rock Anenome 2011, Co-recipient of the Award for Artistic Excellence, Strand Ephemera 2011

Townsville Artist Market

Gallery Staff conduct Lomography workshops ahead of Creative Generations Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design

Sam Scoufos Invasion (Self Portrait) Displayed

Ron Mueck: In Bed

In recognition of the incredible popularity of Ron Mueck’s In bed 2005, from the Queensland Art Gallery’s collection, the sculpture travelled to several key regional Queensland venues from late 2011, including Pinnacles Gallery.

Australian-born, London-based sculptor Ron Mueck’s sculptures are some of the most widely acclaimed and identifiable works in the international contemporary art arena. After working as a puppetmaker for children’s television and working in the United States with Jim Henson (of The Muppets television show fame), Mueck gained recognition as a visual artist with his inclusion in the 1997 Royal Academy exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection. Mueck is a master at creating hyperreal sculptures; so effectively imitating nature that reality seems to be suspended. In Bed, a mammoth seven metre long sculpture, is a stunning example of his skill.

The regional tour followed the success of the Ron Mueck exhibition at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, which featured In bed, from May to August 2010. In Bed was on show at Pinnacles Gallery from 19 November 2011 until 9 January 2012, and piqued the interest of local media, including a cartoon about the work in The Sun local newspaper, and the community generally, attracting over 8,000 visitors during its showing.

Attracting a touring exhibition such as Ron Mueck: In bed from a major touring institution is evidence of Pinnacles Gallery’s standing as an important and respected gallery in the national network of regional galleries. The exhibition also showcased the adaptability of the space, which is perfectly positioned to showcase new media artwork, large sculptures, contemporary and traditional exhibitions.

Ron Mueck Australia b. 1958. In bed (detail) 2005, Polyester resin, fibreglass, polyurethane, horse hair, cotton, ed. 1/1, 161.9 x 650 x 395 cm.

Purchased 2008. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation © Ron Mueck courtesy Anthony d’Offay, London. Photo: Natasha Harth

Paul Kaptein, The Continental Drifters #20: nimbus, Photo: Greg Keating.

Strand Ephemera

Strand Ephemera in 2011 featured 36 contemporary artworks by local and national artists along the two kilometre Strand waterfront with an estimated 70,000 visitors during the 11 day event.

The event opened on Friday 2 September with an open air broadcast by ABC Local Radio, interviewing participating artists live on site. Strand aLive provided the main performance element, adding a sense of fun and mayhem. This project incorporated a series of “live art” activities interacting with audience members. Other live components included daily Zen Raking at Helena Rador-Gibson’s artwork entitled Zen-Ephemera and scheduled performances by local musicians The Lettuce Dance Band and The Pink Ladies on Jan Hynes’ 2009 Strand Ephemera entry Pink Piano

Twice daily drop-in artist workshops offered an important means of extending the involvement of the community, allowing them a greater appreciation of artistic skills. The education program had record attendance with a total of 31 school groups and 1092 students participating.

Sebastian Di Mauro returned to the gallery to present as a keynote speaker at the Public Art Symposium (held at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery on Monday 12 September) along with Robyn Daw of Arts Queensland (Art+Place) and Daniel Wallwork (Cairns artist).

Over 60 volunteers were involved in Strand Ephemera supporting all aspects of the exhibition including installation and demount, official opening and Public Art Symposium, workshops, guided art tours and the Strand Ephemera Information Desk. Gallery Services acknowledges and thanks the very important contribution made by all volunteers in assisting us in realising the success of this project.

Judge Sebastian Di Mauro awarded two artworks equal share of the $10,000 Artistic Excellence Award donated by Xstrata Community Program at the opening event attended by 200+ people:

• Girrungun Artists - Bagu with Jiman.

• Erica Gray - Rock Anemone.

The People’s Choice Award winner was announced at the Public Art Symposium:

• Aden McLeod – People watching people in the spirit.

The Wilson/Ryan/Grose Photographic Competition winners:

• Under 18 yrs ($200): Elisa Ernst, for her photograph of MJ Ryan Bennett’s Gifts from the Sea.

• 18 yrs and Over ($800): Danielle Leslie, for her photograph of Richard Gillespie’s The whole town is talking.

Over 70 photographers submitted in excess of 250 images – a record number of entries for the competition. Adam Brown, Lecturer in Photography at James Cook University, judged the competition and was impressed by the overall standard and diversity of entries. He said Ernst’s photo was “outstanding, just a really striking photograph...Danielle Leslie has presented a photograph that is quite dynamic. Her response to Richard Gillespies’s sculpture has been to merge a traditional photograph with some subtle Photoshop techniques in a way that accentuates the essence of the sculpture. I really like that the effects have been used in such a minimal way and it is the sculpture that takes centre place.”

Gallery Services Manager Frances Thomson, exhibition judge Barry Pearce and Mark Roberts of Xstrata admire the winner of the 2012 Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, Kevin Lincoln’s Self Portrait.

Photo: Michael Chambers.

Xstrata Percival Portrait Award 2012

The Xstrata Percival Portrait Award is north Queensland’s most prestigious portrait prize, beginning in 2007 and becoming a biennial event in 2008. Since its inception, the exhibition’s major prize has grown from $2000 in 2007, to $40,000 in 2012, gaining significant media attention locally and nationally, and is likened to the famed Archibald Prize

2012’s exhibition attracted 178 entries from around Australia and overseas - including 112 entries from north Queensland - and a submission from as far as Russia. The breadth of entries demonstrates the exhibition’s ability to capture the local community’s imagination while also showcasing the region’s arts and cultural diversity in an exhibition of national significance. 15,284 people visited the exhibition during its display period.

The winning entry, Kevin Lincoln’s Self Portrait, was announced by Mark Roberts of Xstrata - the exhibition’s major sponsor - at a gala opening at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Lincoln’s winning work now enters the City of Townsville Art Collection. The portraits were judged by Barry Pearce, the Emeritus Curator from the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Mr Pearce said Lincoln’s winning portrait was an outstanding work; “The portrait is a thoughtful, contemplative work. The artist’s use of the golden mean is very clever, and he’s restrained in his use of colour, but it creates a sense of intimacy that allows the viewer to actually enter his space. It’s monochromatically impeccable.”

The Costel Vasilescu Unpackers Prize, donated by the Vasilescu family, was awarded to Townsville artist Donna Beningfield for her painting entitled The Beginning. The painting featured Troy Patti an accomplished jazz musician who lived in Townsville from 2008 to 2011. The nine unpackers had an intimate preview of the 178 entries ahead of the Xstrata Percival Portrait Award and for the first time had the opportunity to cast their creative opinion on the pieces.

Jun Chen’s portrait of Justice David North proved the favourite amongst exhibition visitors, picking up the People’s Choice Award. Townsville resident Mark Enders was the lucky voter to win a 12 month membership to Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Congratulations also to Jennifer Trybula, who was the 15,000th visitor and received a commissioned portrait of herself or a person of her choosing by Townsville artist Rawiri Smith.

It is anticipated that the exhibition will further develop in 2014, and Gallery Services has ear-marked the Percival Portrait Award to be displayed through the entire Perc Tucker Regional Gallery ground and first floors.

City of Townsville Art Collection & Research

The major collection exhibition entitled 30@30 was presented in September 2011, marking Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s thirtieth year. This exhibition was part of Gallery Services’ Curatorial Development Program and provided Eric Nash, Audience Development Co-ordinator, Gallery Services, with a unique opportunity to curate his first major exhibition.

The exhibition featured one work acquired into the City of Townsville Art Collection from each of the Gallery’s 30 years of operation. The exhibition and the accompanying catalogue allows the community an opportunity to view a selection of treasures from the Collection, and to discover the history behind the works and how they were acquired.

John Firth-Smith’s seminal painting Point to Point, Place to Place was of particular interest to visitors. At the 1974 Townsville Pacific Festival Art Exhibition, the awarding of the top prize and subsequent acquisition of John Firth-Smith’s painting Cajun was not a unanimously celebrated decision. In fact, some vocal members of the community even labelled the work Townsville’s Blue Poles. Others believe the awarding of this prize was the catalyst for Townsville’s arts awakening, an opinion supported by the subsequent and astute 1984 purchase of Firth-Smith’s Point to Point, Place to Place, now among the Collection’s most valuable artworks.

This exhibition gained significant national media, including feature stories on George Baldessin in The Australian, and on George Gittoes in the Courier Mail, resultingly strengthening Gallery Services relationship with Gittoes, opening a dialogue which will see a major acquisition of a Gittoes painting into the City of Townsville Art Collection in 2012/13 through the Cultural Gifts Program.

John Firth-Smith Point to Point, Place to Place 1982

Purchased: 1984 Perc Tucker Memorial Art Collection Appeal Funds, and with funds from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Acquisitions

2011/12 was a significant year in the development of the City of Townsville Art Collection, particularly in terms of the number, value and quality of artworks acquired. In total, 141 artworks were formally accepted into the Collection, at a total value of $391,403. This is an exceptional indication of the national significance of Townsville City Council’s premier art galleries (Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery) administered by Gallery Services in attracting such favourable recognition within the arts sector.

This year’s acquisition process included the formal integration of artworks from the former Thuringowa Art Collection into one City of Townsville Art Collection - in total 21 artworks valued at $11,115 were transferred.

Most importantly, $344,143 worth of artworks were donated this financial year, either directly from artists, collectors, or through the Cultural Gifts Program.

It was through the Cultural Gifts Program that perhaps the year’s most significant acquisitions were made. Internationally recognised central Queensland photomedia artist Shane Fitzgerald gifted the City of Townsville Art Collection eight large scale photomedia works valued at $180,000. Douglas Kagi - significant art collector - made a generous gift of a suite of 24 digital prints by British artist Tim Maguire valued at $118,000. Both of these important donations were administered through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Additional works to enter the City of Townsville Art Collection included prints by Tate Adams, John Coburn, Euan MacLeod and Margaret Wilson; paintings from Papua New Guinean artists such as Joe Nalo and John Siune; a contemporary print by renonwned street artist Mini Graff; a suite of 24 prints by Townsville’s PressNorth collective; and another suite of prints by artists of the Girringun Arts Centre.

The year’s major purchase is a beautiful, large-scale painting entitled Looking Back (Baucau) by Melbourne artist Jon Cattapan, whose work featured in the major Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition Perspectives at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in early 2012/13.

Cattapan states, “Looking Back (Baucau) belongs to a series of works made as a response to my time following the Australian Defence Forces in Timor Leste as an Official artist for the Australian War Memorial in 2008. The troops I encountered came from various parts of Australia including Townsville, Sydney, ACT and Brisbane.” The work responds directly to Townsville’s status as a garrison town and complements a number of military and war artworks already held within the City of Townsville Art Collection. The purchase of this work will be split across the financial years 2011/12 and 2012/13.

Tate Adams Pandanus XX [detail] 2011. Gift of the Artist. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Tim Maguire artworks from the Doug Kagi Gift. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Art acquisitions 2011/2012

Dimensions refer to image or object size unless otherwise stated.

Art of the Tropics

Tate ADAMS

Pandanus XX 2011

Silkcut lino, Ed. 2/50

80 x 120cm

Gift of the artist

Diary of a vintage: the work cycle of the year 1979 at Wynns Coonawarra Estate in South Australia depicted in twenty-six wood engravings and text by Tate Adams 1981 Book of 42 pages, with wood engravings, printed in black ink, and letterpress text; hand-bound in maroon silk, blocked in gold, in slipcase

21.5 x 22cm (slipcase)

Gift of the artist

Fallen pandanus 1994

Woodcut, printed in black ink

15 x 16.5cm

Gift of the artist

Irish village c.1955

Lithograph, printed in black ink

20.2 x 25cm

Gift of the artist

Soul Cages 1958

Book of 28 pages, with 20 wood engravings, printed in black ink, and letterpress text; bound in teal paper cover, beige spine, teal print on front cover, paper and plastic cover with imagery, inside first page, Signed by Tate Adams and dated June 2010

19 x 12cm (closed)

Gift of the artist

Alison ANNESLEY

Remains – Turn of the Century Sugar Cane Stables 1980

Watercolour on rag paper

46.5 x 75.5cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Georgia BIEBER-YORK

Paluma Labyrinth 1995

Tempera on paper

49.5 x 39.5cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Vince BRAY

Reminisce 2011

Drypoint, Ed. 13/30

24.5 x 19cm

Gift of the artist

Laura CASTELL

Young Woman 2011

Woodcut

29.5 x 21.5cm

Gift of the artist

Len COOK

Untitled [sphere] c.2000

Earthenware ceramic pot, Paluma clay

20 x 30 x 30cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Kath CORNWALL

Tully Gorge Strangler 2011

Drypoint

29.5 x 19.5cm

Gift of the artist

Jan CROCKER

Alice River 1991

Watercolour

17 x 27cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Jan DALY

Einmal ist keinmal (once is over)

Or the eternal conundrum 2011

Woodcut, Ed. 13/30

15 x 10cm

Gift of the artist

George DEAN

Palmetum 1998

Linocut

25.5 x 26cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Sylvia DITCHBURN

Fireworks, Foshan Autumn Festival, China 2011

Synthetic polymer paint on Arches paper

29 x 38.5cm

Gift of the artist

Fireworks No. 2, Foshan Autumn Festival, China 2011

Synthetic polymer paint on Arches paper

29 x 38.5cm

Gift of the artist

Fireworks No. 3, Foshan Autumn Festival, China 2011

Synthetic polymer paint on Arches paper

29 x 38.5cm

Gift of the artist

Karen DOOLAN

Woman Dance 1999

Synthetic polymer paint on Canvas

41 x 61cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Tony FITZSIMMONS

Clair de lune 2011

Aquatint and sugarlift etching, 13/30

20 x 12.4cm (plate size)

Gift of the artist

Donna FOLEY

Grand Narratives: Wee Hunekers 2011

Print transfer & Drypoint on Dutch Etching paper, Ed.13/30

28 x 38cm

Gift of the artist

Rhelma FRASER

Living connections 1993

Colour screenprint

17 x 10cm

Robert HARVEY

Queensland March 1885

Watercolour

17.5 x 25cm

Purchased 2011

Sylvia HEWITT

Voyager Adrift 2011

Copper sulphate etching on aluminium, Ed. 13/30

38 x 28cm

Gift of the artist

Sandi HOOK

Veiled Darkness 2011

Wood engraving, Ed. 13/30

28 x 38cm

Gift of the artist

Jan HYNES

Yabulu Sunset 2000

Oil on canvas

122.5 x 152.5cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Kath Cornwall Tully Gorge Strangler [detail] 2011. Gift of the Artist. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Tye JEFFERY

View of Hervey Range 1995

Oil on canvas

153 x 102.5cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Sheree KINLYSIDE

Mr Cook laid a place at the table for all his friends…except the artist 2011

Etching

24 x 14.5cm (plate size)

Gift of the artist

Three Ring Circus 1998

Ink on paper

49 x 29.5cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Collection

Thuringowa with Mars in sight 1997

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

81.5 x 81.5cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Rochelle KNARSTON

Untitled (figure and animal) 1995

Drypoint, printed in red ink, and blind embossing and perforations on folded paper

(from No need to title, Townsville, Lyre Bird Press, 1995)

6 x 35.5cm

Donated by Tate Adams

Richard LANE

Great Barrier Reef – Coral and Fish 1989

Watercolour / ink

32.5 x 64cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Jo LANKESTER

Bower 2011

Aluminium and copper sulphate etching with Chine Colle’

28 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Message to the Living 2011

Linocut and Chine Colle’ on Stonehenge

250gsm, Ed. 10/30

25 x 13cm

Gift of the artist

Margot LAVER

Successive Generations Roll By 2011

Two copper plate Aquatint & Dremel Drypoint Etching

38 x 28cm

Gift of the artist

Jordan Grant Vanitas [detail] 2012. Gift of the Artist. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Anne LORD

Yasi Trees (with bark on) 2011

Wood engraving, Ed, 13/30

9.5 x 11cm (plate size)

Gift of the artist

Laurel McKENZIE

Musa 2011

Archival pigment print, Ed. 13/30

28 x 38cm

Gift of the artist

Lyre Bird Press (Tate Adams & Ron McBurnie)

Christmas Greetings from the Lyre Bird C1995

Woodblock

15 x 15cm

Gift of Lyre Bird Press

Candace MILES

Secret Ascidium 1999

Clay, raku fired

40 x 56cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Jenny MULCAHY

The Bridge 2000

Ceramic and steel

37 x 90 x 13cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Hannah MURRAY

I am Homesick for a Place That I Don’t Know 2011

Drypoint, silkscreen, Digital Print

36.5 x 25.5cm

Gift of the artist

Roland NANCARROW

From a Garden Somewhere 1999

Painted Wood

(Five pieces) longest approx 190 x 15cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Eric NASH

A slightly more dramatic before and after than you’d get at Jenny Craig 2011

Aerosol, synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on skate decks

80 x 65cm

Gift of the Artist

Eric NASH (and NIPS)

Lucid 2011

Stencil and collage

84 x 59.5cm

Gift of the artist

Ernest OATES

Thuringowa Shire Council Chambers to 1964 1980

Ink on paper

38.6 x 64cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Jill O’SULLIVAN

Last Place of Being 2011

Lithograph

29.5 x 19cm (plate size)

Gift of the artist

John RAGGATT

Flood Plains, Ross River Dam 1976

Oil on board

59.2 x 74cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Irene RAE

Entwined 2011

Linocut, Chine Colle’ on Stonehenge paper, Ed. 13/30

18 x 13cm

Gift of the artist

Kristina REHORN

Untitled (bush scene) 1992

Woodcut

4.5 x 6cm

Peter RYDE

Late afternoon at Palm Creek 1993

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

92 x 152cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Veronica SCHOLES

The Shape of Thuringowa Division 1879

The Shape of Thuringowa Shire 1986

The Shape of Thuringowa City 1998 1998

Silk

90 x 88cm each panel (triptych)

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Zelma SCHULTEN

My Castle 2011

Etching, zinc plate, Ed. 13/30

28 x 38cm

Gift of the artist

Anneke SILVER

Moon shrine 1993

Etching

6 x 6cm

After Yasi 2011

Linocut, Ed. 13/30

20.5 x 29.3cm

Gift of the artist

Adrianne SMITH

Shadows, Oak Valley 1979

Oil on board

40 x 50cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Gabriel SMITH

Tracks II 2011

Sugarlift and drypoint on zinc, Ed.13/30

16.5 x 20cm

Gift of the artist

Gerald SOWORKA

Are We There Yet? 2011

Linocut on drafting film, Ed. 13/30

17 x 17.5cm

Gift of the artist

Rhonda STEVENS

Sunbeams, Slicing, Shimmering amongst the Undercurrents 2011

Linocut on Dutch Block 300gsm, Ed. 13/30

38 x 28cm

Gift of the artist

Jenny TERREY

Coongie Lakes, Strzelecki Desert 2011

Carborundum Grit collagraph on Fabriano

Tiepolo 290 gsm, Ed.13/30

18 x 25cm

Gift of the artist

Sasi VICTOIRE

Esplanade Dreaming 2011

Lithograph, Ed. 13/30

28 x 38cm

Gift of the artist

K. WRIGHT

She # 2 c. 2005

Etching, printed in red ink, Ed. 1/10

12.5 x 12.5cm

Sandra WRIGHT

Incarnation 2011

Etching, aluminium plate, Ed. 13/30

28 x 37.5cm

Gift of the artist

Danny YATES

Thirsty souls (supplementary edition to The Barflies’ chorus, Townsville, Lyre Bird Press, 1995) 1994

Etching, printed in black ink

17 x 22cm

Donated by Tate Adams

Australian art

Rex ADDISON

Feet up 2011

Linocut on 300gsm cartridge paper, Ed.14/15

29 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Frank BARDSLEY

Abstract

Watercolour

32 x 32cm

Donated by Ross Searle

Jon CATTAPAN

Looking Back (Baucau) 2011

Oil and Synthetic polymer paint on linen

185 x 250cm

Purchased 2011

John COBURN

Garden of the night 1990

Colour lithograph

50 x 72cm

Anna CURTIS

Wanderers’ wings 2011

Colour linocut

21 x 29cm

Gift of the artist

Suzanne DANAHER

Untitled 2011

Drypoint and etching, printed in blue ink

9 x 29.5cm

Gift of the artist

Carolyn DODDS

The art of life 2011

Woodcut on kozo paper

29 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Lawrence FINN

Zemblanity 2011

Colour letterpress wood type and Photo-polymer block

29 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Mini Graff Roadhouse No. 14 2011.

Gift of the Artist. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Euan MacLeod Barrow 1 2007. Collaborating Artist Sheree Kinlyside. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Shane FITZGERALD

Arpeggio I 2005

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

98 x 144.5cm (mounted and framed)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Arpeggio III 2005

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

97 x 144cm (mounted and framed)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Foundation 2005

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

316 x 90cm (unmounted)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Gegenschein 2005

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

97 x 147cm (mounted and framed)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Giya 2005

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

100 x 160cm (unmounted)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Giya II 2006

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

100 x 426cm (unmounted)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Giya III 2006

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

213.5 x 104cm (mounted and framed)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Tahitian dream 2005

Duraflex print, Ed. A/P

100 x 173cm (unmounted)

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Jordan GRANT

Vanitas 2012

Synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on canvas

92 x 92c m

Gift of the artist

Yolanda JUEN

Himmelblick 2011

Etching on Hanhemuehle paper

26 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Jonathon LARSEN

Ned, Ned you are better off dead 2011

Colour linocut

21 x 29cm

Gift of the artist

Matt LIMMER

Altered beast 2011

Risograph print, printed in black and pink ink

35 x 25cm

Donated by Eric Nash

Kevin LINCOLN

Untitled (self-portrait) 2007

Pencil on paper

57 x 38cm

Gift of the artist

Terri MacDONALD

Edgar Allan Poe / The raven 1997

Artist’s book of 30 pages, with illustrations and hand-drawn text; offset photo-lithography

122 x 92cm

Euan MacLEOD

Barrow I 2007

Whiteground etching and aquatint, Ed. HC4

42 x 47.5cm (plate)

Collaborating artist Sheree Kinlyside

Tim MAGUIRE

Berries and Sky 2009

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 5/12

120 x 181cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Branches II 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 4/8

105.5 x 107.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Falling Snow I 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 4/25

101 x 81cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Falling Snow II 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 2/25

80 x 100.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Falling Snow III 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 7/25

102 x 90cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Lago di Como I 2008

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 3/20

35 x 50cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Lago di Como II 2008

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 4/20

35 x 50cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Serpentine 2008

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 2/20

35 x 50cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Villa d’Este 2008

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 3/15

69 x 99cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants I 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 17/35

59 x 80cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants II 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 11/35

59.5 x 79.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants III 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 11/35

59 x 79.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants IV 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 16/35

59 x 79.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants V 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 15/35

59 x 80cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants VI 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 17/35

59.5 x 80cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants VII 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 16/35

59 x 79.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Loves of the Plants VIII 2007

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 16/35

60 x 79.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Three Berries 2005

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 13/50

98 x 81.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Orange Berries 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 31/35

102.5 x 87.5cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Poppies II 2009

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 3/12

120 x 181cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Shadows Tulip 2005

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 13/50

103.5 x 80cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Red Poppy 2006

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 25/35

101 x 89cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Shadows Camelia 2005

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 23/50

103.5 x 80cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Tulip Monochrome 2005

Digital print pigment on paper, Ed. 23/30

103.5 x 80cm

Donated by Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Mini Graff (Wendy Murray)

Roadhouse No.14 2011

Screenprint on 90gsm litho paper (poster edition)

76 x 102cm

Gift of the artist

Gregg NOWELL

Mangroves II 2011

Woodcut, Ed. 25/70

15 x 10cm

Adele OUTTERIDGE

Bookworks 2006

Artist book, Ed. 105/200

Adele Outteridge and Wim de Vos

The Studio West End

14.8 x 14.8cm

Gift of the artist

Peter SCHARDIN

Quiet moment 2011

Etching and aquatint

29 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Michael SCHLITZ

Terminating the lease 1993

Assemblage; colour photo-screenprints, galvanised metal, wire, telephone part and smashed light bulb

61 x 87cm (image); 68 x 94cm (frame)

Donated by Sue Smith through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Margaret WILSON

Five o’clock shadow 1995

Linocut

19 x 10cm

Donated by Tate Adams

Hardy’s Bay 1981

Colour screenprint (6 colours), Ed.13/20

56.5 x 56.5cm

Donated by Ross Searle

Tim Maguire Shadows Tulip 2005. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Douglas Kagi. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Indigenous Art

Rex ADDISON

Feet up 2011

Linocut on 300gsm cartridge paper, Ed.14/15

29 x 21cm

Gift of the artist

Betty Andy

Jigirr Jigirr 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

19.5 x 30.5cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Daniel BEERON

Gijalordi bana boongan 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

39.5 x 30cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Nancy COWAN

Kingfishers talking to each other 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

29 x 41cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Nephi DENHAM

Bagu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

31 x 21cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Daniel GEIA

On the Reef 1998

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

66 x 152cm

Transfer from the Thuringowa Art Collection

Chris KENNEDY

Banggarra 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

29 x 28cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Doris KINJUN

Gigarr 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

21.5 x 25.5cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Alison MURRAY

Gijalordi midjoydinyu jabugu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

30.5 x 41cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Debra MURRAY

Gijalordi ninanyanyu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

22 x 16cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Water Story 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

20 x 28cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Emily MURRAY

Gijalordi 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

28 x 19cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Wunyjay 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

21 x 30cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

John MURRAY

Guyu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

29 x 42cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Ninney MURRAY

Guguwan 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

30 x 20cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Sally MURRAY

Gijalordi bayandinyu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

23 x 32cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Linda OLIVER (Burato)

Barra School 2011

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

122 x 92cm

Purchased 2011

Grace REID

Bullay gijalordi 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

21 x 25cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Gijalordi ninanyanyu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

19.5 x 29cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Dick ROUGHSEY (Goobalathaldin)

Dugong or Grandbill Bark painting

79 x 31cm

Donated by Alexa Ball

Eileen TEP

Gijalordi dalunga ninanyanyu 2011

Screenprint, Ed. P/P

19.5 x 14.5cm

Donated by Theo Tremblay

Papua New Guinean Art

HUGO Apa

Duk Duk and pregnant woman fleeing the 1994 Rabaul volcano eruption 1996

Gouache and fibre-tipped pen on paper

77 x 175cm (image)

Donated by Sue Smith through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Joe NALO

Going for Singsing 2008

Watercolour and ink on paper

42 x 29.5cm

Gift of the artist

Famous Kokoda Track, Fuzzy Wazzy

Angles – Memorial Totem Poles PNG + Aust. 2008

Watercolour and ink on paper

29.5 x 42cm

Gift of the artist

John SIUNE

Helicopter with Prime Minister Sir Julius

Chan viewing the 1995 Rabaul volcano eruption 1996

Gouache and fibre-tipped pen on paper

77 x 175cm (image)

Donated by Sue Smith through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Joe Nalo Going for Singsing 2008. Gift of the Artist. City of Townsville Art Collection.

Gallery Services

Through Gallery Services, Townsville City Council owns and operates two premier regional galleries, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in the city’s CBD, and Pinnacles Gallery located within the Riverway Arts Centre in Thuringowa Central.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery is located in one of Townsville’s finest heritage buildings, on the corner of Denham and Flinders Streets, in the city centre.

The Gallery has a ground floor and first floor level with seven exhibition spaces. On display are works by north Queensland artists as well as national and international touring exhibitions. Guided group exhibition tours are available upon request and prior bookings are essential.

For further information about programs, membership, venue hire, or to place a booking, please contact Perc Tucker Regional Gallery:

+61 (7) 4727 9011

ptrg@townsville.qld.gov.au

www.townsville.qld.gov.au

Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm

Saturday - Sunday 10am - 2pm

Closed Public Holidays, Free Admission

Pinnacles Gallery

Pinnacles Gallery opened in March 1996 as part of the Thuringowa Library and Council complex. The Gallery provided a space for the display of a diversity of art, social history and educational exhibitions to serve the needs of Thuringowa’s residents and visitors at the time.

Pinnacles Gallery moved in 2006 to a purpose-built gallery within the Riverway Arts Centre – the only purposebuilt gallery in Townsville. The space offers a multitude of ways to present artwork and has the capacity to deliver multimedia artwork presentations.

Guided group exhibition tours are available upon request and prior bookings are essential.

For further information about programs, venue hire, or to place a booking, please contact Pinnacles Gallery:

+61 (7) 4773 8871

pinnacles@townsville.qld.gov.au

www.townsville.qld.gov.au

Tuesday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Saturday - Sunday 10am - 5pm

Closed Public Holidays, Free Admission

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery First Floor Exhibition Space

Riverway Art Centre, which houses Pinnacles Gallery

Pinnacles Gallery