The Queensland Artists’ Gallery program,
sponsored by Xstrata Coal Queensland,
showcases Queensland art and artists.
This important program began
in 2009 as a three-year partnership
with the Gallery’s long-time
supporter Xstrata Coal and in
2011 was generously extended
to an additional three years.
It is a vital component of the
Gallery’s exhibition program and
demonstrates the priority given to
collecting, representing and profiling
Queensland art and artists. In 2012
the partnership also supported by the
Xstrata Coal Queensland Regional
Touring Workshop program.
This year, there were two exhibitions
in the Queensland Artists’ Gallery,
‘Carl and Phillip McConnell:
Queensland Studio Potters’ and ‘Ian
Fairweather: Late Works 1953 – 1974’.
Carl McConnell (1926–2003) was
the most important potter in the
post-World War Two generation in
Queensland, introducing stoneware
and porcelain firing to the state.
His superb craftsmanship has been
showcased in numerous exhibitions,
which established his nationwide
profile. Phillip McConnell (b.1947),
Carl’s eldest son, followed in his
father’s footsteps and established
a career of equal significance. Carl
and Phillip McConnell are regarded
as superb ceramic technicians —
both experimented with traditional
Chinese and Japanese methods to
produce a remarkably diverse and
sophisticated oeuvre.
‘Ian Fairweather: Late Works’ focused
on the prominent artist’s late works,
when he lived and worked on Bribie
Island in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay
between 1953 and his death. This
period saw Fairweather achieve the
summation of his life’s endeavour
as a painter, and the works from
these years brought the artist
enduring fame. Many rarely seen
works from private collections were
featured in the exhibition, as well as
a selection of recent gifts donated
through the Josephine Ulrick and
Win Schubert Foundation for the
Arts, representing Win Schubert’s
steadfast and extraordinary
generosity to the Gallery.
CARl AND PhIllIP mCCONNEll:
QUEENSlAND STUDIO POTTERS
17 MARCH – 22 JULY 2012
QAG
IAN FAIRWEAThER:
lATE WORkS 1953 – 1974
3 NOVEMBER 2012 – 3 MARCH 2013
QAG
Guests at the Official Opening and
Foundation Viewing of ‘Ian Fairweather:
Late Works 1953 – 1974’, Xstrata Coal
Queensland Artists’ Gallery, Queensland
Art Gallery, November 2012
XSTRATA COAl QuEENSlAND
ARTISTS’ GAllERy
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