❓ Question about upcoming exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The Minister details the MOMA exhibitions, including 'Picasso to Warhol', highlighting the government's commitment to a vibrant cultural sector and Perth's revitalisation.
AnsweredQoN 219Legislative Assembly
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ART GALLERY — UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
219. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND to the Minister for Culture and the
Arts:
With projects such as the Perth Waterfront, Perth Cultural
Centre, Riverside and Perth City Link, it is pleasing to see our city get the
attention that it deserves. In light of this government's commitment to
improving our capital city, can the minister please update the house on the
upcoming exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Western Australia?
219. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND to the Minister for Culture and the
Arts:
With projects such as the Perth Waterfront, Perth Cultural
Centre, Riverside and Perth City Link, it is pleasing to see our city get the
attention that it deserves. In light of this government's commitment to
improving our capital city, can the minister please update the house on the
upcoming exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Western Australia?
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I am very pleased to do so. I make the initial comment that
having a vibrant and diverse cultural sector in Western Australia, including
Perth, of course, is a very high priority for the government. The
revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, where a lot has been achieved over
the last couple of years and is still a work in progress, is very much part of
our overall agenda to transform Perth, as the capital of Western Australia, to
make it a vibrant, active and interesting city in which to live, for all
Western Australians to visit and also for visitors to our state. The member for
Mount Lawley mentioned the Perth Waterfront and Perth City Link projects, which
are also part of that overall plan to transform Perth. Incidentally, I
understand that the opposition is now opposed to the Perth Waterfront project
and certainly the way in which it is being delivered. In contrast to the
opposition's Dubai-on-Swan proposal just prior to the last election,
members opposite have now had a complete retreat in the face of a degree of
vocal opposition to some aspects of it. It really just shows how much
vacillation occurs within the opposition these days.
In relation to the exhibitions which are —
Mr E.S. Ripper :
When you lose an election, you've got to have a rethink!
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : I do not think members opposite lost the election over that
issue!
Mr C.C. Porter :
How do you lose an election over something you didn't do?
Mr J.H.D. DAY :
However, the —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, members!
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, member for Perth!
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The
reason members opposite lost the election was that they announced lots of
things, they had lots of glossy productions and headlines and they never
followed through on anything. Members opposite were very good at announcements
but not very good at actually delivering! That was the big problem the Labor Party
had in government.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Thank you, members!
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : One program that is being delivered by this government is
ensuring that world-class —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : A
moment of distraction, members, for most of you, I am sure.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The
government is keen to ensure that world-class exhibitions, together of course
with supporting and presenting the work of Western Australian and Australian
artists, are provided at the Art Gallery of Western Australia for the people of
Western Australia and visitors to our state. I am very pleased to say that the
first of the series of six exhibitions from the Museum of Modern Art in New
York—MOMA—will open at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in
about four weeks or so in the middle of June. This is a very significant series
of six exhibitions. The first exhibition Picasso
to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters will on its own present over 100 masterpieces
that are rarely seen outside New York. As well as presenting some works of
Picasso and Warhol, there will also be works by artists including Henri
Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Joan Miro, Piet Mondrian and many other
artists as well. These will be presented at the Art Gallery of Western
Australia. It is a very significant achievement by the art gallery, the
director, Dr Stefano Carboni, and his colleagues, the board of the art gallery,
to ensure this exhibition can be presented here in Perth. It has the support of
the state government, I must say, and the funding allocated in last year's
budget to underwrite this series of six exhibitions. The second exhibition, Picturing New York: Photographs from The
Museum of Modern Art will celebrate vitality, ambition and the beauty of
New York. It will document the evolution of photography throughout the
twentieth century. The third exhibition, van
Gogh to Richter: People, Places and Things will present landscape, still
life and portraiture, three of the most fundamental artistic genres of works to
be presented—cubism, surrealism and beyond, to the art of today. The
fourth exhibition, Contemporary
Encounters will include works since the 1980s. The fifth exhibition, Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen focuses on the domestic kitchen and includes items ranging from elements of our
everyday world that we do not think of as being designed, to chairs and tables
by the world's leading designers. The series will conclude in about
three years.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Are
you funding the new museum? Tell us about that.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Perth!
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The
series will conclude with Masterpieces of
Post Impressionism , which will be a small and exquisite selection of the
world's best-loved paintings from the world's great
post-impressionist artists. This is an excellent opportunity for the people of
Western Australia. I compliment all those who have played a role in getting to
this point.
having a vibrant and diverse cultural sector in Western Australia, including
Perth, of course, is a very high priority for the government. The
revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, where a lot has been achieved over
the last couple of years and is still a work in progress, is very much part of
our overall agenda to transform Perth, as the capital of Western Australia, to
make it a vibrant, active and interesting city in which to live, for all
Western Australians to visit and also for visitors to our state. The member for
Mount Lawley mentioned the Perth Waterfront and Perth City Link projects, which
are also part of that overall plan to transform Perth. Incidentally, I
understand that the opposition is now opposed to the Perth Waterfront project
and certainly the way in which it is being delivered. In contrast to the
opposition's Dubai-on-Swan proposal just prior to the last election,
members opposite have now had a complete retreat in the face of a degree of
vocal opposition to some aspects of it. It really just shows how much
vacillation occurs within the opposition these days.
In relation to the exhibitions which are —
Mr E.S. Ripper :
When you lose an election, you've got to have a rethink!
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : I do not think members opposite lost the election over that
issue!
Mr C.C. Porter :
How do you lose an election over something you didn't do?
Mr J.H.D. DAY :
However, the —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, members!
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, member for Perth!
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The
reason members opposite lost the election was that they announced lots of
things, they had lots of glossy productions and headlines and they never
followed through on anything. Members opposite were very good at announcements
but not very good at actually delivering! That was the big problem the Labor Party
had in government.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Thank you, members!
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : One program that is being delivered by this government is
ensuring that world-class —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : A
moment of distraction, members, for most of you, I am sure.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The
government is keen to ensure that world-class exhibitions, together of course
with supporting and presenting the work of Western Australian and Australian
artists, are provided at the Art Gallery of Western Australia for the people of
Western Australia and visitors to our state. I am very pleased to say that the
first of the series of six exhibitions from the Museum of Modern Art in New
York—MOMA—will open at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in
about four weeks or so in the middle of June. This is a very significant series
of six exhibitions. The first exhibition Picasso
to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters will on its own present over 100 masterpieces
that are rarely seen outside New York. As well as presenting some works of
Picasso and Warhol, there will also be works by artists including Henri
Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Joan Miro, Piet Mondrian and many other
artists as well. These will be presented at the Art Gallery of Western
Australia. It is a very significant achievement by the art gallery, the
director, Dr Stefano Carboni, and his colleagues, the board of the art gallery,
to ensure this exhibition can be presented here in Perth. It has the support of
the state government, I must say, and the funding allocated in last year's
budget to underwrite this series of six exhibitions. The second exhibition, Picturing New York: Photographs from The
Museum of Modern Art will celebrate vitality, ambition and the beauty of
New York. It will document the evolution of photography throughout the
twentieth century. The third exhibition, van
Gogh to Richter: People, Places and Things will present landscape, still
life and portraiture, three of the most fundamental artistic genres of works to
be presented—cubism, surrealism and beyond, to the art of today. The
fourth exhibition, Contemporary
Encounters will include works since the 1980s. The fifth exhibition, Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen focuses on the domestic kitchen and includes items ranging from elements of our
everyday world that we do not think of as being designed, to chairs and tables
by the world's leading designers. The series will conclude in about
three years.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Are
you funding the new museum? Tell us about that.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Perth!
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The
series will conclude with Masterpieces of
Post Impressionism , which will be a small and exquisite selection of the
world's best-loved paintings from the world's great
post-impressionist artists. This is an excellent opportunity for the people of
Western Australia. I compliment all those who have played a role in getting to
this point.
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