Conservation from conception: Commissioning an installation by Cai Guo-Qiang |
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| Authors: | Elizabeth Wild Amanda Pagliarino Russell Storer |
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| Institution: | 1. Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australializ.wild@qagoma.qld.gov.au;3. Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia;4. National Gallery Singapore, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | Over a period of six years, the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art and Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang developed and realized the major art installation Heritage (2013). The artwork comprises 99 life-sized imitation animals congregating at a waterhole and covers 1104 m2 of floor space. This paper reviews aspects of the commission, construction, and completion of Heritage – a very large-scale, technically complex contemporary installation. From commission to acquisition, the project was a highly collaborative undertaking and is an interesting example of unconventional conservation. This paper, written from curatorial and conservation perspectives, describes this cooperative endeavour. |
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| Keywords: | Cai Guo-Qiang Installation Commission Contemporary Conservation Collaboration |
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