Since 2003 it has been the mission of Contemporary Collector’s to raise the profile of
contemporary art and raise funds for the Gallery’s contemporary collection.
The Director’s Project is a three year fund to secure extraordinary art projects and works of
art that will broaden the current objectives of the Gallery. We will aim for one major project per
year – a project that will be highly innovative; accessible to the broader community and one that
will premiere in South Australia.
‘Through the Director’s Project, South Australia now has the opportunity to reclaim its
status as trail blazer - to introduce new artists and new ideas and secure the very best of the
here and now for the future,' Art Gallery Director, Nick Mitzevich.
In 2010 South Australians were first introduced to the celebrated Russian contemporary art
collective, AES+F. In just over three months 82,000 people were enthralled by
The Feast of Trimalchio, on loan from a private collection.
For our inaugural Director’s Project in 2011, The Art Gallery of South Australia seized an
opportunity to acquire, for the permanent collection, the latest moving image work of art by AES+F.
Titled
Allegoria Sacra
this digitally animated collage, comprised of thousands of photographs is inspired by the late
fifteenth century painting of the same name by Giovanni Bellini, held in the Uffizi in Florence.
Allegoria Sacra bombards the senses and offers a potent allegory of contemporary culture.
To find out more about the Director’s Project, please contact the
Contemporary Collectors Coordinator.
Installation view:
International Art Series, featuring
Das swings unt roundabouts fur der kinder? Ja? Nein! Schweinhund!, Jake Chapman, Dinos
Chapman, Britain
