Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1993-94

CURATOR L & SL PORT SERVI ES PROGRAM and mystery. A sculpture made Rielly, Henry from old car tyres Manaby A u s t r a l i a c.1858-1905 L a n d s c a p e 1892 1992-93 by J. Andrew Blackwell, was an addition to the Gallery's group of works by artists who create art using the refuse of society. - The Gallery's representation - .pk of recent developments in r At contemporary Australian art was : '.0 no 4 • . . strengthened by the acquisition of complex and ambitious works by well- known Australian artists in.-..- mid-career, including Wax wedge (the trinity o f bones) 1991 by . , .- Mike Parr; Solids by weight, liquids .::--- by measure, alchemical plates (from'PeriodicTable'series) .,. 1 9 9 2 - 9 3 by Janet Laurence; and , ' . . . . National a r t A simplistic view Queensland series 1978 by , Queensland conceptual artist . - ... Robert MacPherson. The Gallery continued its commitment to representing the breadth of the careers of distinguished senior Australian artists by acquiring Finale 192, a late painting by John Brack. A major early painting by Keith Looby, Incarnation 1965, was given to the - :- Gallery by Mr Hugh Jamieson. AUSTRAL IAN ART~g . . -. The Gallery's holdings of _ _ _ . , . Al,., Queensland art was significantlyWe enhanced by the Margaret 011ey Art Trust's donation of The immigrants 1952 by Brisbane-born artist .. Margaret Cilento. Painted in Brisbane after her return from WE America and Europe, the work shows Cilentos fine handling of both form and colour. Another gift to the Australian Art . .,. collection was Japanese radar tower 1944, a large work on paper C i l e n t o , Margaret by Donald Friend, It complements A u s t r a l i a b.1923 works by Russell Drysdale in its T h e i m m i g r a n t s 1952 29