Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

The Sunday Mail 19 September 1982 VIVID WEDDING MEMORIES- R,ETURN - ' Dre.ss,... stars· 2gain The QuHn1l1nd Art Gallery WH • hive of 1ctlv1tr fHterd1r 11 1t1ff put the flnlth• Ing touchH to the ·eight 1pecl1I Hhlbl• Ilona which open to– morrow •• part of F11tlv1I 12. Wi1h the Trumpet Vol– untary playing in tbc back– ground memories or pa– gacntry and grandeur or last year's Royal Wedding in St Paul's were vivid as frcclanfC designer and dis– play artist Melody Cooper arranaed the Princess or Wa!es' wedding dress, wem:ing while gloves lo prollct the cloth. Displayed alongside the dress and veil is one the outfit or the bridesmaids and one worn by a pa1c– boy. . This exhibit is certain to arouse moat interest, in terms or news and histori– cal value, but Ms Cooper said an African beaded robe, also a star exhibit of 1he Costumes, Masks and Jewellery eahibition sur– passed it U rar IS crafts– manship wu concerned. The Courier-Mail 7 closes The Queensland Au Gallery cl~ yesterday for ~wo wee& while eight ffl&Jor exhibitions arc prepared in time for the Festival '82 cclebrationa. MELODY COOPER ARRANGES THE FAMOUS WEDDING GOWN ~~e Telegraph 17 September 1982 Di.'s dress.out of place? ISN'T it extraordinary that Princess Di's wedding dress should be exhibited in the new Queensland Art Gallery (Tele, Sept. 14)? · We have been told endlessly that our gallery was to be a place for artistic ellcel- , lence. ., Instead of that it seems that the Gallery has taken over the role or the Queen Street · Mall as the place to show off fa~hions . - Elise Green, Maundrell Tee., As~ley. \ ,