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

, .. My terrible confession J•vE got to be honest, I have ----~ how the capta in or the Tit~~ic felt "It was as though the wai:rio~s. t re S • 1 I'm a social · r when the lookout,.Yellcd: Ice on serene or visage, heroic 1n O ~on S t , . the starboard b ... demeanor, lriked me an the eye pariah. ~-•1111i,.,,,;11111-• There's nothing to do but retreat and said: 'Peace'". An outcast, beyond the pale or into your shell, a glass or Dom Per• "The warriors said 'Peace:'?" civilised society. ignon to wash away the bitterness, said I. The truth is - and I know half and listen in to the conversations. "Oh, you wouldn't understand," my readers ,won't bc:liev.c it, I'm "The cxpcrienc~ is overwhelm- he repl_icd..."You'rc nothing but a sure he won I - I have~ I bc:cn to ing, mate ... abiiOlutely motion- barbarian. sec The Enton:,~d Warriors. . less, expressions or grim detcrmi- S_cc what I mca~? Not only a OK, there II s out, and I wash I nation ... a look or inexhaustible pariah, but a barbarian as well. coul_d say it_ makes me feel bcucr, patience, as though time is stand• My Dad always said 5licks and but 11 doe& httle to lessen the pain. mg still .. ." stones may break your bones but . I wish I.c,ould tell you what_a By JOHN HA 'r "Yeah. mate, and that'sonly the names will never hurt you. ~1rfcrcnce 11 s made to my social spcctaiors in the queue." But I've discovered how wrong hfc. " Entombed Warriors, mate. There's a bloke in the office he was, because I've found out that There I was, stanc,jing at the bar Sort or awe-inspiring." member of the cultural elite wh~ names and the silent fingcu of sipping a creme-dc-menthe, when "Well, as a matter of fact, I ha- waxes lyrical about the Warriors. scorn can cut you to the quick, sort up comes Norm and orders a pot. ven't seen them." "When I saw them on my sixth or psychological-like. "G'day, mate," he says. "Haven't seen 'cm? Come on, visit," he said, " I felt as though- It's not a, though I intend to "Good afternoon, Norman." mate, you're having me on, aren't how can I express it? -as though sta rt an Anti-Entom~ Warriors' "Some sight, in nit, eh? Stone you? Pullin' my leg, eh?" those Chinese craftsmen were League,or anything hkc that. the crows, never seen nothin' like And so it goes on. It's even worse reaching out to me, extending a As a matter of fact, some of my it. Belf_er than that ~ladame Too- at parties. Confess you haven't hand across the centuries and say- best friends are warriors. Just ask sodds. been across the river to hobnob ing to me, personally, we are all the barman at the Journalists' __"What arc?" I asked . with the Warriors and you'll know made from the same clay. Club. --- The De.ily Sun 4 J une 1983 Warriors draw IF THI-.' wcord-lm•aking crowds at the Queensland Art Gallerv for the Entom– bed Warnors e.rhlbition are ariy inditalion. Chan• net O ·.~ rfocumrnlary on them tonight should 111ak, ro,r,pu/si1}(' uiewing The docum,ntary lakes the 1 1 iewer to the pit.Ii where tltl' warrinrs 1uere found A man la/king about finding the warriors. through a,i interpreter. says Ire tltought ii was the "'site o/ an Asian lem71le at first. Tram:r of archaeotogist.'i are seen in the pits e.cam– ining the warriors and dusting away the dirt . An earthc1uake-sa/e structure has been built ot>er tire pits to prolrct the crowds figures whiclt ho already survived 2000 years. China's history is reJ)Or• led in the doeum.entary. Tire city of Xian is pic– tured with hundreds o/ people in the streets riding bicycles. A spokeswoman for the Queensland Art Gallery said the crowds for the e.r– lribllion had been "fan– tastic." She said last Sunday the e.rlribitfon had the greatest daily attendencc numbers ever recorded in Australia. Queensland records had been broken too. "By 5pm on Wednuday. 141..218 people had seen the e.rh ibi– tion. "she said. • j . ~ •