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

., ,r Art patrona earn praise By FREDERIC ROGERS • be a cause tor pubhc It should atronage of the gratitude th~~-~g of the past but art• is not a pp'eara under a differ– merely now a ent guise. other wealthy patron o In place ?f the no.~~~r ht.. works of art or m~• past centuries who . (~ometimes under cond1- sic for his o~r, dt:l~eh~ignityoftheartistorc~m lions damagang to~ave commercial cntcrprisc_s poser). we now t or rformancc of mus, sponsoring dcvclopmen _ . ~ng visual art works and theatre an_d comm1ss:~ni1y. . to be shared with ~he co~tanding cxhibiuon o_f So it is that t e ou bly late Fred Williams is paintings by the r;gQ~~cnsland Art Gallery. I now on show a_t t c dcr the sclf-cxplanat~ry a• This collecuon, unS . .. concerned with the bcl fo "The Pilba~a cries • of Western Austra– landscape ?f the P1lbart1:rt:~ion of CRA L_td. lia, was pamtcd at th~ r ns have seen this fo~– Rclatively fcwf Ahu~tr:o~ntry with its prcdomi• bidding region ~ t cir nantly red C?lon~g. . . ye his rei 1)0 to the -Fred Williams art1s~1c \s~ sense m .lor have grim surroun~ing~ anhd an_tc the word to uSC for a brou(Jht ii al_ive, ,f t at IS • .... • · : ·.. . ,, :·A . seem., gly and area. ., • .. . . . The Leader 29 April 1984 Williams, and the Outback he saw The Pi/hara Series by Fred Williams, considered his most ambitious and sustained attempt to paint inland Australia, is now on exhibition al the Q eensland Art Gallery. The series was e,iecuted in 1979-81 and was the last to be completed by the artist before his death in 1982, aged 55. It comprises I J oil paintings and 18 gouaches which reveal the characteristic features of his landscape style at the same time as they point in new directions. In the Pilbara series, it has been said, Williams indicates a new way of depicting the Australian Outback landscape and does so with a new vibrancy and brilliance of colour. which panicipants will work to produce a highly individualised garment Which may claim to be a work of an as well as an item of clothing. Another e,ihibition focuses on the an of Ja~ Wieneke 11908-8 II, former director of tht Morton Galleries in Brisbane and later of the Queensland Art Gallery. In 1946 he published Sixth Division Sket– ches, a collection of sketches, drawings and notes dating from the New Guinea campaign in which he served. The Focus on James Wieneke e,ihibition concentrates on the Gallery's e,irensive collr.c– tion of th!!!i(! campaign drawings and water– colours, but also includes a small group of works from civilian life. The Pilbara series is to be seen until May 20, the Wieneke c,ihibition until May 27. Included in this month's activities at the GaJlorr. are a number of workshops, teacher seminars. lectures and concerts. Beginning on Tuesday, May 8, for e,iample, is Glad Ra!(S. This is a nine-day workshop in As part of its regular Wednesday evening public programme (the Gallery is now open until 8pm on that night), an eight-week draw– ing class is being offered. The course is for peo. pie 16 or over, and begins on Wednesday, May 9. At 6pm on the same evening the Artists Speak forum will bring together a number of Queensland artists, including Davida Allen, John Rigby, Bill Robinson, Paul SelwOOd. Madonna Staunton and Ann Thomson. They will discuss current trends in contem– porary art as well as indicating new directions in their own work. As a prelude to this forum, the chamber music ensemble Divertimento Bonenri will ipve a programme of music by contemporary Queensland composers. The music will be introduced by Elaine Dob– son of the Queensland Conservarorium, and the concert begins at 5.15pm. · •·