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

The Courier-Mail 17 July 1982 ·Gallery highlights Japan ·' ., A PROGRAM to highllglit the tradi– tional arts of Japan will be held at the Queensland Art Gallery this weekend to coincide with the price– less exhibition, "Japan - Master– pieces from the Idemitsu Collection" which is now on show. Festivities will start at 6 p.m. to-· night, with the screening of the two– :rnd-a-half hour epic Japanese film, . "Kagemusha", bi' led as the costliest proouction ever u'!dertaken in Japan :ind winner of the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Jt will be shown in the gal– ]erv's lecture theatre. The film is a milestone in the career of Japan's most distinl?uished filmmak– er and was producei:1 by Hollywood greats, Francis Ford C':)ppola ~nd Georae Lucas. Additional screenings will take place on Sunday at I p.m. and next Friday night, July 23, at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m. tonight Japanese lanterns, with candles aglow, will be floated on the exterior pool of the water mall which flows through the gallery. Tomorrow and Sunday afternoons, from 2 p.m. to ·4 p.m., the spectacular method of Japanese glazing, Raku Fir: ing. will be demonstrated by local craftsmen. The raku process requires the pot to be tak~ from the kiln while the glaze is molten, then placed in a container of dried leaves or straw which then bursts into name. Pots used will be those of craftsman Nakazato Takashi, who recently de- THE Q~sland Art Gallery will present a work– shop devis liytTie1r e1fUcaiibn section on the last day of the school holidays (Friday) . The workshop is designed to introduce children to the more interesting aspects of traditional Japanese culture. The workshop is being held to complement the superb exhibition "Japan - Masterpieces from the Idemitsu Collection", the first major exhibtion of Japanese art to be shown in Australia. Participants in the workshop will have the oppor-. tunity to handle authentic Japanese writing and painting implements and ceramics. Children will be shown how to make pots and hanging scrolls. The highlight of the afternoon will be a guided tour of the exhibition which is included in the admis– sion price of $2.00. The workshop is open to children up to and includina 14 years. 28 June 1982 lighted visitors to the gallery with·a dis– play of his skills. Demonstrations of the popular arl of Bonsai will be given by the Bonsai Soci– ety of Queensland on the upper terrace of the Sculpture Courtyard at 3 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday. Another art form which will be on display will be that of Japanese flower arrangement (lkebana), with a demon– stra Lion by practicioner Mrs Mary Brown on Sunday at 2 p.m. The afternoon tea provided tomor– row from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. will be Japanese style, featuring refreshing green tea, and tangy Japanese nibbles. Guided tours of the exhibition have been scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m., to– morrow at 11 a.ni. , 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Long Live the South Bank IT WAS with a mixture of sad– ness, nostalgia and pride in my home town that / read your special feature on the new Cultural Centre. rh_r rfrer ba11k alo11gJide lire aid V1ctar_10 Bridge. J de veloped a real affec11onJ.or tire old bridge.for thr skq111z rink and for lhe general area . esp11e the dubious rep111a– tw1111 probably deserved. :TtiODSands· flOck AJ a uhoolboy in the 1950.f that south bu11k area rtpreuilll'd 0 ~·ery real par/ of "growi 11 g up ". Although tht old Cr,•1110, 11 ,. Tlreotrr was by thtn a faded .f/a;, ihr 1111111 .1' JllllwJ I Jaw there, so111r good, •' OIi/i' bad. Wtrr my ji'r.1r i 11 • trod11ct11Jt1 to livr theair,,. Thi.,· Ira.< becar 1st' a long-time addictio11 borh on.riage or in the audience . Tlrr 11 igh1 the 1heatrt burned dow,; 1 siood there umo11gst,tht exci1ed crowd with a fetling of real loss, not for the bur/ding, but for what 11 had rtpreunttd to so ma11y peo– ple over such a long time. . During the mid-Fifties, as a l1tgh school st11dtnl, / worked nights /to tire detrimrnt of mi• .<rudres / as a1111ouncer at the "Bh;l' Moo11 Ska1i11g Rink" 11rstled 011 AlaJ, progress reared its head a11d my _beloved Victoria Brid a11d Jka1111K rink disappeared Oge uad in the press of wo11d~oi~ f',lan.r for thl' "South Bonk " b111 ) or ,l't'ars nothing uemed to ·hap– pen. At 10st · on my l'iJil.f to Brisba11e I ha,•e bun able /tJ observe with pleas11rt, the new era, the rn~gnifi– ctnt concept corning 10 reality 1 on_ly hope that the public will ~d– nure an1 ."!ore importantlv use these factl1t1 es. I certainly will. H?.'•·ever to "(e, the ghosts of the Cremorne' and the "BI Moo_ 11 " will Cflways linger 011 . ~ Da1•1d G. Wh,re Cherry Sr B 11 · na. ' ' a ,_ to art gallery Queensland Art Gallery at– tendants were forced to close the doors yesterday as people nocked to South Brisbane to in– spect Queensland's new gallerv. Between IO a.m. and 11 a ~ an estimated 1400 people riled· through. At 1.30 p.rn. doors wnc closed and people were allowed in only as others left. During the weekend about I I .000 people inspected ihc dis– plays, ~ringing the total al!cn – dance since the opening last Mon– day to about 38,000. A~ art gallery spokesman said pub/re response was most pleu- '"11· ' "The wa y people huv~.:epted ihc .~allery has been overwhelm– rng. he s3id . "We could not ha ve hoped for a belier reception ." Galler y hours have been ex– tend ed 10 .:a ter for the l~rgc crowd~ pcc ted again this week . ln,•rad of closing at 5 p.m. on Monda y, Frida) , and Saturda y nights , t_hc gallery will rema in open unul 9 p.m. ,.