Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 3 : Presscuttings, Sept 1959 - Sept 1967

THE COURIER-MAIL THURSDAY OCT 3 1963 ;J Give land to gallery -Crawford THE Brisbane City Council should donate land fronting King George Squore for a Notional Art Gallery site, if the site were acceptable to the gallery trustees and the State Government. 'l'he Ci t izen!i' l\lunici- future---; 111 the ,·0111rr nl 1ml Orga11it-;;1110 11 1...(•adcr Ann Strr1•1 ,llld tile (Aldcl'man Cn1 wford) ,q~{,~~· '.'.\'11"l:~ie lo con– said thiR last night. ,ronn \\'llh 1J1r• nc:t,•n·e Ji(' sn ld th:ll t he l"'IHl!ll'il B1111 k bu1ld111~ lllld tl1e coulrt t:on trlbutc thr Jund City Hall. us its !-thnr c of 1h1• de• ··1-towcn•r, I l1n\'P \'f"l'Y \'Clop11u•11t of n t'l\'lc· l'Pn trr little k,um lrdL!e ol an :tnd lu tht \'ldnuv oJ the Cit,· ,h,.. rt>qu1rr11ll'11t& u! art HAU. ~;dlrnr!'I. Aldermnn Crnwfurd ~rud " I ha\r w, 1d1•11 ,,Jifl1!1cr the Lord ~1a ,rur ' Alder- thr ,111• \\ 0ll ld b,• !\llll ,tlJlc, man C!l•m Jone~• m:1,.:l1 L a~ whe1lwr thr1c \\oulcl be well rton:ur Lllf• :,.!le. 11 ~ he l'110ui;h Hrl'11, whrtl11•r t he wui, rtc1 erm ined Lu urucr,·cl 1 \'J)(> nl bu1lrlm~ tu i;:n on wlth I lu~ ~Qtwrc cxLcnsinn 1hr ln11ct \\ OUld br Mllt.1ble 1>rOj('ct bc•cn.u~e 01 the ~o the 1-:allrry, u11ct \\ilf't l\f'r J.:OlrH·n !-!Ln •11 111 or finance l1, would be an rconomlo coming 111Lo t.hc cuuucll's prupo.,111011. l1 1:, u 111:. uer c:otfcr:-;. I tor t hr itrt C'XJK'l'lS." "R d fi t" Th,• Lorri ~1 :iynr s,11 ri he 08 5 rS nppn'r11,1rd The C11unrr• Till' CM O -u ll lll'I I 'l'('[I ~lnll bark111~ of lhr idea thnL the ·1, 1 ;11~/ac1mul.i~u·n- 1or :'I ~nllr1y 111 !llC' square. lion should ha\'e 'ctol\c I Al,dr 11111111 ~ones said In works like ronds wntcr R 41,Q 1.>JmHka:-.l Inst nli;?ht and SC\\ ern~c . . berurr ~\~~~~ l)l)l~;;v:~1nl\~.~ ~fc 0 :1~: spe1Hlln~_ tho11:-;_1111ds ot \r· c·i 111111 thr ·ost of Ille pounds on S\{'Qllll'lllf.t the s~u·,rr wnuln h; \·,•n· :-m·\11 b~!ti~ 1 f-!le 1~ 1 1 ~ Ui: sc!t·~'!!.~llon ;rnd L11n1 Ille 111a111 ·c-ust 0 of , . . .,~ • 1he proJt•ct would be tlrn C bi\ the heuh,h conunillet nf the innf'r citv car p:irk.. ti~~~~:r~ln '· In il1~1c~~~~~B which WAS ncr.rt ' 1 •d bndly, on Tue::idn:v. thnL we k rnvour Lile square- cnr T I J)Rfk sch e m e... Alderman a s Craw!orrf said. "We ho\r \'er.v 2ra,·e ~0~1.b,!sp~~kl~'i~c~!'.l~~rr~,c~/1~~ 1 by art snnrls could Uc created. In any case. "'c h~ ve been told \'cry ll u le about the pla11s." He said the car oark could have brcn bllllt group hove ~round on the oma Stl'CL'L municipnl murkels site a l le.s cost. MR. Harold de Vohl Extension or Lile square could hn 1·• been left until Rubin yeiterdoy con• U1e niaJor ..bz·eact and vtned o meeting ot hi• d b 0 untlee.!:'' works hucl been Paddington home to preH The Courier-Mail suggH• 1962 Letter lion af an art gollery in Tile Lord MR \'Or ' Alder- the new King George man Clem Jones1 , R.Sked Square. lost, nr~ht tr the council The VkP-r..111,·nr , AlclPr• would con~ider i,ch'ill5t the mRn Buchan• chn-rrd the An11 Street corner !-, jte for dra.wlng-room µ 1 hel'ln~. a gallcr,v ii It were round wluch declderi to ;e_ck ~011- sultablc. :,.;a lct : version of the Sup1cme "I woulrl not, know. But Court into an Rt t guller~'. the council would be most ns n tempornry mcn:.iure anxious to co-operate ill until a ~allrry was built the cstnbllshment of t.he In !{lllf. George Sq11are. " ~•llcn, ii the site were 1 he Rubin comm Ill.cc suitable." also wnnts n lhcntrc a& The Lord ~tnyor s11ld pnn of lhe square art thilt he hact mitintcd the centre. 1den of nn nrt ~aller~ 1 in Mr. Rubin told the square. b~· writlng to mePtlng: "The Courier• the gallery t rustr es chHII'• Mall's Is a splendJj sug– mnn lSir R_oslyn Philp • in J?estion, Rnd ~nmethmg AU~USl, 1nr,2, mu, t be done about It. ''l Wlllll to make It Ql!il-t> "The SuprPme Court clenr that my suggestion !iihould be leRsert. throuizh was basect on n de.si n• to tru~ll'e!ii, Rllll the legal see nn nrl gnller~: thPrP. \\'Orlrt i-,hould nch1eve it.I nnd beca use wr will need 1unblllon of gettin::- R new prestl~e . bu\lcting in Lhr Suprl'mr CourL down to– wnrd the BatAnlc Gar– drns." Investigate Mr. R11bln s111d the Qur•r•11,ln11d Art. Galler)' hnrf bren llll'llcd lo I he mer lin~. Thr trustees' President •Sir lloslyn Ph1111 I hnd l't'l)llrrl l hat 111111 lhl'fl"' WR.~ R 11\C'Pting ol 11,,. 11'11!-ilrc~. he rould tnkr no RCIIOll. Thr nwrti11i.: s11b-£'ommittrr ~mtc tllC' n 11bi11 p1·opn:,nl. Thr ~llll-('Ollllllll lrr will comµn ... p : Mr. n u h111 ;1s r·11n1rm1111 . lllf' U111,·r1 ~ny ,·1l·1•-t'lrn11rrllflr I H1r Frrd Sr ho11rl1 1, I IH' DPi'\ n or Bn~banr 1 \'rn · n,,\. \V. P . "Rnrtclrlry :, 1 ilr Ans counr·it Q111•(•11~ln 11cl prrs1 .. rlrnt t Or. Grrrrndr Lnn– gt•r• . ~1r. \' Cizrll 1Twr lf t h .'11µ: lll Tllr ntrr • :lllrl Mr. I n11!-~cll .J:1rrr11 •Brisbane .'\rt ~ ThrntrP J, t•,mfen•nce, thr llrsl to h~ lu-hl hert• In i,.lx )·ears, w~u 1111ld.1II~· u11enrd hy the t:clnl'a– tlun ;\linister. Sir 'l'he rueetln,:s, mulrr Adrl:tldt dlredor, :\It, ltohr.rt ( 'amr1hl'II, nre lwh11; held in t·:unera at lht S;ilion:il C.,1ll1•r~·. Modern art unlocks lly n ,in/I rrpmtrr I T wo1 hord to follow, but Queensland Art Gallery Director !Mr, Laurie Thoma, I tried to explain thr , meaning al "odorn art to o meetln9 'iii' 200 people last night. Arter his hour -long 1nlk he w01: told by a woman in thi;'uudlencc: "I wn., a Phlllst.lne before, hut a·r. ter hearing vou I know J can appreclale modern art now.'' Mr. Thomas wns quick lo ~mt,s1l\tirnt\\l~~c "W;~ womun·s own choosing . . , noL something he used in his nddress. Entranced ThRt'~ ns mny hr.! t able to unc.lcrstuml the words l\tr, 'fh0lllllS llSNI. But nl lhe Clld I sl.111 knew ns much nbout modern art, n,"i when I went In- nothing. The Rrt rllrcctor who has lnl.roduced Auslrnlla's biggest display of con- ~~•~[\~~!); • ~t,,R~)~ledw~~ obviously c11l rnnced ur the subject. · The presenL dlspln)• at 1he Brisbane Art Gallery of more I hnn HO works ls estimated lo be worth more lhnn £80,000. ~-Jr. 'l'homns estlmrnrd his nudiencc As nbouL hnlf nncl hnlr member~ of the publll.' nnct rC'rognl.•iCll nrt, lnre1·s . Basic point H is nrnH• h!i!-ilc point, was 1hnt, n1odNn nrt sho11hl "unlock I\. rr.!iponse" ln thr ,·lrw('r. To nn nurtlt•nc1• whirh .cmt ill l'Rpl nllf"lltlon, Mr. 'l'homns snl<i that e\·c•ry pnhllr•r 111 l!\'Pl'Y ng,, had to l!i"e 11p som,•I hl11g H I ... ntt'S!-ia~t• WR.Ii Ihnt r'un – tt•111p1wary 1rnl111 rr:-; 11:,cl to 41\·t' up l lie "joy nl r.a~,\' l'P('Ognllln11" for Ill· 1rnslly n1ul re1•ll11g. II wns nll \'PI'\' lnlfTt':-.ll11c 8111, n1w r 011·1. of tht• ~pPli 7\l r. ·1·1111111n~ C"n~t on h 1!'1 nt1rllt•11rc J 1·011lcl !-!till not ~-,~-f'1s ~:w A 1~~::~/ 11\rnl~rll l :,,lni:haJn 111111 ~lrs:,;rs. Frank Nor– ton I\\'.\ J. anti Hulu•rt ('a 1111,ht'II &:"el toa:ether before the 01,eulni: uf tilt! t•onferc1u·e lutl:1y. Queensland Art Gallery and for some dcys du11ng re.hanging •