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

THI COURllll-MAIL TUISDAY DIC I 1984 3 1 IM•M·tii®IRMD1 Sculptors exhibit impressive work pRESENT-DA Y Australian sculpture cannot be characterised in one word . Ae e1Rcwhrn•, A w;- lira rrh n~:i tn,t trnlinn ,irtiRts wi1h n. 11 ~ : 1 1 ; •·\ u:ii lnn hn, )o\·c f or expr rimrntiru: w q>1 1\ rr! in nthrr ,,·11h new mr1 h,1dr. and 01 \\!,i\, P ,·nn11111 ,..,wn~ !nr uslni;: ahstract. ro1m.c;, wn, k b 1 111n incs nrr 1n,·r1':1 ..,mc. hi!! side bv side wl lh 01/wrs ,~ ho n 111 n r•'lll:1 111,.. 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The powcrl11l ~Jill· 11lic'11 \' nnd 1uch1lcct urn l L:li'tllilf'tl r o f Ill~ ('011!\trllr – l lnn " "It h in1crlo1·kln1-; ho1l - 1.oi11n l nnrl \·crl11·nl slnh3 nnrl the bcn 111r or tllc1r :-.urfncc tcxu1rr· Is lm111ccll– n1tl_r rrco~ni~ablc as his. ~ormn Rrch>alh, now In the front llnr. :shows th rc.1 mng111flrcn1 bronze:., Hrr strclH!.I 11 nnrt srn-"lllvlty in 101<1111,z sim ple fnrms 111 lf'fl slnn nnrl hnlnncc. In cont m s! Ins;: pn rll,v pollshrd Anrl pnrtl,v rnu;!h rrnrl srn r- 1'(''1 surfnl'r~. Rll<i Ill flt' hlC\'- lnJ;? n lnr.t Ing ltnpnct, strnn~ly !ell Imaginative ' 'lnra s .Jnmanta',i tmng• lnatl\'C ~{'lllp111 rr~ h t'l\'(" '-?rent pnl!.r. l'lnrlty 1111d ~im– nllr il)·. Rnhcrl Kli11pr1·~ n blr roni-1l'lll'I 10111- from wns1rd niad11 11c pn rts hn"c 1'11,: hll,v CJll'IH'<I 1111 tnl cr– nntlnnnl Rl'('lnun \Vhlh• n 1111ml>n nf .'-Culn· tors work 111 strn11J! nrchi– tccturnl !ilyhis. others prr– (f'!' n bnrnq11(• \t'1Tr, n mnrc rrn111 i1• ln1cni;t1~· This mny br• sern ln l.,·lr',i " F'ln ·hlrrl" iltl<I SlrPllrn \\"alkrr'!- brnn, r.", which feel Into nn111 rr ·:-- forrr-s. A rill" loll hils hrf'n clnnr tn sr11 illl! 11p 1111.'- r xhlb1- 11011 in n \'Cl'>' imprrssl\'f' 11 rn111wr . tf-prl'lnll\' wh1~n cnnsi<h•rlnr: I hr llmltar ton!= lm po.c;cd by the !-ii7.c of our Gnlhir>·. Brisbane, 0 . . '.J' ~ /. t Appeal of , modern art MH. 1-l 11rrrn ( C:.-M . JO 1 ~ fi.j I thr c~ntrn I nt·n ·o11s :-..,·A– l cm. 8 1) 111s cm,._~ nbn111 rhr .. m on.'-l rn!-.it1ri;" or m nr1rrn :u r wlli m nkr 1111 :t~~rr~~{,),ri'i'~ 1:,~m~ . \~.\\~ 1w r\1111br ,,,111 !;11ppnr1 :\ g~1:~~lr 1i,itr::_;;'i'J'~i~· nrw f~_l'lj~ nowl:11l'1~. '!Ii ('~·111·r,._ Urin. .\ , hgrn,·t. 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