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

"AUST~ALIAN" ,-1\ (.Jt, /, 4ultralla .J V ;0~1,7 f. ·,nG r ... .. { ~ 1111/,,,,i ,, fllm, , u/ llii:/11 ,l.ll/1 • 111/mir,•1I 1/,,. l111, , l1,• ,,tu.,,•,/ "" 1 i, ,, ,.,.,.; ,,,, ,,, 1111• t (1111•1•111l1111,/ l,·t t,11//1•r.1 11·ill1 Ii i, .,11,i... l,,u" u·if,·. u,-~. tllr,11. 1'/11• /111,,.,,,,,/.,,, . ,11,. h1l11i:.i11 ll,·ui,111111. p ( 11111l11. 1,,,1,1 " ,.;,,,.,.,, 11l,11 11,111l1• '" 1,;,,,. ,, ft'IU ,I,,, /,, .,, ,;,,.,, ,, ,·1111,·1·1·111 /111 ,t,,, l111,, /111.• l11•1•11 11/u ,1·,/ i11 ll1·i,l11111,,, Students starving ART by ELWYNN LYNN .-\ RTISTI CALLY Bris- ban e shar0s the fate of all s111all rit1rs on the peri· pher~- of cultu re: frustra– ti on. i111paticnre . a lon ging for southern paslurps 1 though S:,,dnc.,· anrl \1 cl– hournc do not look so green as the\' oncP dirl) anrl . at the– same time. a desire to resist th e pull of the south . Bril-hanP 1woplc, express a ,·i111prrall\'f' rt1i-cust with their own phili!-tine. . !1-0 cnmrortahle in a psc11cln-ru\1ura1 ooze . asll'ep in such inrrrrlible institution!-. .I!- thr Rn c;h;inr TP<"hnic·,11 ('nl– le~e. Ap.irt frnm R rrw ~mtil l pro– grpi: .i.in? sturl ini:. likf' Bronwyn Yf'at,;·s, 1hr rnllP~P is Bris- 1"1;.ti,e'!- onl,· .1rt s.chool. lls FiYllilhu!- is irrrlr,·:1nt , it relPnt– le!-sl~· rnc·our:1~t's ;i pecles tri;in cnmmcr<'i;il ,,rt ,·nursC' and . in 15 ycnn., ii has g rant cci onl~· l ilrer diplomas In paintinf: r111d <irawing I not recognised hy the Drp;irtmcnl of Erlucation l, 11 permits rolor lo he used only in lht" third ~ 1 car .:1nrt lacks .:111~· rn-ordination nf courses. As in most i.ud1 collci:?C'~ •exccpl 111 liw Bny;d ~IPlhournr Institute nf Techno\OC!\' 1 the nPanr garde 1r::irl1t'r:-, .1 , • '.\irn >'n :\tortaty or Rny r·1111 rc 11<'r. both fino ;1r11sts nf nnlr, iHC' kept. like lr pen;, from 1hr. diploma ~,11rl r111 ~. ,1 lw (' \'C' r~· >'C:t r lohk 11p ,,,,prrl.\' :rnd ;i re not fr.d . In :\lc•lhoI1rnr• . , umr sot·tology r. nrl philo:-:oph v h;I \'(' hPrn lnusht : in Bri£-h,1nr ~tudcnt 5 are not ct llO\\'(!cl tu 11sf' !ho lihrnry. T,·,;,r hr rf- n1;1y. There arr a few spirits intent upon swrelt>nim: . not souring, 1hr hfP of 1hr >',11111,:! . Dr Karl Langer. architect ot Ipswich Bn)·s· anrl Girls' Schools """ of St Petrr's. Rrishane. has !1rrPicnt1•r1 cnrh school with 40 suprrh prints from \liolto to Klre. Again.. 1.1,11r.s Birre ll is giving i-omr nC'sthrfif- orr1er to the univt>rsil~•·s :1rrhltec1ural rhaos, hut he himself has to run lilr gn11nt lr 1 nf university com• mit.trrs, the Stille Go, ernmrnt and the CommonwraHh lJnl• \'rrsltics Commission. * Can rreat l\'e spirits survive, e\·en under I hr most henevnlent of h11rp,111n;i1 1rt,;'.' The prrsu;1.;;i\'C? per~istPncp of the Queensland nailer~,, direc- 1nr Mr I..111rir Thom.i s. r;crms l tkf'l>r snn11 In rcsr·11c 1he g:11.. ler.v's collrc1ion lrom ii£- tiny ilrea 111 r\ uf.lr; 1lla ·s q1rninl e. t. mu seum, \\'hrrr on\~, a fr:,rlinn of it:- hrsl wnrks can he 1'C'P11- lhr_\' in.-ludr Unhr ll's C11priot, fllnlvi.t?. Uf't1oir. Dri:ns. Pic;i!iso i I hrf'r 1 1 • ~i<'krrl , Conder, Pass, mnrr. Cnhurn. O\srn cinrt other rontrmpornrirs- hut which must all he rr mo\'r rl rnr nny visiting exhihilion of an>' size. Querns 4 l;rntit'rs, who h:1\·c to make a long s;1fr1 ri to their gallery, nrr<I In h:t\'r thP permr1nent tollection on prrmanrnt vlrw. The rommercial g111lcries per• si 1.;1 i-lJ.!ilinst orlds lrnrctly en• rn11ntcrccl in nny other mt1jor city. Thr i\lurr ton i~ c:on. cn•;1. 11\'P. hut 11111 n •:1rtinnc1ry : tJ1A .lol111s1onc is c: auti1111 sly valiant, hul d1w'o sllnH c1l prrosrn1 tho.:c 1lli11, fra J..:ilcl>· robu s t pol s hy i\l ;1rr;1 (i;,n arcl. Thc!'oor, like slw1I en•rl eJ,!J.! shell::;, pyrrtmiclal hn11nd:1r.,· st111ws, sronps anti ~q11N•1.cll i:ohlcls, a ll lnnk r;tlher palaeolithic. wilhoul .-1 trace of in,i::::rn ti:ilin~ ,"1ccor;1tinn. hut some have II ne\\', softly c111111b· led surf;u:c. almri!i-l powclt'l'Y ;rncl ~ linr ronfr;1!i-f \ 1 ·i1h the Cl'l ' Jl lips ;11HI spn111 s. \\'Intl musl f-11, t.iin rmh:Hllrd sp1ri1 s likr tlw. .;r hchind thl! ('11nt<'m\lnr:1ry Arl Society :i nrl ,,;;t;Jl\\';1 rt s likt> ,lnlln Ayl;rnrl, i\liltnn ;\form. Gnrclnn Shephrrrl• sn11. N,•,·illr i\l:illhrws ;rnrl nlhPrs .ilrr;ulv ,wmc•d, is lho li\'ing Jrµ1• ml .· l :1 11 F ;ti rwr.:tlhrr. ~rt'l'<'IC!d in n rrf'rl·lh r11chcri hut in the mirlrlle or Brihie Jslanrl. ~hr hut h.,~ some r ai r• ,,·palhC'I'!-. 111cnrpnra1e<1 lntn the outrr \\,,! If- FairwPathrr puts h,~ r11:-.appoin1 111enl s to work, j 11~1 a. lw clnrs 1hc t!innt hlt-;ic-hrd t rf'r~ Jo.I rrw n in f:ir-• rin:,tinc rh~·lhms nn the blazing wl11lr hr :irllrs: lhr~' :.ppPar ron• ,-1 ,11111.\' in hi~ p:i in1inc.. i\ l'l'lrn~11rc11,·r sllow hy f'a lr– wra tllrr ,, ill lwcin !Is tnur at tlw :\rt Ga llrn· nl NS\\' nn .11111' 21. . 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