Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 7 : Debate on New Art Gallery and Cultural Centre, 1970-1976

' r "COURIER MAIL" ·-g oer 1016 'Dip' shollldn't · lower our morals ART REVIEW by David Cox la IUcctllful U a IIWlld exblbltlon. Marlr.1t 8tNtt, lbow1· Cbrlatmann'1 llldu un– der tbe Ut.11: "TIii II• , __ .,_....,._ A T the present time there Is no shortage ot lm– por.tant art exhlblt– lona. TIM nhlblUon of ae– leoted entrlea tor the ~• frla for palnt- 1n, · .....t tha Ped ~'"':tor Prlnlm= hJDII DOW It the ~Art.OlilerY, ' ~ II a 111or1 even -. Ulan w1 have aeen In · pnV10111 yean and Jlll'h&PI Ult nandard II . blf)*,, But I doubt that com– , petltlona of thll kind do /anythln1 to raise that 1tand&r,d. The Judp'I choice for the Tru1tee'a Prize, usweei Sherr, Cboeola&e 01,.• by Richard Larter, hu raised aome con– troveray because of erotic content; but the palntlnc · la more cerebral than paaklnate and 1eema un- likely to effect our moral 1tandarda. It workl u a palnUn1 and l'IPl'INIIII moclml mov1111enla. Larter UNI a dou.4 technique, and bttwND hla arran11d pboto– ,raphlc f&ee1 be -' • a linear decor&Uon. The whole WadJ II low In · .c:hroala. * The print Nl!UOD ehowa the PANDt ID&tr• eat In the p,tnt.1111 111141a and acaln the qulllty of work la aufflolently tvtn to make a ~ UIIDICll- u.ry , ) A veey rood -npr– int, uMalllal a ll•tap," by Bruce L&Ull\ • r, II UII choice of thl Judp. · In thll 11eU011, there la plenty of variety In both technique and COD– ceptjoo. In fact, thl whole lhow * * * AT tlie T,,,., Geller,, -&.• Q-• Street, .. • .... : _ .. , ........... .,- ......... ,. R I I b J la 1ubjeoUve, paln&lnf what la clml to hllDUldhumNIIIDlto blm· In hi • top.prteed• paln&lnf, ..._.. Nll•t.• he dlapla,a hla WOlldlrful OOlltrol of Ylvld Cllllor, Illa NDN of dlllln 111111 1111 abWtJ to 1111111'- tbe dl'llln& of the 111bJect. The pldUl'I la 1W1 and beautiful. Throupout tlll allow, we - confident ban• dllns of compoalllola aDII tbe medium. .He II a painter whO • cblevu wllf,$ bi 'ftllta toaobllYI. * J... * IUNT • .. e.TJ#ANM , wlMiii lie.. • t ....., "·.... G • ltry, 114 Hill, ea,i-1 IN ,-ililllfln 1f _,., _. ...,w.... He allon bla car1ruu1 meuund lhape1 to ar– ranp tbelllltlVN OD UII · canvu. Btran1ely enou1b, Obriltmann'a Intellectual · approach ruulta In tenee, painterly compo11t1ona wblcb Juatlf}' the promi– nent place the painter la talr.ln1 In the field of modem patnt1n1. In conjunction with tb1a IXblbltlon, TIii In- 1Ututt of Modem Art. BrlslMne, Qld. f · . . ,. ' . 34