Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

y n th y, c, le ns Id d is he o ~ d Y 1e exclusively lo Society Members and their friends . As a special bonus to Society Members, Mrs Bronwyn Thomas, the Executive Director of the Australian Art Exhibitions Corporation, will be present to lalk informally on the exhibition. Mrs Thomas has been responsible for the orpni111ion of the exhibition and ha• made a number or orpni111ional trips to Bogota. The Society must 1uarantee a minimum number of 50 to allend this evening and RSVPs should be forwarded to the Honorary Secretary, Mrs D. Williams, c/- Queenslal!d Art Gallery, 6th Floor, MIM Buildin1, 160 Ann Street, Brisbane. (Telephone: 3711972). All admi11ion monies 10 to the corporation. Durin1 the exhibition uhop will operate within the Gallery and the Corporation ha111kcd if Society Members would be willina to volunteer to work in lhe shop durin1 the exhibition.The exhibition will be open for much longer hours than normal and the shop will be open at these times. These arc: Ex!llltltlon Datn: 13 July- 13 Au1u1t 1978. Gallery Houn: Monday 10 Saturday 10.00 a.m.-7.30 p.m. (School 1roup1 by appointment from 9.00 1.m.) Wednesday 10.00 a.m.-10.00 p.m. Sunday 12 noon-5.00 p.m. Pre-booked evenin11 Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. A!lmlulon: Public SI .50; Children, Students, Pensioners 75c; Pre-booked evenings S5.00. The exhibition shop will sell a wide range of objects includin1 replicas of i1em1 in the exhibition, jewellery based on item~ in the exhibition, post cards, catalo1uc1, 11ide1, education kits, pencils, balloons, T-ahir11, pottcn and South American craft objects includina rup and ceramics. Society Members wi1hin1 to volunteer to work in the shop should contact Mrs J . Arm1tron1 (telephone: 229 2138). SPECIAL CONCESSION The extensively illustrated exhibition catalogue will be available at a cost of S5.00. However, by special • rranacmcnt with the Gallery, Society Members on production of their membership card, may purchase this catalo1uc at the Gallery for I special price of 54.00. However, this offer will only be available until 28 June. When the exhibition opens to the public on 13 July, catalo1uc 11le1 will be handled by the Corporation and the Gallery's special discount 10 Members will not then apply. news JUNE IN THE QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY MAY 4-JUNE 6: W • tercoloun from the collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout. There arc 88 paintin1s includin1- 6 works by Charles Conder; 4 watercolour monochromes on silk, part of I monochrome frieze painted for Sir ~mund Davis in 1904/ 1905; 3 watercoloun by David Davies; 6 works by Hans Hcyacn - 2 p •• tcls, 4 watercolours; 10 Hilder watercoloun; a marvellous Frances Hodgekin1 watercolour; and 13 Norman Lind11y watercolours. MAY 30-JUr,IE 5: Tapestries from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop. From May 30th, for three days, Sue Walker who is Director of the Victorian Workshop will be present in the Gallery to talk with visitors. A1 well as finished tapestries there will be on display cartoons and various 1taps of weavin1 a larBC tapestry. JUNE 7-JUNE 28: Paul Nash Exhibition, presented by the British Council and the Australian Gallery Directors Council - photographs, painlinp and drawings by this 20th century British artist. Qllffftlland An Oalltry Socirty Nrwslrtter, June, 1971 In addition 10 the British and Australian Councils, the Tare Gallery's co-operation supplying a new set of p.rinu from the arti,;t's neptives, and the Western Australian / Gallery's organisation of tl1e exhibition and production of the catalogue, must be mentione Public collections throu::,nout Australia have lent a group of paintings and watercolour · accompany the photographs. P111I Nash's work as a p~otographer complemented his research as a painter.The recor he made on film arc valuable 1n themselves, apart from the part they played in his paintin1. Th are the product of the same ambition as his painting, to discover the patterns and dissonant the analo1ies and contrasu which give each part of the visual environment ils parlicul animation. His sensibility 1uided his camera to reveal shapes and 1ex1ures which moll peo would miss, and his style usually developed in parallel with his painting. The works of Paul Nash reveal him to be or major importance in the growth and vision English art in the 201h century. JUNE 29- JULY 12: The Gallery will be closed during this lime 10 allow for preparation of the El Dorado Colombian Gold Exhibition. ANDREW A LILIAN PEDERSEN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR SMALL SCULPTUk Selected entries in this S500 prize for small sculpture will be exhibited in the Gallery rn June 12 to June 25. The exhibition will be judged by Dr. 0 . Langer O.B.E. NEW MEMBERS A warm welcome lo new memben - Miss D. F. Byrne, Mr. Kerry Farrell,.Dr.and Mrs R. E. Murray, Dr. G. Kruger, Miss Barbara Dean, Mr. Peter Pagliarinoand Mrs R. Pa1lian Mn M. Peberdy, Miss Valerie Schatz, Miss Lucy Cuddihy, Miss K. Brimblecombe, Mrs O'Brien. VISUAL ARTS! EXTRACT: from MThe Weekend Australian Mapzine" from a crilic'scomment: MTh< world is 11d. The era of excitin1 Australian musical composition is over. Drama has a so, new lease or life. Cinema is superb. Poetry is pitiful. We are a land 1ha1 losl a lan1uagc ls it si1nifican1 1ha1 the visual arts arc not mentioned at all? And where would they r, wilh this comment? INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART Brisbane's I.M.A. has been invited by the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Counci represent Queensland, and Australia generally, at an important International Art Fa, Bologna, Italy, from June I 10 June 6. Director John Buckley will fly to haly with two o Australian representatives to set up an Australian exhibition cum information booth which display I.M.A.'s programme and distribute information about cont~mporary Australian Bolo1na's M Arte Fiera" has become the bi11Csl international art fair operatin1 10 Participation is by invitation, the criteria being lhc pllery'scultural involvement ra1hcrtha commercial status. The last fair in 1977 was visited by more than 200,000 Italian and for visilon. MArte Fiera" 1978 has also invited a great number of museum direclon, collectors critics from all over the world. Mr. Buckley will travel beyond Italy to investi1atc rossible future exhibitions for I. and Australia BCnerally. If they eventuate Brisbane can look forward loan exciting progrn in the near future. Queensland An G1llerySodtty Nnnle11rr,Junt·