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

Thi State Go•ernlft1nt hod reui•1d IO 11nd1rt for up lo nHrly $22 lftil• lion for th1 lint ~ull4int ph • 11 of th1 Qu11n1IH Culturol C1ntro, th Work, Minl1tor IMr, Whtrtonl 1014 ynter4oy, He aald the tender were !or the art galler building, a car park, rts taurant, and a multi purpose auditorium. The art gallery •houl be completed Jn 1081, The Cultural Centre on the Brl1bane River' 10uth bank, would al& have a performing •r centre, the Queenalan Museum, and the Btat culpture has a lot of ·variety THERE Is a good deal of variety In the first Andrew and Lilian Memorial Prize for 11 m a 11 Sculpl!uc, vtl view at the Queensland Art Gallery until June 26. The entries thot stand out here ctlme from ln– ~rstate. It Is lll\\'B)'S dtf!Jcult to select the \\i nner fr m two or more dcsrrrln~ "''orks of entirely dltter• ent style. But I do not apologize for awarding the prize to L•• Ko,sati'• bronze Ool\•n The Chute. Small sea.le and minute detail are sl~ntrlcnnt foc– tors In I-his piece, as they enforce lntlmo le rlc~·Jnc, which then rerenls ho~· m urh nrt wrnl Into the sensitive real ,m with I s moving suggestions or pathos nnd compa5510n and thought proroklng lmplfcatlons. It Is a beautifully "''orked piece and one of t I m e I e s s sl~nl!lcnncc. Me I b o u r n e artist Les Kossatz ls 3o, ls rcpre– sen ed Jn 1hr. Nnt1onnl Collection And Onlleri· of Vtctor!A. nnd IRSt f ('Rf had h is ". hcep" exhibl• tlon at our Institute or Modern Art. ARJ with ·Dr. Gertrude Langer High Commendations \\'ere given to : .Jock Clullerhuck for h Is c • s t aluminium sculpture Burning Tea– cup, A 11,·ely form with " st;1rlent prr~onnl1t:: the snnd,.·lrhed 1·0Jumes and s t r o n s su~gestlon of mo1·ement owe a deal to Fut,unsm. Rnn Rnhert~on– S w a n n ' s ,Mollusc, en enrihbound grnur or dl- 1·erse shnpe.1, rlenched b;• a lar1,re ornl disk. )lichacl i,e Grand !or on unlllled sU'el con – struction with forms that "tolk" lo cn~h oJher In ll WAY t h:IL i:tin~s the p11:ce • rather whim.1Jcal pres– ence. I enjoyed the surreal fan tasy and r harm of GIPnn flnrkr'~ multi• medi~ piecr "Eric Meer.. ~ Jhe Hooncrlst" And nlso Rny Woolnrtl's pink Arr Boxes. rtrrtirnlrd 10 K I e n h o I z , 0 Id · rnburg. ,Ja1:per .John~. Wnrhol And ~-Inn Ray. ·- , ) ·~ DETAIL of Lawrence Dew's etching Whiteley at Owl C~eek." The new biennial P ize hl\S made qult.e ll henllh)' start. * The Complete Graph- 1<'1' of l,awrcnre Daw~, cxhlbllerl Ill Philip n•. con GallerJrs, r.nmpri~e not onl~· all thr Mrrrn1,r– Jnt. nnd ctrhln~s Daws h n~ done n,·er thr. la!rlt 2-1 ~·pnrc;, hut anrnunl~ al– most to 11 !iUnr..v nf Im• age, and themes which oc,upled him In Ihis P•· rlo,l. :\,los or the pr111ts nre c I o s e trn nslnt1ons of Daw s' s pnmllni;:s nnrt ffrnwln ~.lt ond thcr lrnre prn\" r! \'Pry popull\r wit h th e b11~·1nc. public, Thr srrcrnr,r1111~ from the "Omrn" ~enrs 21f'IW WI h n nond ,1r-nl nr thP ln tcns11.,· or 1hr p~lnL• in -~. th"tr pro mrpr5. But In t he ",\ nnktr" ~ertrc. • TJr'l\\'.1'~ f1rf nt – tcrnpt~ nt. ~nrr npr:n - Jn~ • . he r mll ortl e rl scn•rnrrt µho tngrnphi; tn orrlrr to rmphns1. e 11 moorl of the ~11rr~111. T he m:,Jnrib· Clf lht' r,o prmts ho \'e be n clnne tn t hP lA!..l j"etn r. ,,•Jllrh ln– dirA Irs n much i;rea1cr 1r,, olvemrnL 1n etcl'llnl? than hcfnrc. on ,,·s nq11l• ed h im ~f'if of 11,e rx– rell~nl rtch,n~ pre,s nt Gr1ff11h t:n: ·ers1t,.· nnrt proctucrrl • blo rrnp or lnrC? f"*rh n,cs. .·\ mnn[: lhe ... p i5 Hrr· \\·h11rlr-r t (lwl Crrf'II:. o;h tc-h is I r111c truru– Ja11n 0r the rl<'h 1011•1 l'nr! tlnns Clf the nrlr.1t1AI pn111 111 hr ll1Piln~ f etr·htna And An11 tin, 0 t h r r Owl ("reek shn"· comp!"~· r 111 r rprt ,c 1n~ ro rn – po~1t101,~. ' G trl RewllH:" Anri ·· In IC'rl("lr O\, I \ r,.rk \V I t h l'ornrnl l't,,inr" o ,"r- m urh or tlu 1r strnn .e mood to b ,1ct contrasts or llcht and dnrk and geometric 1\nd rn llhtrnphir nreru;, all re .. Jnted In a spatially com– plrx wn~·. And the most extra • ordlnnrr or t!1e tmRncs is "VIP\\' or The Hlmala)·as From The Oln~shouse ~lountains." The spnlial Jenps cocrcspond to Jenps al the mind. 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