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

The Courier-Mail July 15th, 1978 ColombianGold worth seeing THE exhibition, ''EI Dorado Columbian Gold.'' n selection of anclcn L gold objects from the Musco dcl Oro, Boi;otn. is open now at t.hc Quccn: land Art Ga llery and will 1'\111 ll lltil August 13 1=-nr lllO',l of ll,',, this j~ A lllllCJUC opportunity to li('C 1111, \\'Ol'k Of the lnrtlnn cr11 rt~mrn. TI1n11~h nn ext'cllent prod11l'Llo11, the catulonnc of the show r mphnstsc.s the tnct thnl photogrnphy cnnnot ~h·e us the complete fcciing of the plnsllc nrts. ART REVIEW by \ David Cox Oolcl ls IL wo11rterr111 mnt crinl for sculpture nnd, for the lnrtlnns, Lhnt wn"i Its \lnlue. The colur nnrf denslt,v nf '1old nre , C'n' i;;nusr"rinc -nnd. of rour.".c, ii I; lhe m ost workable of melnls. If W£' wr.1·e to bccornr loo pre-occupied with the ,. n I t1 c in dollnrs, \\'P ~houlrt ml. s out on n lot of the cnJormrnt tfl be ltad from the exhibit ton. ~lethods of I he gnlrt wnrl:cr~ nrr r x11lni11f'd J?r:tphJ<'n llv With cha rt-. Anr1 cll:lc:rnms. Cnlor \\'fl!'- c re R t. e d by chc1111ca1 means nnd t.he extrrmrlv d e t. n 11 c d r M=t!J wcfe achiel'ed throu~h a loM WRX method oniy sll~hll;· s I 111 p I c r 111011 caslln~ inNho<is UM!cl 1n modern nrt hron1.e founctrics, I Thr whole shnw 1s well I hot11?ht out. The :-nurrr.s nf the pieces and the mrthod~ or maki11~ them • r r c~plR!necl !'lenrtr. T hr pieces thcmsch·c,. nnd rllA ny of thr111 arc smnll. nrc prr~rntcd In clr1 I' relief. Morr :"lllr– pri'i1 11nly, lho clCl"-1/!IIC'rS htl\ r crC'Rlrd n11 n 1110.~– phcre which £1\'okr~ 1m– n2r ~ of 111r pc-nple enrl th,..,r rl\ 11it i111011~. T hr ~lllnll, ~\'rtlllH'I rlCAl f1i:11rcs serm to gnzr lntn I •.· 1rr11 tty And rrom ,nmr - 11 here In the dnrknr , i 'cnmes undulat Ing 111u, 11· i' from •nrlent flu te•. Thi~ Is more lhan Rn I ertnratlonal c,perlenre. lt nlio st lmnlRt.r.s the I rrnntlOn!li nnd 1IIHH!'illA· tion t rrromnwnd lt!i t'\ J)CrlCllCP tn 11\ t•r,\ bnd_\'. SECURITY I • the watchword for the El Dor– ado gold exhibition ope11i119 at the Queen •• land Art Gallery '°"'orro,r.f:"., .~f 11119, ca111era was,checked yeatercle ..-.~olct:;. 1u11 111a1k was placed ~ehl11 protectlv~ 9lass at right by the ·Au • trolla11 Alt lxh1• .., bitio11s Corporation eaecutW• • i~tor •• Bronwyn Thoma • , one ef'only thret·,eople– allowed to touch the piece,, Organisers are ton• fldent the sa mllUon collection Is secure. Mrs. 1'homas 1aM lhe rallcry had presented some problems. "As the roller; I• In a eommerclal building, It has relalh·•ll' low eell• lnrs," she said, "But extra •ecurlly cameras ha,·c been ln– •tallcd. ''There "·ere a couple <>f other problem, hut I am confident they harn been o,·ertome and th11t the uhlbltlon will he secure :?4 hours a day," Mrs. 1'homas said, The esblbltlon, "blch ,rill open on Thundar for a month, lncludeii artlfact.. ranrlns In ace from 500 BC to 1500 AD • - 238 are of sold and• 2-& of eeramlc or atone. ~~- <• The El Dorado uhl•• b I t I on Is from th,__ ~• useo del Oro, Baneo de la RepuhUca, Bo• goto, Colomhla. U ls pre•enled by t~e An,trallan Art E•hlhl– tlons Corporation ,.-Ith the as.,lstance of the f' • d • r a I Go,·erum,nt COURIER-MAIL _ 21 RDAY, MAY 13, 1978 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 51h flw r, MIM a uilding. 160 ,\nn S1rcc1, flri:-,banc:. EXHIBITIONS Watcr~olours frum the Collcc1i,111 or Sir Lenn :tnd Lady Trou1 and The TroUI Gift un11! h June ! 97tL Contemporary Australian Drawing This :-.un·cy c~hibitinn t1f tlr,1w1ngs bv Au,1r,tli.111 uni,1., urg:inhcd by lhc \\'c,tcrn ,\ 1i,1rnlwn 1\rl Cinllcr~ ha~ hccn C"<lcndcd 11111il 1-4 \l a~. J 1) , • T,tpc,tnc, frl 1111 1hc \'ictnrrnn T,tpc,tr) \\ llr~,hup, ~f, \111~ ~, lune.IQ .'. f mri,•1Jor rhr Amlrr .. (Im/ I ,lfan l'rd1•r11•n \f,•n111rwl l'ri: r Jo, Small .\·r11lpt11rr. /4/7,\. t'l1Hr "" Wrrh11••dt11 : , ,\/111• f01R i:m,1 f1>11111 m1Jl'h1•ul,rainrdpo,,, rh, f,C11/,·, , · COJ\1/M; EXHIBITION EL DORADO COLOMBIAN GOLD (I{ Q11e,•11J/a11d Art Gallery U July - 13 Augusr. 1978 , ftmr,l l,1 1hr • • 1111,alwn Art H,hihtt,,lm Corrurm,on and Jponw,,.,/ l,1 Thr IJrn111n1111,I /frdtt1 omf~,~~ f:~liC'