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

lcclion of Sir Leon and l.iift unlil 6 June 1978, rallan Drawing rnwin1s by Ausrralian c,1crn Australian Art un1il 14 Mny, 1978. ,~/rrn'.ryWorkshop, The Courier-t-tail July Uth, 1978 :.Tom Word, who i1 tro.elllnt with the II Dorado, Colomblon Gold Hhlbltlon, remembera be • t o work from Colomblo which woa nolthet told nor ort. Tom manauea Lhe shop which sells replicas of the exhlbilicn works of art, and Just ·about every– thlnJ else made by Co• lomblan peasant&. With II oblpment or dolls from Lhe lmp,we– riahed country wu a hand-made angel doll which stood apart from the rest.. "IL wu paLhetlc. Ob· vloualy the person who . made It was too poor to buy a baa to put It In. She aewed two atrlpa or cellophane t.o1etber to make one.'' he aald. or aelllng It - I gave ~ to a child." "I took his name • r,d address - os soon as he's old enOUGh I'm goln11 to give him a Job," said Tom. The exhibition stnrta today for a month at the Queensland .\rt Gallery, MIM Bulldln1. City. 'IheAuitraJianArt&bibitims~wi~ allinnrelmn.theCrmmmwealth&Mmmmt~ • r-,~~ \...,U ~ For the first time inAustralia, rare and priceless examples of the art of the early Colombian goldsmiths, from -the collectionof the Museo Del Oro de Colombia. Proudly sponsored by . TMBBNS0NandHED6ES~ Queensland Art Gallery July 13 -August lJ Aclmllllmn Adul11ft.BO, Children & penal.- ?&a. J>a0,10 • .. .•7.IOp.m,.Wodna<l.,tOa,m,•lOp,m.,knda.Jll-'p,m.