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

pr1ze to art I 13th July-13th Aug111t QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY Ith floor, ... lulldlna 110 ANI ltrHt, a,...,. M ..i,/bit/on ol (IOld _,d -le• fl'om lht MuNO dtl 0-0. B,nc;o dt la Repub/ica. Colombia, p,.-tod by 11• Au1tr_,1'n Am ErhibitioM Co,por•t/on Limited with lht .••lli11anc. at the ~h GolW,,,.,.,I M1d -,,o,,,«od by r,,. ..,,_,..,,,.._. Comp.,,y, .....;.y-letu,dey 10 • .111. -7.JO p.111. w......iey 10 • .111.-10 ,.no. ~12-7.30p,n,. Allmlulen ...... S1,IO a......_ lollool IIUINnUI, , ......... 71o _,...... r-,,. ,..,..,,frllr(1,.,._,,o,.,.,., •oo,.__.,,oo,_,_ r...,,_11~11• GAUIIIY HOUIII IJITINDID DUi TO PIJIUC DEMAND IJIHalTION OPIN TDMCIIIT UNTI. 10,00 Th, 200,000th ,._ te '" the II h,.._ Co•M111 GoW Aft bhlbitloft, 111 1hlw et the QllfffttlHtl Att , Golll,y, will ncll•• • prl11, UTIVE director of Australian Art Exhi itions Co,potation (Mn . Bronwyn Thomas) with replicas of Indian croft wo,b on display ot th, El Dorado Colombian gold exhibition. The repNcos wereolso modein Colombia fo,p,omotionol use only. So far more than 23,000 Queensland people have ,seen t,he exhibition In the MIM Building , Ann Sl;reet City. It has been the rat· lery·s m06t popular dis• play. ,Altogether more than 190,000 people ha,·c seen the exhibition In Austra– lia. It hws been shown In Melbourne and Adelaide. Certain 'l'he Queensland Art Oallery educallon officer (Mr, Craig DouglB6) said yesterday he 1'.'llll certain the 200,000th person 1>.·ould pass through the ll&llery·s door thla nrter• noon. "\Ve aren't sure 1>.·hat the prize \\ill be, but It 1>.i ll be gl1·en by the Aus– tralian Art 1':xhlbltlon Col'pora(lon Ltd.. which hl'OUght the dl•play lo .~ust rnlla." 1,e •aid. The e•Mhlllon consist or gold and cersmlc ob– jects lrom tbe ~,u_ Del Ore In Docota. Colomblll. South America. J~ opened on July 111 and 1>.·UI close on August 13, Gallery hour& are 10 1t.rn . to 7 p.m. daily and JO a.m. to 10,ao p.111. on WC<ill~O)"d. ,\ lter DrlsbMC, the e.,. hJhlUon 1>. 0 111 go lo Syd• ncy for Its flnul showln In Australla, Priceless array AUSTRALIANS knew so little about Latin America. Executive director of the Aus1mlian Art Exhib– itions Corpomlion (Mr.;, Bronwyn Thomas) said · this in Mackay yesterday. The curporalion is or– ganising the El Dorado Colombian Gold exhibi• lion at presenl in Au• s1ralia. Gold pieces The exhibition features 239 gold pieces and about 20 ceramic and stone works , 11II made by Col– ombian Indians between the 2nd century BC and the 16th century. Mrs . Thomas de– scribed the collection us "'priceless·· and suid i\ had cost more than$ Imill• ion for its Australian lour. II was ut present showing ut the Queensland Art Gullery in Brisbane and would continue un1il Au– gusl 13. She said South Ameri– cun governments had supported the exhibilion. cluiming ii would brin11 closer ties between Lulin America and Australians. The exhibition primar– ily was to show Ausira• lians these priceless works, but also was very much a chance to intro– duce Australians lo some South American history and culture. little Mr.;. Thomas said Au• stralians knew little of Colombian 11eo1raphy and history. It was lhe only Sou1h American country with coastlines bordering the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It was also reprded as lhe mosl democralic country in South America, The Colombian In– dians liked to use gold and most of their work was in gold. using incredible craftsmanship based on skills regarded as too sophislicated for their time. The exhibilion was lhe second brought to Au– stralia by the corporation following the success of its initial venlure last year wilh the Chinese Exhibi– lion. The ·Colombian dis• play was the first to corn~ to Queensland and lhe fate of future visits com– ing to the State would de– pend on the success and response of the Colom– bian exhibition. About 200 000 people wruld have seen lhe exhibition by lhe weekend, she said. Support The colll()mtion is sup– por1ed by the Federal Government and com– prises representalions of Commonweallh, State and private interests and includes memben who have served as trustees on State galleries, Australian Council , Visual Arts Board and other hodies connected with the arts. All work in a volunlary capaciry. Mrs. Thomas said cial arrnngcmcntJi be made for visiling rh~/