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

LO ... , El Dorado ,Old Information in library EXECUTIVE Director of the Australian Art Exhibition Cor• poratlon Ltd, Mrs Bronwyn Thomas, WH In Gladstr-11e this week tocrorr :e the El orad.o Colombian Gold Exhibition being held In the Queensland Art Gallery, Ann St, Brisbane. The Australian Art Exhibii'ons Corporn1ion Ltd, is holding 1he display in conjunc1ion wi1h 1hc Musco dcl Oro, Dogma, Colombia, and is l>eing sponsored by I he Denson and Hedges Company. The Commonwcalih Government is also assisting. The con1cn1s of the cxhibi1ion were sclcc1ed from I he collecl ion housed in 1hc Musco dcl Oro of the Banco de la Mrs Thom as Rcpublica in Bogoia. brought promotional The exhibition depic1s material with her a spects of the 16th cen1ury European cx- W h IC h W 111 be plorers' search for gold in displayed at the the New World - for the Gladstone Library land of 1he legendary El Art Gallery, and also Dorado, Kins of a golden renllcas ' of realm. C 'Olomblan craft "Valued nt close on SJ mask~, helmets, bells, vessels, earrings and other ornaments arc included in the exhibition. The objects on display give an insight into the culture of the ancient Colombian Indians and traces of history of the Spanish exploration and conquest in the early 16th century. "The exhibits arc rem ark able for I heir technical achievement and formal beauty and c.on tituted a unique exhibition from the Musco dol Oro, Banco de la Rcpublica - unique because it is the first time that many of the exhibits are being seen outside their country of origin", Mrs Thomas said. ts~- whlch ··are - million, the exhibition be ng sold during ~omains artifacts ranging "\Vllh the exhibition ·exhibition hours In m age from SOO BC 10 we are tr"ing to build up I I I h 1500 AD, 238 of them m , con unct on w t the gold and 24 ceramic or an awareness of 11 exh bltlon. stone", Mrs Thomas culturally civilised race said. lhat has been forced out The promotional Seven main cultural ofexlstence'),shesuld. material at- the library groups contributed to • comprises posters, colour Colombia's wealth of Mrs -Thomas, who was leaflets, information gold _ the Calima, the on a 'special ~isit' to broc~ures and DI) ex- Narino, Muisca, Sinu, Gla_d~t.onc, said the pensively produced album Tairona Quimbaya and cxh1b111on attempts to of the exhib_ition con- ,Tolima.' · inform !hose visiting it of iainina many colo.ur ,llfd , the ht.story of th~ black and whl" Hammered .aold -.and Co!ombtan cultures .unlll photoaraphs. ' ~sl gold,• 11cise· rings, their end at the hands of the so ld hungry Spaniards. She said most of the gold ar1ifac1s and other items being displayed were recovered from tomb anti the lakes illlo which 1hcy were thrown during ceremonial rituals. Mr Thoma aid the Colombians did not use gold as currency, as was the cas~ in Europe. She said gold for the pre-Spanish Columbians, symbolised their god the sun, and most articles were either burled with the dead or disappeared into lakes or wells during ccnain ceremonies. Knowledge of these 'lost' treasures were not well known until the 1930's. She said the exhibition was being well received. "Almost 20,000 schoolchildren have been booked to sec the exhibition, and something is being arranged for the lucky 200,000th visitor", she said. The ex'hibition is open on most days un1il August 13 from 10 am to 7.J0 pm. On Sundays the times are I2'pm 10 7.30 pm and on Wednesdays from 10 am 10 10 pm. School bookings arc from 9 to I0 am. "In addition to the school hours officers within the exhibition gallery will make arrangements im– mediately for school groups. The telephone number is07-229 213. Courier-Mail The Sunday Mail 30th July, 1978 August 2nd, 1978 "We've had 10 c.xtcnd the hours to ac– commodate the large number of people wanting 10 see the exhibition", Mrs Thoma said. She said the Australian Art · -Exhibition Cor• poration has prepared an education kit as an in– tegr a I part of the education program for El Dorad o : Colombian Gold. The kit has been designed to provide teachers and students with background information and images from the exhibition suitable for display in the classroom and for personal student reference. 'The kit extends and elaborates on information avaii~ble in the Exhibition Calalogue. Each kit consists of 35mm colour slides, posters, postcards, and ducation sheets (16 newspaper size pages). The price of the kit is $12 each plus postage, which may he ordered singly or in bulk. The education sheets may be ordered in single sets or in bulk, separate from I he kit at $2 a set of four, with a discount for sets of 35 or more. Orders should be sent to Australian Art Exhibitions Corporation, 4th Floor, Holland House, 492 St. · Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004, Victoria. After Gladstone, Mrs Thomas went 10 Mackay. She returned to · bane yesterday. EL DORADO: COLOMBIANGOLD EL DORADO: COLOMBIAN GOLD 13 July - 13 August IJ July - 13 August QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 5th 1-loor, MIM Building, 160 Ann Street, Brisbane, An uhibition of gold and ccramiCJ from the Musco dcl g~ 0 A~:rr~~i~~ ~r~Fi1i,u~o! 0 t~~~~~li~~trmr1~CJ~~\'thd ,~t anis11ncc of the Commonwealth Government and 1ponsorcd by The Henson and Hedges Contpany. Admls•lon Adults Sl.~O. OIW,011, School Studttt11, l',n,lonon 75e. Prt-bo,, J.nl li•·rnfn,,-TIIC' fd.tr, T#iund1r, 1-·rtd,y, 6 pm- to pm •I SS.00t¥-t J)(rffltl minimum o( IQO ~It. T,.,,,ltoiff 111 JIJI. OPEN TONIGHT TO 7;30 pm, QUEENSUND ART GALLERY 6th Floor, MIM Building, 160 Ann St., Brisbane. Telephone 229 2138 An exhibition of gold • nd ceramicl from the Museo del Oro, Banco de I • Republic • Bogota, Colombia, presented by the Australian Art Exhibition• Corporation Limited with the aHl1t1nce of the Commonwealth Government and opon1or1d by tha Benson 1nd Hedgu Company. Admluion Adults ·s 1.50 Children, School Students, Pensioners 75c OPEN TODAY AND FRIDAY TO 10 P-~·mr.