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

Mums i,:et In the picture as shop– pers ogle the :uls at n Garrlcn City cll: plny, • There's gold In the gallery bu~i– ncss all righ t .. . Colombian g o 1d like this priceless 1 I m c co1\tainer from Colombia on show In Brisbane. T HERE's an art .. and craft .. in the pa inting -handi – :raft game and you've only got to look at the number of ;ialleries that are listed in the Queensland Cultural Diary ·o realise how popular the pastime is. Art shows nnd exhibi– tions from tlH• grnrullosc aH11irs like El Dornclo :Jolomblnn Ool<I which Is the ct1rrcnt gJIUerlng mccess n t. the Q11ec11s– lnnd Art Onllcry to 1.he EKKA's Fine Arts Pal'l· I 1 on , to the more humble 1·1ltnµ-e gnller·Jes out nt S11mford, Dny– ooro nncl Nombour nre nil nU,r11c1,lng incl'Cdible intel'est. And nl s o doin g phrnomlnnl business t.o. So whAL's the secret'/ Why do we rt1sh In drol'cs to peer. glance, ;t.H re or ogle someone e I s e 's scribblings or dnublngs'I Maybe It's one of Lhose left-01•er l'estlgnl trails from ollr prlmeml dnys when we liked to express our reelln~s nnd emotions In some other ~•ni• than speech or ac– t Ions. The hands·nn<I crndc pnint.lnµs on the wnl1s of cn\'es nre cvidl'ncc· of our fore nthcrs. Mai•be It's , lol'e-lrnle relnt Jonship, We would m·c to be nhlc LO spend > u r 1l \I r. s pRlnUng. :J r n w t 11 1:, crn11ing or ,cttlpt.lng btrt hnl-C to 11'1\Stc I he l,hne. M n y be It's simply ?nvy of the co11rngcous prople who <lo Just t.lrn I. 1"11c people who In our •••••••••••••••• By DAVID TICKELL •••••••••••••••• eyes impl)' drop out to become nrt isl~'1. People who follow their rleslres and crent.i\'e ins1lncls n\ther 1111111 conform LO Lhc rigid socinl d!ctntes o! SUJ)JlOSCdl)' cil'll!sed life. Whnlel'er the renson, nnct thcrcmust ube n le– gion of l1 1('1TI there's no denyi ng l,hllt Al'L Is b0orn~11g. The inrrcnse In the nu111bcr of gnllct'!es in the city o,•er the pnst 10 yenrs Is sufficient in• dlc11tion of !,his trend. rn 1068 there were six official. full l !me gnl• !cries. A decndc lti tcr there nrc :!:i. which rcp– resc111s nn h1cre1l.<,e ot 500 11rrcr nt,. Aud thnt doesn't lllke into ncco1111t, the school nrt, shows nrnl 11011- rr.g~ lslercd or recorder! nrr shows like the ones Lltnl 11r rioriicnlly nppcnr in t.h e s.ho11plngtow11s. hns Just held nt the ANZ ccnu·e. There were m·er :110 exhibits nL the sl1ow, which wns ccicbrntlng Its 8Ulh exhibition oncl n third or the pnlnl,lngs were sold nt the end or the Lwo week show. As nn lndlcntlon or the ln– crcnsc in Interest. 1111<1 J>OJ>ttinriL)'. Inst )·car the RQAS sold SPOOO l\'Ol'th of nrt. works nL its show, this yeor snlcs exceeded $15,000 ! And l,hnl's Just, from nn nnnunl showing. The m ind hoµgles nt lhe uirn-o\'er rrorn t.he esl11.bllshed gn II cries Around town nnd those on the Oold nnd Sun– shine Const.s. Btrt it's n snrc be!, thnl If there nre nbout nn – JLher 15 gu llerics i 11 these main tourist rc– t?.ions. when nrldf'd to the Bt·lsbnne gnller lc thnL mnkcs nbout. :18 es· Wiblishcd galleries. Ann If )·ou t It ' 11 l-nke this lo Its logical lim its and PSl,lmnte t.helr H\'CI'• nee nnnua) 1..ur110\'cr nt bout $10.000 a 111011t h you don't hn\'e to be n mnt,hematicnl g('niu~ to cRlculnte t lint, c1wh gul· ICr) 1 turn nn rn rn ing po– tentlnl or nbottL 5120,000 mill ion or so, give or wkc n few thousand bucks nnd nlso tnking Into llCCOUllt. Lhnt, some gnllcrles nre fnr more successful I hnn others and so would exceed the :t\'eruge probably by us much ns fh'e Limes. Oallcrr directors nnd ,wncrs nre n bit cngcy 11Jout, 1,heir eornings, DIil no Ulllll CJ' how reti– cent t.lll'~· urc t.he.re can br 110 denying Lhnt pttb· lie 1111ercst in arL ls at 1ll all ~Lime high, Good nrL nel'er <lepr– ?cintes and is 100 times better thnn money in the bnnk. Ol'iglnnl urL Is the IN thin:; for those with n few pennicfi to 111\'CSt 1111<1 l ike old )JOrt, rlntni:tc cllrs unct nn~ Li<111es is f:l. t becom ing t h e only g1111rn11trecl hedge 1ignlt1sl, iu flatlon. M t also hos thnt od– d i LI o 11 n I bonus Uwt. while It's piling up the \'nluc nnd flnn11clul ln– lerc-sl h, gn·es yo11 plcu– s11rc 10 look nL. W hich is more 1111111 can bf! f'tu!d tor a pncket ot Sao hills, or mgots of uolct or !:ill– \'Cl'.