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

Genesis of a Gallery part 2 A touring exhibition from the Collection of the Auetrallan National Gallery, Canberra, showing at the Queeneland Art Gallery from 14 September to 140ctober, 1978. The exhibition features works from several of the National Gallery's collecting areas: Australian Art, Arts of Asia and South East Asia, Primitive Art,European Art before 1850, Art of the Modern Period and Photography. Genesis of a Gallery part 2 coincides with the Queensland Festival of Arts in association with Warana. Queensland Art Gallery 5th Fir. MIM Building, 160 Ann St., Brisbane M' n-Sat 10a.m. to5p.m. f 1days 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admlaslon Is free. "GENEIII OF AGALLERY - PART 2" . c:--.1e1 • - :.!-::i.:=~~ worh "om the coHK tion of the On, Tue1day1 Ind Tiu1dly1 during "Glneaia" Educ:1tion Qfficetl wMl_f!'!ahart ,ttattd ,... II 12.1&and 1.15 prn. "ITALIAN WEEK EXHIBITION" ~-1-· lllM• If» ITA IAN WIIK, a,........,_,,.,._,_,.,.., Mandly-Slhldoy 101ffl toll pm ~ 108:':'lo':,'=-·-"ontyl ADMIHION FIIII 0.1IIIIIINIArtCl"-Y 5th Floor, MIM Building, 180 Ann St, Brlsb-, Telephone (07) 229 2138 M372C ar1ety THE Queensland Baglrmltribe.Mall, Standing female figure. Leonard French The Great Turtle QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 5th Floor, MIM l ulldiftt, 110 Ann StrHt, Brlabana GE#ESII OFAIALLERY - IART 2 continuing to 11 Oct- A rr,1v11/li11u extilbitloo of wmka from the collttction of tl Ausr,,11,Jm Nariomll Gllllory. 19 On Tllt•~•Y~ 1nd Thw1ciay1 dwlnv "GenHlt" Education Offictfl . w1N gtvt 1hor1 r1t.11d ttlk11t 12.1& tnd 1.15 p.m. Film• Ott Hockn•y and l'icH10: Ocrob•r 4 - 12.10 •rid 1.10 p.m. llallan Arts Festival (xhlbilion cootlnuinR to 8 October HOURS: Mond1y • Saturday 10 W . & pm • Sunday 2 pm • & pm ,.... AOMIS~v:;:n: : :Ey 10 •m . 10 pm ~u "Ott1H i1" only) '" • -,~- ·" ., Inµ more than an histor– ical curiosity. Art Gallery Is showing 90 works which have recently been added to the Australian Nat.Iona! Gallery Collection. , '4Da~tid Seibett The 16 Pre-Columbian pieces ha\'e no counter• part h ~ r e nnd few n broad , The unusnRl Mayun double liµu rc of a. mnn :inrl o woman hns not lost Its dellµhtful ~cnse of humour nor its lntlmnte emol,lonnl qunl– lty .;Ince IL was made more t1111n 1:mo Genesl1 or • Gallery Part z Is nn Indication of the vnrlety and richness we cnn e~pect when th Gallery llnally opens in Canberra In 1081. * The National Collcc• rlon. ol which this Is " small part, transcends 1 0llllenl 11nd economic concerns !or Its actual cost hns been ,·cry lttlle considering our nntlonat hertltnge wus so long neglected. We now 1arc n window through which to see o u r sc I v e s and others, boih hlstorlcally and cul• turnlty. This dh·erse collecllon esl.ablt hcs values which are beyond any one lndl· . w~- ~ \'ldunl's personal taste for th ey are fully rcnllsed mnnlfestntlous or whnt Is posslble In the visual arts. 1f you gnln nothing else from these excellent objects t han "heightened nwnrencss n[ what the h uman spirit Is cnpnble ol, the renson for their a c q u I s I t Ion hns been more thnn Justified. Rnthct· thnn a study In contrnsts. this exhibition Is a tesllmon)' to the unclcrlylng force which exl. ts In nll c1·cnt art. Vtrnwaln. the Aborl- ~ in R 1 artist. loglculty shares the gallery with Picasso n11d Toulousc– Laut.rec nnd ~peuks out. from his Drenmllmc with cqunl auU\orlt,y and rcle– ,·ance. T his i~ most. ccrtnlnly R dcclnratlon thnt the nc:e of our cu1turnl lsoln– llonlsm is now orflclnlly orer. WIiiiam Oobell' Che, Wnltcr· Is n deltghtfut cxumplc of this portrnlt mnster's unique nblllty to breathe life Into his pic– tures of 1,eopte. This and the other 13 Austrnlien works dcmon– st rntc the breadth of \'I• slon locnl nrttsts trl\'e achieved In both this and the prcl'lous ccntur;·. Olornnnl di Puolo's •cruci fixion' Iron, the fifteenth century 11.allnn Slenesr School Is ccr– tnlnl)' lhc be. t work of Its klnct In the cu1111ry. The purlti of Its resoll'ed t CC h n I q ll e nnd style mnkcs this pn11el paint- ago. * Three smlllni: Bud- dtrns, two from 'l'httllnnd and one from Chinn. of• fer a. mc~~ngc or penre and conicntmr.nt. . They rep1·ese11t a • ly rcnHsrd knowledge or both the metal the)· are mndc from :rntl tl1e Ideals tiler en1bodr. How en• llµhtening to experience Mlch wisdom nnd ex– cellence at first hnnd. or nil the . cu111turc. the 'Stone Figure· by Amedeo Modli:linnl Is the most Important. This Is the only full llg111 c piece by this n1·tlst In existence. "Geneela of a Gallery - PM't 2" 14 September - 16 October A Travelling exhibition of 90 Wllfka from thl collection of the Australian National Gallery "Jon Molvlg" 1t/ 7hr Closing 17 September "Italian Week Exhibition" 19 September - 1 Octob1r "Selections from the Permanent Colecllon" ,On Tuesdays and Thursdays during Genesl1, Education Officers will give short related talks at 12. 15 p.m. and 1. \5 p.m. Films for Italian Week Exhlbhlon 20 and 27 September - 12.10 p.m. and 1.10 p.m. Monday - Saturday 10 a.IT ' to 5 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Wednesday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. during Genesis only) ADMISSION FREE A visit of the n1<11 to Mnhomet. tYlllll the National Cl,, "Oenc is or 11 onu,, exhibition now 111 bane, must be Ro~u nn occasion or r· orable moment, f., must be found t,, call on the Qucei Art Gnllcry (M.l.l\t Ing, 100 Ann Slrcr l