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

Genesis of I Gallery - Part 2 See thi1 travelling exhibition of 90 worka from the collection of The Australian National Gallery, Canberra, at the OuNnaland Art Gallery from 14 September to 15 October 1978. On TuHdav• and Thurad.ty, durinr, "Genas;,·• Educar,on Officer• will r,iw, ahan talh at 12, 11 p.m. Mid 1. 15 p.m. Monday - Sat.. dly 10.001.111. • I.OD p.111, Sunday 2.00 p.m. • 11.00 p.m, IW-dlr 10.00•.m. • 10.00p.m. ..... GoriM,..,,W Admission FrN ''Jon Malvig" - R,rrospectiv, elous S.,,lfmblr 11. Inge King, Au • tr • li • n Sculptor, will give• fru public lecture in the 01ll1ry • t 1.00 p.m. on Thur1d • y 14 September 1971. OuNnlland Art G1ll1ry 5th Floor, MIM Building, 160 Ann St, Brisbane, Telephone (07) 229 2138 JOHN CAMPBELL This was 1iral,e lnde•d formt-r t•mployee. Bourdell•'s exhibition hn.s llourdelle w,nt on unlll 11129 lurned 1111 In Perlh a l the WA lo stun the public and critics Art Onllery, where It wlll with hi., style and hon,at J>0w,r. longulsh ror the rest or the His Influence on Olacomaut and month before moving quietly to ••t><clally Ma'llsse was gr,at. He the enst. al&o taught Vieira de Sliva, The only oth•r Slate gallery HadJU and Oerrnalne lllchler. where It wlll surface will be This pr,.s,nt exhibition, cour 0 Que,nsland's - Ironic lnde,d,/ tesy or \ Mme Rhodh Duret given that Slate's strange atU-1 nourdell•, the sculptor•• dau1h· tude to anything even val!IJely , ler and curator at the Musee permll1.sive and Bourdelle's repu- Dourdelle, comprises 60 aculp• tnllon for h11vlng •nooted Pres- lures and 20 drawings, byterlan values in the early part II ls Bourdolle's first major or this century. •howtn11 in thl• country, al• You will remember how much though three plec•s or his worll: consternation his most ramous are now touring with the Rodin sculpture, Heracles, caused when and Oenesl, rr exhibitions. • II was unvelled In lhe · l!IIO Balon. Major arllsllc rerorm veiled in sr.and•I. 'l'he question or why Austra– lia's major g11lierles preferred not to take this drnmattc exhl• hltlon remains urmnswered. Even the grent Rodin .,aid or Ilourdelic: "F'or me, wha t Is most important ls the modelled shape: ror Bourdelio It Is archl• l.oclure. I enclose reeling in n muscle, he makes it surge up In slyle. He t,; a rorerunner or the It include; an lmposln1 bust or BeeU1oven, lilied Tele Monu– menlule, one or 80 pieces Bour– delle created or the master. Where the art • 1S ,\ l{NOWl, Ef)GE of whe r e all lhc art s howings in Brishanc a rc lo<"alcd eac h wccl< in intrca s ing numhcrs is o n e thing; determining whkh to visil is a matter of relative im11ort:111c e a nd a va lla hlc tim,•. A ,·lslLor the mo1111 tuf11 l/'J M(1ilon1e1. l,1·111 f11•(I IJy l li" Nullnna l C:alll'ry's ··Cicrlt'Sis or u GnllN,v ll " cx l11hll11111 now 111 nrb – bnnc, m usl he ar-:onntrd a n orcns1on of ,.,,n,lfl– c r n hle ll10 111Cl11., :,,n IIIIIC must be! fo11nc.l 111 1rn~· n ca ll on Lhc Qm. 1 t•11:1lu11cl Art Q . llr ry ,M I.M. IJll( ld- 111g, IGO Ann Strt..•{•l 1 n uL ,·1s11nr sho11lrl he ~1..,rn U lo bC' pr,•p11 r"cl to S!)l' lld n J,!f'{'/1 t <lf•H I or time tll('rc tor, in r1<trt1- 1,ion 10 Lh f' \I() p 11•1'1•!'- UI i! I'(' 111 (11\t'r ...ll \' drllt\'ll from rr,1• 1 •n t ru·ftui!-iltl1111., hr lhr Nn ltllllll Cinlh·1·y, there i. also 0 11 shmv :111 r111 hrnltlnu 1•xhihl11un or tile work or tlolin M11h·11!. On 111r. one hnnfl, t.tit~n--– is lhc i11t.rr ,•st 1n ll1t• cl1- \'Crs1Lr of the JIIXlapo, 1- 1 um · tJl, f•)r 1 1 xa 111pll•, p a i n t I n L! s hy DohHI. alloriuinnl nn. an cnrl_v I t. n 11 n n ··crurlfl:,:1011," stntun r_v by Mnd lg:lin nl :-i net p r e·Colun1h1.111 pieces Anti r-nC'l1 J)it"Cl' or Sf'C– tinn flt•111111ul,;: lfw c·lo-.1•, 1 11lt1•n tion, le<•lank ully nnd ;u•:ootlwticall.v. 1 11 n (I J o 1 11 I n i.: hl\,\'S. 1h(•rp IS f h r• \"IISI l'ltlHH' 1) ( MlbJt'L'l nnd Uylt 1 In Mui- \ilg';-; r -.: t" n~h·r rn!lf'ctinn - worthy or cqunl atLc11- Llon. John 1\T0ldi! wn. :-:low 111 !;:t111im..: UlC' f)l'Ollll· n C n r (' he C\'Cl\trndl,\' arh.c•\'crl : 1111 lrnur w11h h i~ slH)\\'m~ will pt 1 rh:1ps not rf'\'t!td wit,· thnL ."il1111 1fd lln\'c bcrn~ !-iO, IHn 1t " 111 cer1nl11ly -;how th<• j t1!"lt1fic·11t inn for hl,j lh)W ll w li l'{'J)ll llll lllll. T o nt 11•111pt to dc,rrihe 1t!I• Pflf•r1 of ! Ill! r Ill • h11•t•d s howinl'!S wr1111c1 hi" n 11 1•• r·c•ward,nt= f''<1•rl'l ~1• , thr q A.O. !-hntlld lw n r n 11 t 1 n ,1 n 11 ,. <•rt,wr11•11 \'f" IHH' win!(' l h r y 1'('111:1111 011 cl lspluy.