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

Nov.lst,1978 A number uf tlw 6 7 nrti ts whos,· p i,·1u r,•ti were · lec ted for lmnging at 1hc Q uct'IIS· lm,d A rt G,dl ery ' · Trnstcc's I urehas · Fx– hibition fur 1978 nlw displayed tlw ir pa int · ings r gula rly al T oowoomba ga ll, ·ri •-;. .\t th1• Url,h:tnt• t':\.hlhl- 11011, All..;nn t ·w,ldr.1kr. shnwe•d "Fluml i'lain ", 11 11 urrial ,·lt·w of lutul ,, hl'ft! ,•ontn,s l or horizontal anti dlu~onul ltnrs, quiet untl hus,. nn•nri, tunauoi..;c ;uul ot•hrc colours. rt•sul ls 111 a sur,·rs,rul semi-n hstract \'i"ion. Shirley ~l ll!N ',s ••B111c Lnl:e ,,ncl Small Island" Is a 31 '1lpliflcd l11nd1Cl\lle where a lrnrd-crlgctl b!.1ck form prn:tuccs s11\i nblc L nslon anti contrn.!it to soft for ms of blue sea nnd sky. :-tnry Nonie's "Orchcs– lmtlon" is ll llncnr 11! ture or COllC('llt l'IC \'lbrntlng clrrlcs or blue, red l\nd i;rcen, T h:s L~ n new dc– J>arturc from her hard• edge concoµ1unl pllltllln~s so often seen In TOOWOOlll• bn. Brinn t-101.ch will exhibit "Aug11s1 E11cou11tcr". Work of thc.,c ro,1r nnls1s Is nlwuys .wn\lable at Lhc Lln1on Onl!cry. Juuc S1cphcn son's "Wo– mou Rctu rniny with Washing. Ball" Is nk!n to Rousseau in t1'cntmcnt of f ,liu:;e. The errec l ls or on cI\.1itcrn gnrtlcn or I·0- mnncc. Exrcu tion hrrc shows yrcnt ntlo111ton to colour, edge uml f: 11 Lsh. Dennis l•'rcc11111n's "Ccn– so,·cd" 11111!. s .strnclls and n spray. gnu to rh.:hlcrc n somln·c ulJstrnct. effect. 'l'hc·, c l\\'O 111'11: ls exh ibit l't'gtllnrl.\' n t t ha Downs Qnl11!l"\' and Al'IS Ccnll'C. HobC1·t ,rl( 1 t'C' 0 s "Hom- age to T l1r11rr·· consists or ~4 sq111, n".~ anct relics on IC:Xlll!'t' ., ncl ,'-.Ul>tlcllt'S or hazy gold 11ml Hl'C.Y pnlnt to prodt1rt1 n misty, ~,l>s- 1,·net scqllCllCC or plc lIIJ'eS rcmlltl~H·rnL of 1i1rncr. rrc-nu Amo~ ,.:hows Jn '.\lv t 'r11 !1 or Snl!t•11 .\ rl ·· B O lh h: q! ,lrlbls IHI\' work nt thL 1 T in a ,dlr1 y. N1'\''l!1• ;\1~1t1lwws ·.du tc.lclws ut the 0 :tl'llll6 Down, t 11<ill 11 Lc or .~tl– ranc:cd Eclucation .c;howR " X·0ll t O f", a 111ixr tl mrd n pi;:LUl'C \hill{; off. while l'lrclC's alltl forms nk;n 10 the t i1•clc. Brluht red n11d blue ,uul n r w black cn l11er,q1hlc lines ndd dolall lo 1111• 10111! llb• su·nct vision here. Five pn1111l11~s were scl– cc,tcd for 1111rd111sc. 'l'hr.,e. In l11de "'.\ll11chl11c Ill " Drcnm" by Orucc \Vl!son, "Zoned Llghl llltltLSll'lnl" by Rod Wll hurs und "LO\'C In l dlcnc!<., " by Noel Tunk.s, Noel Tunks wns winner or the 1978 Bl:11:e Prlr.c for religious art lttHI hi" "Love 111 Idleness" pi turrd Oil lhls l>ll~C g, [1.IJhlcully r.rnkc,s Ille ... itn and ~u rrl•rini; o! c011• . mpornry c1"m 111 lon 1111d .skilfully ,--Ju le• Ihis to 1hc ,·onlrns1..!n::; rn1·!1r.r F.llza.. bc1hnn c,·u by 1hc use o( COi\llltllC. Surrcnl lrC'fll 111rn hcud lll'l'C ls nkl n lo the painting or f-'r,111cls Bncon, born t9CJ!) i11 F:11gln1tcl. who ls known fol' his "tiCJ'N\111• ing Man'• pienirc. nl.~o for his "Tl'IJ)l)'('h " S('i'll In Q11rc11, l,111<I In 1071, " ' l he GCIW:"is or a o n:h.--ry Pul'L l cxhibll!Oll. One Of the 1'C'llll':ll Oil· C<'l'llS of holll B:,cnn ulltl Tunks Is wllh the condi– tion or flux. 111 1h1s pic– ture Pr1111tls 0.1co11 of todu~' \s. In 1 subllc wuy nlllccl w ll h F'l',llH"S B.icon or thr r.rst E~iznbc1hnn w!io wns L>or