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

Reviewed lly_ FREDERIC ROGERS Art stocktaking 'l'HE Queensland A1·t Gallery's exhibit ion of the year's acquisitions is more than a mere showing of paintings, drawings, S<"ulpturc and furniture. It Is a slnlement by the Lrustecs or their steward– ship of l,hc limited runcts at t.hc1r disposal for au~• ment.in ~ Lhe O dler.,.··s collecUon nnd nn nllir– mntlon b~• sc,·crnl public– sp riled lncli\'lduals nud or1rnnls11tions or goodwlll i.ownrrls the gnllcr)' imd the cltiz~ns or the St ine ns n whole. With u,e op1•n111;: nr the new gflllery DL :-;outh Brisbane now cnnftdcnlly forecast ror en rly In 1981, wltJ1 con~c(l11cnt oppc,r– tun tty for rnoro tellln~ dispos[ll or the collect 1011, thl.s year's - und t,he next three yea rs - nc– qui. lt ion. become more thun usually l111 por tn11l. So It Is ple In~ 10 note th nt this ycnr Jl l'l l'Ull:, by Rnelrnm. ,Josh un Re;·– Jlolds nnd Allan Rn111-tn~· - nil or nctmlrniJle 1111nt1- tv - h n,·o 1111N1 ~ ntc i n11s In the 18th Cent11r)' n rlt lnh sectmn. 1'hc i;altrr~-·~ 1m l h1 • r•<m !-lckrnhll' lwlcllrlJ!' of worlu• hy ;\11..:tra littn arl • l~ls Im,; h,•1•11 1111tahly nuA"mrntc,t hr m orr tll.rn RU 11iP1·t..., t•iW(•rin • a nt•ri• ocl or morr t hnn a 1·1•11tu• r hese nhout on - tlll r<I h nH~ llC't•n p11r• hn.<i s - nnd it should be f;Oicl Ihn t t hr rust"r" n11d dlrt1t·1or h:t\'f' J.!l\ n:t high ly ~utb,f•t t,,n • ~H•· rount of their st1•1,:ml• ship. The rrmnlnrler In– c 1 u d es \'nlunt,10 gifts from S idney Nolan (I\ co m Jl I et e seL or 1ls '·Dust." scrl elrllfn,Js) , the nieces nnd nephews o r E 1 ~ n n o r PatriciCl Mccord In her memor)' (I\ number or 111.ho ~rnphs nnd drawings from Leon• nrcl French 's "The Jour– ney" serlcsl ond Lad)' Trn11t In. comprrllr.nsl\'C ollecLion or mnlnly 191,h nn!I early 20th century JJICCCS!, An l1111lrntlun of the senpr or Uu~ :u·quisilion~ - nnd or the truslct"s' 1mlicy of 111·m•iclln!: not onh• an nrli..:1lc-alh 1 t'n· Joynhlc collection tJ~,t one or hb,torlca l ancl clluc·a• tlonal ,•aluc - two ori~I• nnl rartoons hy rurnwr t:ourier-1\lall carloonl"il, Inn Gall, ha,·e hcen a1lclcd lo !he eolletllon. It Is evident t-h'1 l, In mnking 11urchnsrs, there hn been n p opcrl)' r nth– ollc t;plril or ap1 recin tion of S! ) I~ - Brei!, WhJte– lcy's "l'ort.rnit. o Arl hur H1mbn11tl" hr1s joinr<l lhc {'01l1Jll\llY of Dl\\'icl Sr hl1111kr's " \Vlnirr" nm l Bruce WIison's "~l nchlne or tt Drr11111" w!Wt J on :'\J o I \' 1 g ·: "Pr1rtrait of I t11s~e11 Clltl!JUh.lgc" close by. ·i\ 11 th• nr~ul.sltlnns, n wl'll ns Lhc Oollery·s l\,tt1l1!1.-..lh·d collrcUnn, brio 11,: to r uch one of us ns 111111 or the S t te. \Vhy not g nlong und h. .. s ror .vour nrt. t cts - nncl don't miss Jo s,~r1,,·s wood n sc1111,– turc. "Dox.'' - n m t\Slcr• llll'ce or crnrtsmnn, hl p nncl lnacnu!Ly. * * '.Ii not expect to escape un• scathed but this week's n e w s•s h cc t s rt'1•orlcd whal must surely be the slllicst nr silly season sh,•11a nl1,:ans. 11 seems lhnl ~llss Cle- 111c11tlnl\ Dilln h C-11 111>bcll, alias Cleo l,nlne, rnomcn– tnr1\_v i t quotcl struck the nril,• ll nbo,·e lu~h C, t ll t h t• s011g 0 D""ing t\l1,•r". and Is lownrcllng n cluirn to l,hc Guinness Ur>nk o r RN·orcls ror rcc– oe11ltlon or IL being the 1rn:IH':..l humun note ever recorded. I nm n t erq11nlnl-~d with tJw :i1.>nµ- mC'11lli"111N1, but n1 hR1ilrcl a prt"'llY ~n f c gue:-:~ t hnt. n wr 1 L· IC'n It d f)('S no ca ll for ftny IMte h it.dH'I' l.lrnn I rrh!<' t p !In~ F, so tt; 11\ll'.-I he n,<:kCd wlH\t on rn r!I M 1~s Ln Inc- wn~ <lolm! S'1t1f'nklng nru1u1d n In 1Lit1~-,Jmo. n ut h'n\·lnc- that <1nl ot lh l• 11111•<,lilln, s rlt• m:ty ~n, t.' lu•r,rlf llH' trnuhlc or trr i11g lo cm ck r ntry to t hl' (t ulnnl'.'-S sym• Jlo, ium nr t rh•in, hN·:rnc:e '-hr wa~ hrrtl f'n to th<' :Ll– lt•t:NI rt•t•nrd i \\ o hu mlr~d Yt•nf''- ago. II th•' ompll rs or lhnt pul)ltC'.ltlnn r . 1 c to In• \' sllgn le Lhc IL1mtion, thry will llnd thnL n cer– tain Indy nnmod Lucrezln, A guJnrl surprised Mozo.rt by h r o bli 11,y to C.'\TO) 0 In nlllssltno - nnd CO'Uld re1>ent the Jl'-'rformnnce unr time she wished. . -~ ., · > I -~ . . , '· ~