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

•rhe courier January 2 7, q~~!~~JB~I~~ 1~~! P,~~B~!,.~ "PRINT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA EXHIBITION" 5'wtllV tn,11 r,rn11htl;!i by Au..u,,h,ln A•u~u. l.los,11u :l t Jm1u..,y. " OENPELLI PAINTINGS ON BARK " p 1111111111 !. tMI hiMl hv O.•np,·lh ,., 11'.,h 111 .Arr1h•••n.. 1 '!"" .u,d11!11n•1 (1)6 !IJl~hflllt1I X MV ~h·~· ,11111 111)1tlJ',,1l ol Ille r, ,Ulj r,111111 . ~:.~~t~~~f>: ' ~.:1::~i:u-;~11,,1, f .. t)!llafVolR,.. ~ f,,, ,. 1tr ••'- 11 ' 'I (Mm I lf(llllt"fll ,1)1•,1111 An,h,•rn L,11111,,,,,1 !lw 1)1,,"1 t1111,., Hou,.: Mo111t,1y Sr1turd,1y 10 ,1111 5 11111 Surnlay 2 1n11 - 5 pm ADMISSION FREE lt'l •• THE LEADER AMAJOR purclt••• of flt• OuHnailand Art G•ll•ry 1111 , ••, and lh• outar•ndlng /fem In the 11•llery'1 cu,renl erhlb/flon 11 Ill preHnt tempo,.,, premlHa on Ille fffllt floor of 111, Brlabana 1111111 Bui/ding la Ille Portrait ol Arthur Rlmbaud b, Brett Wltllele,, 1111/1/c/l cona/111 of 1111 IIIIOOd•n panels, 11111tlclt .,. done In o/1, gold IHf and col/age. The exhibition of 125 works includes paintings. pri11• ts. draw ings and sc11ip111rcs a~-quimJ by purchase. gif1'. hcq ucst and loan by 1he 1rus1ees of lhc ga llery in lhe past 12 months. Whiteley portrait of Rimbaud is outstanding in gallery display In presenting the THE Queensland Art Gallery is continuing an exhibition of its recent acquisitions at the gallery premises on the fifth floor of the MIM Building, Ann -St, Brisbane, until January 22. cxhibi1ion. Mr Justice C'on• nnlly, prc,idcnt of 1he 1rustccs, said 1978 wa, a sign ifican 1year for lhc Queen· , 1:1 ml /\ rl C.,J llcry in SCl'Crnl ways. Mos, 1111110na111ly. 1hc cun– s1ruc1ion of the ncv ga llery a, lhe fi rst stage of the Queens land Cuh ura l Ccnlrc. gol un– der way. Change in policy The building 1s cx1x:c1ed 10 be complc1cd by June. 1981, and !he new ga llery fully cum missioncd. ready for opening. in lhe fir,1half of 1982. This ha, led 10 a rc– cxamin:u inn of the ucquisi• lions polic:y. iaking i1110 ai:coun1 1hc special need, of 1he collei:11011 in rcla11011 Ill !he new c·1 llcrv "The -;,olic/ of acquiring /\u,1ra lia n work, con1inucs and thcr-: " al!«> nnw :111 alloca 1ion of fu nds ead1 year for 1hc pun:ha.c of imr, un.uu work, pf non-/\11,1ralian origin," Jus1icc C,mnnlly ,aid. ·· 1'11i, will e,pand a nucleus alrcadv 111 I he ,ollcc1io11 wi1h 1hc :iim of providing an cdul'.'a 1iurwl a~ well a~ un ae,1 he1ic:a lly hased ,ollcc:1io11. The range nf :1n1uisi1ions for 1'17/l illu,1r:11c, this policy. "In 1978. 1hi, polil'y r~u l1cu in a cnncen1r:11inn on ,•1gl11ccn1h ,c nlur) llri1i,h paint ing. The purcha,c ol 1wo fine pon rnih b) Sir Henry l{ucbu rn. :1 Sir Jo,hua l{evnolds and an Allan l{ um– Nt) co111plc111cn1cd cxis1ing holdings in 1hi, area. Boucher work ",\11 ou1S1anding European fJtir,ha,c i, a red chalk dra wing hy Frn ncni, Boucher of l'em" l\'i!h t1,·o A111ori11i. "f\ lnjor aJ li1i11ns 10 1he con1cm110rar) Au·1rnlia n ,ollec1 icrn include Breit Whitclc) ·, Porrrait of A rr/11,r l<i111/,a11d. Noel Tunl , \ pain ling Loi'<' in ldlene.,~ and 1hc cu lptu re ll ox hy I he young Australia n Jo Steele." .liis1ice Connolly said !hat lhe c,whlbhmcnt of lhc ·1rus1ccs Purclm,c Exhibition. in lieu of the annual Tru,tccs' l'ri,c. with an allocat ion In 1978 of S 15.000 will allow wide a1111ual considcnuion for acquisi1ion of current Australian painting. li1fls to lhc collection have been substantial and a num• her of these h:1ve lx:cn made with 1hc new ga llery in mind. Lady Trout" generous gif1 of nine major works va lued at SIJ4.000 is au imporwn1 ad– di1inn lO the 1\ us1raliancollec– tion. The ani,1 Sidney Nolan personally prL-sc111cd 25 et– ching., from his Dust series. a ,ignifiea111 gift. 1ha1 renects lhc i111crc,1 artists arc also taking in 1hc devclop111cn1 of !he ga llery aml i1scollcc1ion. The gif1 of Leonard French li1hograph, aud drawing., in mcmorv of Eleanor Palricia Ml{•nril aml gif1s by Norman Behan. l{usscll C'u111.1idge. Grace and Nell Davies. the Quecn,lantl /\ rt Galler Socie tyand other benefactors. '°me anonymous. have great• ly enriched 1hc collection a nd 1hc 1rus1ccs arc warmly ap– prcci:uive of this co111 inu i11g and growingsuppon. Gold replica .lus1icc Connolly ·1id 1hU1 · 1hc prc,cnta lion hy /\111a 1il I.Id. of lh, gold replica of the Mui,m Na/i in The Musco clel Oro, lk1go1a. highlighl\ one of 1he (iallcr) \ 1111"1 ,ig11ifica 111 lll'liVll le> in 1978, lhl' nhihi1iu11 of El Dorado Cn/0111hia11 Golt/ in July and /\ugu,1. The Benson arnl Hedge, ( ·0111pa1y sponsored 1he ex hihi1io11, which 11 11, seen hy lllllfC lhan 57.0110 U1 lhe Ouccn~laml An Ga llen . "The Slll'CC» nl; I his cx hibi1ion here can he 111ca~11rcd by lhc fac11ha1 1hc Ouecn,land /\ ri Galkr) al• 1ai11ccl 99.1 per cc111 of 1hc huclgcllctl a11cmlanr: for 1hc cxhihi1 in11 nncl IOI . 7 per ecru or 1hc h11dge11ed financi.1 I 1akings," Ju,1irc Connolly ,aid. ..., Im adherence to a budge! -;c1 by 1he Corporation organi,ing the exhibition was an nchicve111cn1 ,ignifirnn1ly cxcccdmg 1he pcrfor111:111cc a1 :111y other g:1 ller) n1which El Dorado wa, shown." The complete ,c1 or l5 c1• chings from Sid ney Nolan·, Dim series. workl-d from cop– per plnlc on mould made pajX!r. arc ba,cd on drawings from The Drought Beyond IVort/.{ of 1952. A Sir sculp1 u bought by Dr The 1 year an of th $20.01111 by Brei the 197 andW, Six w lllL-dta I and g< I portmu French In / 1.rt hu in Char' in Mar, The who ,h family 1 unhapp ernbillcl' disciplu Thi, I fac11h111 charac1 c rchcllion cape. ll h ,urfacc 15. Violcn anti-Ch1 1 lican 111 pathie, . school r, home c, /\ II lh :isl011i,h111 he wro11 · which v1, in uulh 1 Thi, t Napoleon h:1ud to , !he nea r 1 and the h u1 her, l1 1• worldol 1 Fir. In IR7 wrote hi, a nd lhc a nd ,cn1 1 cop of I frre. Vcrlai1 and cncu go to Pan Rimba 1 my of lh i1, fa ll VerlaInc. Af1er 111 he was , Vcrlainc. fortw In hi, Rimbuuli the poet',