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

TODAY RUGBY UNION: Teachers Honti, v Unh,ersity at Ballr· more 3 pm. BANOS: Et.cel•iof' B,mct Neiw Farm Pa,~ 3 pm; Brisbane Clllien, Band, Botanic Gar• d«Hl5 3 pm; AuGlrall•n Scot1 Pipe S.nd , King Ge0tge Sqwire 3 pm. FILM: Schon-,11 Thealte, Univer,lly ol Queensland p,e- 1en11 Richard Ill 11 4.30 pm 1nd Oersu U11l1 • t e pm. MUSIC: Department of Music, Unlver1ily ol Oueen1- ~•n~d ~::rh~:.~or~ ~Tie Ma;.:~~ formance Room, Music Build– ing, Unlveralt,- of Oucon1I11nd ., 3 pm. HISlORIC HOMESTEADS: Newslead House Is open 2 pm• I pm. Allernoon lel\S are Nrved 2 pm-'4.30 pm. Mie• ,~~,~~~. F:!.~"~"~'1 / o~::~ 10.30 am-• pm, THEATRE l>ry Theatre, 1.30 pm. MOrtDAY TROTTING: Al Redclltte. COURSING: At Cal)alaba. q~~E~:;si,.!,rJ: 0 Bu1~ Ing, Ann lrMI 10 am-5 pm, Au111allan flying Art School, 5th Floor, 72-76 Eagle SIINI 9 am-5 pm, CHILDREN'S THEATRE: 8'1•· bane Arts Thea1,e, Pet,ie Ter• race, Plnocchlo 10.30 am •no 2 pin, 811sbane Youth Thealte, Kel..,,n G,ove College of Ad· vanced EducoUon Orama Tttoalre, The Frog Prince 10 Am. TUESDAY COURSING: Al lawnton. MUSIC· 81isb11ne -..uslc Club pIesenI1 a vocal prog,am w,th colored musical film - Slory of lhe BI..,. Danube, lo be helcJ at Lvceum Club Rooms. 21 Adet,11de Street e pm: Dcoett• menl ot Music, Unl..,enlty ol Queensland presents works by Schuber'( and Chopli, In lhe Perfo1ma11co Room, Music Bulldlna, Unlvtrstty al QuNn.. land 1.10 pm, FILM; Schonefl Theatre, Unl..-erslty of Queensland pre• Nnl1 Tales ol Beallia Pone, (Royal Ball-1) and The Little "'"" 1 pm. BALLEl: Thi Queensland Ballet present., The Nulcraclie, Act II at hidOOfoopllly Shop– plngtown. CHILDREN'S THEATRE; Brl1• bam1 Arts lhu ue, Pinocchlo t0.30 arn and 2 pm; Brisbane Youth Theatre, Kelvin Grove College ol Aovanced Educe• llon Orama Theatre, The Frog Ptince 10 am. THEATRE: Twelt1h Night Thonlfe. Bowen Hill$, Some• thing's .Afoot 8.15 pm. WEDNESDAY RACING: Al lpswlth. lROTTING: At Gold Coast BALLET: The Queen,1a1\d Ballet p,er.enls The Nulcrader Act II at lnoooroopllly Shop– plnotown. CHILDREN'S Pt.AYS: Bfis– bane Arts Theaue, Pe1,le Ter• race. P1nocchlo 10.30 am and 2 pm, Brisbane You1h lhoatre, t<elvln vanced Education Drama Thea1,a. The Frc>e Prince 10 am • nd 2 pm. THEATRE: Brisbane Ar1t Thealre, Petrie Tenace, How lhe Olher Hall Loves 8 15 pm; Bdsb•ne Rcpe,10,y Theahe. La 8olle, Grf>llM! 8 pm, lwelllh Nlghl Thuat•o. Bo...en HIii, , Something'1 Alool 11.15 pm. FILM Schor1e11 lhea11e , Un1ve11;1ty ot Ou1•flr,Slilnd pIe– w r,Is T;1tes ot Bealr... Pothtr (Royal Ballet) and The Llllle Arll at 1 pm. THURSDAY RACING. Al Ipswich. COURSit~G Al G3llbil. MUSIC Ouecna;land Sym P.,Ony OIChCSlrll p,es.~nla the 1SI Ge.lo 5 1.Jt)SCI 1ptlon Cof"cert conduClt!ll tJy Elyakum Sha• pm a at Mayr•e Hall, UrHvcrti.lly ol Oueol'l!iland e pm; Goethe Soc.lel) GI Cuccnslund p,e~ents a conce•I 01 Ge1m1n lnstru– mPrHtl and '¥'0Cat WOflrt.S in the Pe,tormance Room, University 01 Ouoe111lano 8 pm: Ouuens• lend Opera Company p,es.enls • lunch .,our rec:ltal tn St John's Calhed1al. BALLEl . ,.,e Queensland 8allel present. Tht! tlulcrncker Acl II ., lnch)OIOOpllly Shop. pln9Iovrn. CWLOREN'S Pl4Y5 Bris- bane Ar1' n1catrt1. P1noc.ch10 10 0 a,n 11nd , r,m 811 b-111\e Youth Theal!e 1ne F'1og P11ncP 11 Kelvin Grove College 01 Aovanced EoucM10 Theatre 10 am. THEA.TAE • Brlstmno Reg.er. tor-r fhl'.tl1e Lit Orillc Glf>iltie 8 pm, r ...el!lh t-J,gt11 fhrntre, 81Jo•,1en HUis., Som,itti1ng·s At"'N 8.15 pm. S11i.t,.. nt' A,tb 1t1en1,e. P'ltrle l'er,.tce Hr."" lnc Ot'1er Half LN e!. 8 15 om FIL.._ t.hf' lr t!II l11"al1ft U111vt11t,lly ol 0 Uf'C'1Sl/lntJ rre• )erits T11tes ol Bra\" • Pr ue, (Af"yat B1o1•tcl) /lf\1 1 lhe Llllle A•k 1 pm. FRIDAY The Courier Mail 14 May 1977 The Cour i er ~ail 21 ~lay 1977 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY Sth fleor, MIM • •1141111, HO AH It-, lrltlMH TEMPORARY CLOSURE GF'THE GALLERY FOR MOUNTING OF THE EXHIBITION ILLUSION AND REALITY MHd • J, 16 M • y .. S1111d • J ll M • y loch11i, • (N.8, The QuHnsland Art Gallery Society's Dance Recital by th • QuHnsland Modern and Cantempor• ary Danco Company will take place at thP Gallery , as scheduled at 8.00 p.m. Thursday 19 Aay/ ILLUIIDH AHD HALITY Lecture: hecutivo Dlrwcta, of 1 the Auttrolloo Art hhlbltlon, Corporwtlot1, MR. IOHH . ITIIMGIA, ot1II the crNtor •f the llh•lon a114 RNllty nltlltltffNI, •Ill tlwe • free ,..a.He lecture et 1,00 f,·'"• •11 WellMINY, lS M-,, et ttl• 0-Nllettll .A,t •1 ery. -.., 'l'he !:>'unday !, ail 22 May 1977 on show at the QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 5th Fir., MIM Bldg., 160 Ann St., ond the INSTITUTE OF ·MODERN ART 2-4 Market St., Brisbon; 21 MAY-22 JUNI John Stringer, Executive Dl11ctor of the Australion Art Exhlblt1on1 Corporation, which was rnpon1ibl• for both lllutlon and R1a~~tlb~n~n,'h!ut~:i\~e:ucct11tul Chlntll A Fro • Public Lecture on ILLUSION AND IIIALITY Qu1 • 11tl • -d Art Gallery, • J01~·,~! g;,'!';n?: 11 !~,d~~t1!i t!~?tv. (nquirltt: Hon. Sec., c/. Quetnsland Art Gallerv. Cradle of the SPEAK of art and it is almost inevitable that the thoughts of most pco1>lc will be dit·ected towards a gallery or, maybe, the collel'tion of some connoisseur of their acquaintance. · Prlmte collections nre. o r co u r s e , ccnrrn llr uno.vnllnble for 1,uiJhc viewing, So It the public wishes to !cast il.s ci-es nnd stlmutnte Its 111lnct In contemplntlon or :trtf• llc ender\\'our. it. nonnnllr turn& to Ute Queenstn n<I Art Onller.••• where a fine collection Is held in trnst !or it. Or Jt m-ight seek ou t one of the mnny cnin– m ere f 11 I gnllerles t1111 nowndnys cater to I he growing nppreclntlon of art In Brisbane. But It Is not Olli\' In galleries thnt much· de– lill'htful nrt Is to he rounct, Day In, dR)' 0111 . their doors open to ilwltr the J)RsscrL,y, scvernl of our churches 1>0sses."' n11ri treasure works or art that Bre seen nnd en• Joyed by nil too few. A number of Lhc morr– rec@ntl~· bullt churches In And around t.hc ell,\' hnvc mnde n practice or corn• mlsslonlng work from oontemponry nrl.lsts for the benutlflcntlon or their r>IRces or workshl11, Du~ thnt Is nothlnir new, The chttrrh hos never been the nursery and sponsor or Ute 1u·L• Rnd It Is In some br our older churches tho t the most sthnulntlng e• • om11lcs nf the l\l'tl I 111 y been hro11[!ht to mind bv currenL nctlvfLy In the parish rhurch or Bris– lumc. the clegnnt.ly pro– pnrl loncd 108-)'ror-old church or All Snlnls. \Vii.:khn.111 T cnace. All , nlnt.c; stnnds In nn onsis of lawns, trees and pnlt11s lLt the lhrrc?-WRY intersection of W ickham Terrace. Ann Street ar,d Whnrr Street. With in, It is equnlly bcut1tlf11I. with its ng,c– r1nrkrncd h nu11ncr beam roor nnct the light filter• I n g I n mn ny-colorcn p II l C h Cs through llJi s111 l11rd gln.....s windows. tl n fort unttlel)•, the dust of 111.:r..... thr soot from n n "'- forgOllCll SICRlll trn ln. ' the Rl'COSY fall• out, rrnrn moclcr11 d1c!:jfll rnllwor nnd rof\d vehicle h u ri urc1111111lntcd oti t hnsc winctows until some wr n• well -nhrh opnquc. Th r O II g h t-ltc CII· t,1\11!,lnsm nnct r>enohnnt ror dlrccL nctlon or the Recior, the Rev. Fnther All> rt Hnle,v, work ls now 111·occedlng with res• lorn lion to I-heir orlglnnl benutr. A I ren d y the three glorious en•L end win• dows drnw gas11s or llllto• n i s h m c n t from even l,ho,,e rnmllfur for years wli.11 the Interior n.tmos– phere or the ohuroh . n r1u·c'-cntln thr Oru- I.he Blessed Virgin And S1. J ohn, these three windows were lnstnlled in 1870, t.11c yen r nrter the OllClllllg or the fll'CSCllt hullctlng ns n rc1>lt1ce• 111 e II t for the 1863 "Church on Windmill Hill" and nre believed t,1 be the oldest stained gln.ss In Queenslnnd. Thc,v now glow with their pristine lovelineM nnd nrc well worth 1.h~ h1s1,ecl,fon or e,·ery art• I o ,. e r : easlli· nchleved since the church Is :>1)en dnll,v fl'OIII su nrise to sunsel. A II d while in the church, dorn neglecL the hns relief Stat ions or t,he Cross. t,hc hnndlwork or Ml~s Dnphnc Mnyo - crcRtor of the sculpl,ure& nbo1·e the Clly f-111lf 11or• tlco n.nd 11111ny other works or nrt. In llrlsbnne - whl h were ln.stnlled In 19~fi. The,1•, loo, hnd suffered from dust nnd pollution And nrc now being re• stored b,v Mr, DOUQlt\4 Miller. with Lhe whole• h c II rte d n11provnl aud technlcnl asslst.nnee of Miss Mn,vo, now 11 very old but still cxLremely artlstlcally nlerL lady, Art-lovers.with a t.Mle for l,he more modem - the church Is lnLemLecl In nil schools or ~,ut - will fi nd f\ 111rt\'l llf! !ll1• Unlve,r..lty orf Queensland pre– sents 1ales ol Beatria Poller (AOhl l Bollel) and Th• Llt11e Ark II 1 pm, THEAlRE Brisbane Arts Theatre. Pettie Teuace. How Tht, Other Half Love• 8 15 pm: a,1~1Jane Repertory l he.11,e La Rolle, G1ea~<' 6,30 pm: 1wcI11n, Nighl ThO'atre, Somolhui g', Al('l()t 8 1~ pm CHILDREN'S PLAYS Ad • tJJ11e Atl) T e111re Plnocchlo 10 30 Rm ano 2 pm, Bn sbnne Vault\ i 1w111r(' 1'1c Frop Prince al K'!'h rt• G1,)vf' C-,llt>~ of Aava,1t.t>!l Educallon O,ar,u, lne,11,e 10 11m. SATURDAY R/.CttK, /I.I Ooomoen and GnllJ C(',1<,t lROlT ING Al Al Ion Patk, ana F,,.r. ,ea RJr;B, UtHOrl TeachfHS Nm lh5 y CIT 111 R:tltvmoro 3 nm SOCCER ST George .., ,A.n, nor1ey Al St Gco•o Grouno 2 ~5 cm RM 1.inos ..- Norlh 811at1ttno ill ne:u11nds G1ound 2 45 pm; St Hele.-, 'f Ba,dOfl Lallobe •t St Helena Ground 2.4~ pm: Ml Oravalt v Merlan Easl at Mt Gravatt Ground 2, • S pm, SJ>ttnce1 Park United w R1chland1 Windmills at Spen– cer Parlr 2,45 pm; Southsld• Engles .., Wynnum at Perry Paik 3 pm. RUGBY LEAGUE· we~,, 'f Reaclil!e Norths v Wynnum -..anlv, East, v Past 8I0tt'e11; ou1h " Forlltuda vaI1e,y. Crounds and day I be allo– c:ltlod l.4USIC• Muslc11 lralta presertls • Beliu• A,11 ltlo Hall, Unlvarfiity ul 8.15 PfTl CHILDREN'S PLAVS: Brls-– h1ne Ar11 iheat,e, PeIrie 'Teriace, Plnoechio 2 pm: Brls• tmne Youth Theatre, The Frog P,lnce al Kelvln o,o..,e College o• A.dvanceo Education Drama l neaHe 2 pm. THEATRE· Brisbane ,A.r11 TheAtrf', Pelrle Terrace, How The Other Hall LO'¥'f!! 8.15 pm; Br1se11nn Repcr101y Theatre, L.a Solle. Grease 8 om: lwolllh Night The311t1, Bowen Hlllt, SomoInlng's Atoot 8.15 pm. I ~hall WTlte nnt .,.. ..,It about the lmportAnt n• hlhltlon REAi.iTT ASD It.I, ;;.10N, ,.-hlch op,n• nut Wrdnosd•J al the Qurenstand Art Gall••Y• Part or thl! nrJ larp nhlltlllon "111 be nhlb• lied at the ln1tltute of :'lladern Art. 11!1 well u at ( 'Ifie Art GallHJ, Spent a · nice lur.eh hour last week at the Q~eensland Art Gallery at a pre,·lew or a major art exhibition; Illusion• and Reellty Lo open May 25 unLII June 22. Se.w John Strtnl'er. ex– ecutive director or the Austrnllnn Art Exhlbl· tlon Corporation Limit– ed, who collated the ex• hlblt.lon rrom Nort,h and South America. and Aus• tralla. and was· accom– penled by Ed"·ardo Ser• rano, curator or Modern Art In Bogolo. ColomblR. both looking ,·ery arty In their d<mlm suit.~. Quite a.n Intellectual group viewed many e•·enL garde Rrt pieces or realism and Illusion and Included Dr, Grrln1de I.anger, critic, Dr. Nor• man Behan end Dean Ian Geor1e, bo t h Qutenslond Ar,t Gallery Trustee•. Pamela Brand, public relatlona /,0 Aua– tullon Gallery Directors' Councll, arLlsL .lohn Rl~– by and Director or Cul• Lure I Affnlrs, Arthur Crr.edy. Also on display wns a lfe•llke 6CUlpLure or a v.•omen v.·lth a lRundry bn.sket by nn American artlat, and was so good, lt nonrli- hnd me fooled. Fell In love with A PU· ,tlcui•r pa.lntlng, but was tlO disappointed to Clnd out that IL would take al• mo•t a year's salary to buy It,