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

Blind people ha ro been Invited to experience the A11µuste Rodin sculpture show at the Queensland ArL Gnl!cr)' by touching the exhibits. The qa!lcry p romn- 1 Ion's nlflccr <Miss ,J. \Vhlleo• k l snld )'estcrdn)' tnvtlnllons hod bcc.n sent. to or~ru1lsat1011s for the blind arounrl llrlsbane. Specia l ~IO\'CS would he worn rturinJ; the 1ourh sessions so lhat srulp– t ures woulc1 not he dam– n~ed or tnmlshed. The free exhibition fs open from 10-5 p.m. Monc!R)' to • nturdA)' nnd 2 p.m . • 5 p.m. 011 Sun– day, The Sunday Mall AUGUST 26, 1979 THE Thinker ha • come to Queensland for the first time in a $1,600,000 sculp– ture e11hibition that has travelled the world for the last 15 yean, THE COURIER-MAIL - 3 THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1979 The brooding. anonymous figure or '!'he Thinker Is one of 28 Auguste Rodin srnl1>tures on clisplny nL the Queensland An Gallery until Sep– tember 18. The Pete,· Stuyvesnnt Cultural Foundation cxccutlrc cltrcctor. l\fr. Oeorsc Hnwkes, nccom– panyln•·• the T hinker tabO\'CI, said ;·esterdtll' the foundntion had sµcnt. 12 months b11)·l11g the pieces from privntc ~ullcrlcs and collectors In the United States, Canada a.nd France In 1964. The exhibit Ion hncl since been in conslUnt de– mand worlcl•wfde Rnd WR-'> ~hown In ,\ ustrnHu in 1967 1111d 19GB. 'l'hc Thinker :111d nine 11l10Logruphs, depicting :,;ccncs from Lhc Frc11clt nr th-t':,; life In the 19th ccnLm )' hnd been added lo lhe exhibition since It wus lus1 111 Auslra lla, The Thinker wns one of six lclentlcal sculptures mudc by Bodl11. '!'he Premier IM r. Bjelke-Petct'scn > opened the exhiolt!on IRSL night. He sa lct the Queensland ArL Gnllery's fllllll'e rcsldc11ce 111 the Quce11slnnd Cultm·a! CcnLl'e. South Brisbane. would be the na– tion's mosLexciting cultural home. Waterfall setting The gallel'y would hnre 4700 square mel,res u11d Include a wuterfnll Bowing around sculpLures i11slde to gardens outside. " l L will be the perfect. pnstorol ~cum~ for uny pocL or )Jointer." he :mid. The gallery will open in the $60 mlllion centre in April 1981. Mr. n.1elke-Peterscn said the Queenslnnd Gor– crnmcnt. spent more per head on art and culture than unr other Stole. "In 10 rears. the amoun t spent. lrns 111crc11scd more thnn 20-folcl lrom SI11,000 to S2,G00,000." he said. "AboUL S2.600,000 wns gro11tcd to :110 cultural ijl'Oll l)S ht!>t .,·cur," Rodin on the road FOit I.he hL'<t l:i months, the Peter Stuyvesnnl Cultural Foun– dation's exhibit ion of ;wul11tures of nod in and his contemporaries hus bt•tm, and for the next year will be, "on thl' road" in Australia, Al JlfCM'llL It !S rc~till l.! 11, t.he Q 11ce11slonct Art. On llery I i\lll\l Uu1lrl1!11,:– Ann SLrect 1. whcr• It will rcmnm Lll rou rh,tn l • ·,•p– tembcr. a1Hi -.houlc.l he L,ll(l' ~le<:ca 01 lh l• City's l\rl-lO\'Crs. Here. l11 I~ dlvrr:-.ll.v. . nn nppor1,1111IL~ 1 10 st 11ct:-· Lhe great ter hnlcul ski ll n.11c.l nlso t.he pcnel r1tt111g hL~ii;ht Into !111mn111t,v o f t.he nrn n who, in lrnppr phra.i;;r,, h as he- 11 cnlled the "111aster o f Lhc r.sy– cholog1crtl !l<ll'lrlllL." awt•d hy the rlrama. or Uh' ''llurs; hes or Calals" 1•le1•es, or ,:r11,ped h)' lhe 1u1wt•r or "The l\ll11thty lland", or dt•ll,:htcd hy the movement In lhe sev– eral dance studies. N,u- Is the work of Ihe gn·nL nmn's conte1111)()• rnnc."i: lnrktnl! in 11uq.:11L'l· lr a111>enl. U11clo11 1J tcrll.1· to t.omc extent i11fll1c11rrd hy B,Jdln, the 10 c11l1>· Lor-. rrprcsrnl d nf"\'Cr• thclc. s cxhlhlt t.h •lr OWII p rson tliRr d clN~n ncc or sti·fm ~th or wnrteru '- s to Lhc \llrwcrs· \'C'Q' j.!u -,d CottlCI\L, One(.' ngrLin. Wr! owe a dehl of gm ILUde to the P\!Wr Rt.11.\·vesan L CulLur– ~I F' undnllon f"l' lid C"nrrous '01\Ll'lbutlon to the de1·rlo11111e11t of the nrts in Austrnlia. After c lo s in g in Uri. tme. Lhc exhlbtUon will IN to Bock hamptorL ..11 011ly otllcr towns fn Q ucensla 11d h od . uitahle bullerles. we would be dc– l1~h tcd LO 80 to them too," the fo1111dnlion· ex~cu- 1\•e <11rrctnr Mr. Ocorge Hnwke.• told 111e Pruvl11clul cltle., take m•tit:e. ., ' j ·, '