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

II, 8. Marla "°" 1lnga, s by IIIJfll Aloo 1119) : !)(lion Oday, rrace, 1ghe1 llnd de),; mnn. 2-6. lht trom -Sal. dg,) : ,•Frl. Cr•II O,oev rro,- • nd IIO,Y JO. &Jldn A111•te RNlln, bor • la Paris i• 1840, Is ~idely reaarded u tlie greatest sc1dplor llaee MlclielH1elo. His ptatest conlribuliN ·was tlie detailing or lbe lluman body la ao,e111e11t. Some or Ills work is on show in the Rodin and His ~on\emporaries e1d1ibiliN at tlie Queensland Art Gallery. Moving statues i THE Queenslancl Art Callery director (Mr, Raoul Mellish) has his \ prol,lems. The present one Is mofinc, displaying and, la particular, II protecting tlle SJ,600,000 ''Rodin and His Contem_poraries'' ~ exldbition, , : The 28 ·itooin sculptures and 16 by Mr. Mellish said · tl1c entire gntlery ,his contemporaries went on show last staff were involved in selling up the Thursday. exhibition. " ' Mr. Mellish said top '24-hout "We worked flat-out from midday 'seeurily and great care was needed, Monday ·10 lho 6 1..m. opening on especially since lhe exhibition was on Wcdn~sday," he sai . . . ·loan from the Peter Stuyvesant "Minutes before the Premier arrived !Cultural Foundation. we were changing all lhe pedestals and "If any piece.~ arc damaged, we will enclosing lhem with fell lo show off the set a bad reputation which will affect pieces." our chances or getting rurthcr major He said settlng up :ind transport exhibitions," he said, problems had been minimised because "We have been given advice rrom most or the picecs were not full-scale the crime prevention section or the CIB heavy sculptures. · and security firms, and our security Problems associated wtth poor complies lo the standards required for loading areas and low ceilings would .such an exhibition." disappear when the new Queensland :Men handling the bronze pieces had Art Gallery opened in 1982, to wear gloyes and the sculptures were Mr, Mellish said Brisbane could· protected with a microlayer or wax. expect cpnlinuing major art cxhibi• "This is to prevent the onset of 8 tions, particularly when the new gallery bronze disease, which starts an o~w~· regard tliesc as vltal to tlio oxydation process lhat causca rust," cultural lire or the community and arc Mr. Mellish said. · • "They ,must also be carerut not to ,onstantly battling for exhibitions, da~agc other works by grease "We see no reason why Brisbane stains, should not be the third venue for "It is impossible to eliminate the exhibitions that arc limited to three h . r b d h h d cities." uman actor, ut !Image we ave a The gAllery was planning :i major has only ever been very minute Chinese scrolls exhibition which Bris• scratches." bane would see in a few months, Arter finishing in Brisbane OI\ October 3, the current exhibition will travel lo the Rockhampton Art Gallery where it will show from November IS to December 9, It will !hen move on to Newcastle, Shepparton, nnd Tasmania, before finishing in Wollongong on .August 10 , next ycnr, RIG/IT: Tt,e Cathe• dral - 1908, lle,e Rodi# expresses utter ealm and repose ;,, tliis arge 63.5 em sculpture, Rotlin's Study for the Burgliers of Calais (Pierre de Wies– sa,.. 1, 188'-86 - 45 t'nt. 1'1,e three studies of the "Burghers of. Calais" are some of th most moving in the exhibition, \ · \ . 'I. ' \ \ \ \ \. \ . \, \> ·••' ' , ... •' ••••• •"I I The rouritr-MoU I· EXTRA THE COURIER-MAIL - 21 '