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

8 - THE COURIER-MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 'Hands of God' MOST of you ·.will be familiar with the fameu1 Dure, drawl119 u1ually called "Praying Handt"., G HOWC\'er. rnu ma y not ' .· i. AChristian Point of View be w fam1ll•r with an- other wonrlerful P•ir of . IV DEAN GEORGE hands cast In bronze . t alled "The Cathcdrnl'' ll'hlch Is part of the su– perb Auguste Rodin ex– hibition being sho..m at the Queensland Art Gal– lery at the moment. The h•nd.s are decep– tll'e because It takes a Jlt1le while to r••lise that it Is not Just a pair of hands. I t Is two right hftnds and one is larRer thnn the other. and they appear to be male and female. Th•Y tourh each at.her vrry tenderly, e1·en tent•th•ely. And they make a kind of shape to- 11ether which makes us think of the roof of a O o t h Ic atyle church building. There are a number of waya In whlrh human beings can hnlrt hand•. They can shake hands, which ill a wonderfully op e n-m Ind e d , open– h a n d e d , g est u r e of friendship and peitce. It I• very movlnu t hat the act of passing a greeting In such a way has come hack Into the church llturglcs of a number or denomlna– tlona In the last . few years. Then there is the kind of rrasp we call "Indian Wrestling" where thfl ob– ject ts to rrasP the oth- er's hand and push It over. This la a highly rom– petlt ll'e form or heldlnr hands. Then there la the kind o r ae n • I t I ,. e touchlnr which pusu b•tll'e•n lovers. The kind nt touchlnr •which I• e1plnrln1, ae– cepttn1, wantlnr te know • ·hat 11 there, rather than lmpnae one will on the other like the ,,.. vlou1 fnrm and muclt more 1uht11 than the m•l'f! handshake, It Is amazlnR how im• portant hands are. It is no aurprlH that t h e B i b I • fr"]uently sJ)f.aka of the hand of O o d a s representing On d ' • action in the m iddle or human affairs. Many ancl•nt paint• ln.s shnw " hand romlnR down from Ih• top of the cloud at the top of a pic– ture whlrh represents the presence of Ond. Ood made hands er•n m n re central through Jeau1. It waa HI• hands th1t He Jalrt on those that "'"'" to be healed and· abG1·e au it was Hia hands that He u,ed to take the bread and the \\•ine at the Lut Supper ART GALLERIES OUEFNSL ,t.NO ART GALLERY (M.I M, Budd,ng. ,t.nn SI) "Rodin 11nd hi~ Conlemoonmer.", Prmlmilktng - Reh-,1 And lnta~ho Metnoas. S. T. Gill, Treasures ot 1he Collec11on. Mon.-sa1. 10-&, Sun, 2-5. INSTITUTEOF MODERN ART (?.4 Mark•! St) H,,.ry Boscott,R,gg• - "Installation", Madonna Str1un1on - ''A Rectnt Werk''. Tues.-Sal. 10-5. .,·. ROY,t.L QUEENSLAND ,t.RT SOCIETY IAl9 Upper Edward St.) Ba!lk by Bened1cl Chong. Mon-Fr1. 10-4, Sun. 11-5. KELVIN GROVE CAE. GALLERY (V,cto11• Paik Ad., Kelvin Grovt) ' Art Stall Exh1bitlon. Mon-Fr1, 9.30-4.30. NORTH BRISBANEC.A.E. (Ked1on Park Ad.) Christ,na Ch•nca - pmnllngsand drawings. Mon-Fri. 9-5. PHILIP BACON GALLF.RIES (2 Arthur St.. New f•rm) Painlings by Tom McAutay, Sculpture by N1cko1aus Sellrin. 10.30-6 Tues.-Sun. ·• VICTOR MACE FINE ART GALLERY (10 c,nIra Rd.. Bowen H,ils) PAlntlngs by Victor Malzner. Tues.-Sat. 10,30-5.30. CINTRA HOUSE GALLERIES (23 Boyd St.. Bowen HIiis) f u1nilur1 and Objecls ol the Georgian and Regency Periods. Atsi, \IERL~ s~0~at ~~~i~gGlLn~:~"·,j~·\?u 0 ~en SI,) "Nudes And . Nuances 78•9" Solo Exhibition • Peter Blayney. Also "Retrospective 111.,5'!· 77" Mon.•Sat. 10·5 Frl. 1111 7 p.m.. CRAFTS COUNCIL OF OUEENSLAND (Cnr. G1ey and M•lbou,no Sis., South Brisbane) Handwoven Garmenlsand Rugs by Annt111 Marla Magnus, and Crall Work by Members. Tues,•Sat. 10·4 Sun, 1·4. DESIGN ARTS CENTRE (102 Edwa,d St.) Exhibition by Teiry Summers. Tues.•Sat. 10•4, RAY HUGHES GALLERY (I,. EnoQQe1a Tee.. Red Hill) Wendy StaVflanos "Fragments al Days lhat have beco~e .m~mories,•• Today 11•6, Tues.•Thurs. 11-6. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES HALL (C,ty Hail) Photographl - "Children ol This World'' Tue&.-Fri 10-5, SPRING HILL GALLERY I 12 Downing St I PAinting!i by Ray BenfM , Leonard Long, Harolc, L-'ne, Darcy Doyle, Robert D1ckerscn, Today and tomorrow ,a. YOUNG MASTERS OALl.f RY (Bas 11 men1, BrisbAM A1c.1c:1c) Painlings by ,lr1mes Holmy;ud, Mio. Gosewrnckt!, l.eon,1rd' Long, Don HArnlllon, Ph1lhp Rollon, Alk1s Aslrns. Mon,• at. 10·8 Sun. 2-~. EA LE STREET G1\LLrRY (5th Floor. A .,,~r E-.;ch,tng• But!d•ng) LES 6: 1 C~E~E~rbt 1 ~ 9i ;~~N~ r 0 6~t('Wl~a~i:~~:; 1 c;~·tr1a1ng1t1n) P;11n1ings and Graphic:; by Mdty Y/111 1 .inis. Gatl Skinner, Ja·,.., rox, Cetnril-:. Mall and 8 ldckrnar1. Tue-. •Sun. tO•O Thua. TIU8 pm MclNNES GALLERIES rRo.,e~ Arc , Aoola,oe SI) Wdterc.o!orl\ bi' Chits Lutllo...., Mon•Frt 9 30•4 30, N[W CENTRAL GALLERIES (G1a11d Central A1cade. Queen St.)' Pa1nMgs by Robeti D1ckc1son, Hugn Sawrey, Bene Hays. cfArcy, W. Doyle, Jon Sindelar, Wlll!am Bu:;1ard, Tom Mc.A.Ula,', A1ck fae1111gham. ,.1on•Fri. !J.30-4,30 Today 9· 12. BARRY'S ART GALLERY (205 Adelaide St,J r -,n1,ngs, F.ng ,,n Pr,nls, L1hog1aphs by Brei! WMeley ano Sidney Nolan. Mon-Fri. 10-4, TERRACE GALLERIES jCnr. M,lton Rd. and Pelrle Tee.) Pollel'/, =~~n~~~o~~~~~l:~~~~~ao.:~~nt~ Y.~Ja~~ P:.t~~~~~~ Car.al• UPPCR EDWARD CTAEET GALLERY (~46 Upper Edward St ; Spring Hill) Early 201h Century Art. TocMy 10·5, Tues.•Sat. 10•5. ARTISAN QALtERY (10 I.amber! Ad.. lndoo,oop,lly) Jeweilel'/ by suNt;~f~kmo°Att 0 tii,i;'· fc3n~:\r~onleigh Rd , • 11d Wynne SI •. Sunnybtm~ HIiis) Erchlngs. LlthograpM, L1nocu1s by Robert Traver. Sun•Frl. 9.30·6. BOSTON GALLERY (5 Boston St , Clayt,eld) "Inland A,Hsl lrom a,oken H111" Pro Hart, Phil Jones. Leo Sma 10110. \'Jed.•Sal. ' 11-7 PRINH.tAKERS GALLERY ANO WORKSHOP 134,36 Stai,on Rd, lndoo,oopltly) Aquatinl Ftchlngs from U.K nnd Pans, and Woodblock Pt1n1s l,0111 Jflprin Today :>-4, l'u •. •Fr1 10,30·5 MORETON ART GROUP fAmb1,lance Hall, Sandpa e) " Ambulant& Arly AIIM " l oday 9 30 tl.m nri Thurc 7 30-6, f r1 9, PALMA ROSA GALLERY (9 Queens nc 4 , Ham l!onJ . Aus1r,1hdO A11tsl&. l omoriow 12 30· OUEEN LAND ROOM (McOonnell and Ea,t, Gro1pr S1) Fa,nt,ngs ttnd Crnlts by M:i1eny Arts And Cr:ills $,,oo hnur'I MARSHALL ROOM GALLFRY (New RothWftilS, 231 t dNOld St.) P.l!nllngs by Guy Altrn Shop Hours. and lo ble• them and to dlatrlbute th•111 to I.hose of hi • lollo"'er. who u·, re w!th Him, and t.h•Y re1ch•d out their hand• to receive the Ille th1t He hiul to oller IL thRt time and which He ,till olfera t-0 u, In every Holy com– munion serl'lce \\'hlch Chrl•llan• share. Then u He puts His Ille Into our h•nd•, He ex– pects us to carry It out for the benefit nl others. It Is to be handed on, ao to speak. Handa ean he used to hoal or tn l!urt, to hol• 1tnnew and 1pt an nr Jilla, to rlap nr In clout, T-h•J are amnnrot nur' rreat media et eom111u– nleatlon, Rllke, the famous Oer- 111an poet \\'ho \\'U Ro• din's secretary lor a time, aold of h i., fl ~ure., In one ma tor work - "He has endow,.d hundreds or Ilg• 11rei1 that wert1 only a little larger th•n his hand v.1th the Ille of all pMs'on, tt,e blo11omlng of nil th• liqht• and the burden of •II 1•Jres." Jt Rodin could do that with a bond how much more can God do? The last day ')·nu have to .... lhil Exhibition ta Rodin nnd His Contompor• ~r~E ••~ 1Ni}n22-nt.S~m~ ~~x~ dny lo SA1urdov 10Am-5pm; MU!>(HI 79, OYO Hoodquartors, Ann SI, Todny 10am•2pm; Tho l11lantl 1ollslS From Broken HIii, Boslon Gallery, Ctaylleld, W•Jncsdny to Soturdny 11am- 70111: Ml,.ed Crnlts, Crafts Council Cnllory, South Oris• ~~~e· 1/ 0 ~~~1rs1!.~;· 4 ~~iim~~~; Pastels nnd Sandstone Sculp• lure by Terry Summers, De• sign Atls Conuo, Edwr,rd St, Tuesday 10nm--1pm, Palnllngs :and drnwlngG by Hobert Mor• ~t 0 'fu::9~~ 1~ F~:~c:r 1~~~~ ~;/hs i: 1 uMdnaJonn; 00 s~~~~fo~i :mo Hlh11y Boscoll-Rlgg,, In• sllluto ot Modern Art, Mnrkot t, TuosdRy lo Snturday tOam• 5pm: Palnllnos ond Ornwlng!I by Guy Allon, Mnrshnll Room G,tllmy, Ro!hwol1s, Edward St, Monday lo Frld.;J. 8,15om-4,40 ~~;ry Olis Ff;gh, nt~~~~o~:ln~~ Room, McDonnoll nnd East, George SI, Monday to Thurs• day 6 15am•5,09pm, Frldny 8,15arn-9prn: Bntlk by Bon Chang, Royal Oueenslnnd Art Society Gnllmy, Edwcm .t St, Tuesday to Frldny 10am-3pm: Patchwork, Wool Exhibition Conlro, Adelaldo St, Monr.lay Friday 10am- • r,m.