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

i'he Sunday i .ail 29 J..ay 1977 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 'Morning, madam' -oh, a dummy Tht Woman with Laundry Bas– lot 1• a popultr uhiblt at tht Ouunaland Art Gallery display, Titled "Illusion and lltality" tho show 11 c1u1in1 visitors to toke ;,. 0,. than ttcand glance, to tell tho differ– ence. Mony wait for the laundry' woman to mavo or to blink. But the life.1i1e figure is mode from polyester r11in from a lift cott, The ortist ii American Duone Hanson who11 cmphosl1 on the com.. monplace Us there anything more ~undone •~on pink hoir rollers and dirty wosh1ng1) hos causrd con .. tro•etsy Jn the art world. Th~ 63 works ln the intornationol e1hib1tion hove been distributed be– tween t~e A,t Gallery, in Ann Street, 1~• lnil,tuto of Modctn Art and the C,ty Hall Gallery, The show flnisho, / / / / / / / / / #s\ Phc .:in ncley r- ,u.il 29 May 1977 Reviewed by_ FREDlRIC ROGERS Illusion and reality IT IS m·<·e11tNI one man's illusion is another man\ , reality; that th e sa me ohject or scene can mea n dif!'crent things to dif– ferent pL•nple. Douht<'l'S tllnt this ls so should lllllkC I\ po111t. o r seci nl! the " l lluslom, nnd Re~11i \'.. (':.h11Jlt!o11 now sllnwln~ In t.hrcc gnl– lories. The m. Jr,r pnrt. of the r X h I b i l I O 11 l.r., In Ihe Q ut•e11:-.lr nd .1\rL Gallery (l\tl.\ l U1tlldln ' l(jO A nn S t1·ct•t1, n s111nll<'r :,1.c-ctlon ill t hf' l n.'\tHULC! or 1\ll)cl– c r n t\ l'l 1:,M ~lurl:cl St reel 1 }\ncl one vn~c;\. plcr c in! he C'i\'tC Art Gallery - it,r !11d l 1 • to rhnr .onl nnd crn,ron of an even grcntcr djvcr– s 1 1, y or ~ubjccts a11d trcn,tmcut. Almo:--t. all nrc r,on– c,•rncd wllh the most. r,onm1on11l:l('e obj~c t..OJ. a hroom, a 11umt•kln, a sho11 rronl, trash ca.ns an kc wn.tcr gh,ss - Rnd ,~ach om• ~ays somethhti;:– th:,l will ha,•c eluded the viewer. To some cxlcnt.. SC\'('ml or the p:crc-s hn \'C n.n nr- fi1U1,y with pop a.rt .. hut. ill\'l\rhtl)l}' their lmplic.n– tions go much ctcc1>c.r - 'i'he .:iund,· ·u n 29 r-1ay 1977 nnotJ1cr chnllcngc t.o Lhc \'icwer. The rcry slmplic!t,y or t.hc :ruhJr t. 11mr t.end to cllsg·ul. " t.hc grcn.t. skill t.lut. ha.~ hCC'll nppllcd t,O l,hcir <leplillil n. l foresee n ronstrutt. cluster of \'ls- 11.ors bcfon· Den Eddy's "715 Lexington Arcnue," for one. 'l'hnnks ore clue t.o t,hc Art. Gallery Dit tora C-011ncll nn<l M r. John S t. rt n gc r for lm,·lng b r Oll g h t.. t.hls lntcr– nn t,!onal dlsplny t,n Dris– bn.nc : tot. us m(lJ.;c the 1110...-t or its run untJ.l Juuc 2:l l , 1\' £ Ul'Ph r I , •1)1 H l iarl 11 ~ l\\t,11· lh t\ll 100 f\.\'.tl\l 1,[M 1H' H!\ plCl'Ni u1 1.• 1ucl11nc·d 111 ttw ,ho . whlrh 1-. ha\"\nJ? u -. flr.!;l !IHI ,tc,:· - Jfl\\ hi..: II\ n11:-. - \ ffl\\l II' II 1•a,l1 t fl St lf•.., 11 1 Hoc;t\11i! tlH \\ai'- .tnhn :-:.trhH!t'r who r olll\Lt'i. 111· t•xll\lJit ,m {rc1111 Norll, und 8011111 1\llll'l'- 1['.',I tltHI A\l:il ral 11l 1-tr ls 1.h t •lilt' t r t)I th • ' '..!rtU 1tllilt II t H111f':"IC l'XlltlH- 1 um t 11 r1 ,•nt l} 11n rl,i,,;pl" y Ill ~ \'rllH'V.