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

A challenge -to artists and viewers a1r1~ with ALAN WARREN LEn: Among the guests at the open– Ing of the Trustees' Purchase Exhibition 1979 at the Queens– land Art Gallery, Ann Street, was Ms. Christine Chance, of Red Hill. • • 1 • Arl and ,uptrmar/c,r,, Queenala,u/ Arl Gallery i, ,1ayin11 npen unli/ 9 o'c/oc/c th••• l,11e 1ho11• 1•in11 Fri,lay nis/11,. Cu/, ture Minister /v11n Gibh, hope• l'ublir. will nw e lhe trfol per• intl ,. 1Ierm11nent tinredot. G11//1•rr'• in rim MIM llui/tling. · nn St. SU~l]A! SUN, NOV,!MIElt 4; ART PARTY IS PRIZE DRAW An . ·- hNded for lh• Qaeenllarid Art Gallery on Mon• da, ennlnr to hear who had walked off with the coveted L, 'J, Haney Memorial Prln tor Draw• tnr. Poanded In 11151 by the Half Dollen Group of artlata, the prlu 11,',raented every two yean. ·lf'wu named In honor of JAlfb J. H~ef, an ln1tractor In KillPo tare ll)ld ceramics at the Bri.– bane Technlul Coller• and Ufe -• of the Royal QtaNDlland Al1 Society. Tbla Yeu'I winner WU Gay Wal'l'H, Gaesu at tb'e cocktail-hour ratherlnr were also able to view the Trot- 19'19 Parchue Bxhl– bltlon fqr the f!nt time. Amcinr thDH • potted at the openlnr were Lillian 8-h, Mr Jaatlce Peter Connolly, the Mlnlater for Culta,e, National Parka and Recreation, Ivan Gibb •, Adrienne Swanton, Brian S,weeney, Sir oeorre uut Lady Plaher, ·nr Peter Bollman, Judith Hart, Victor Mace and David Selbert. and·JMIDY Manton from Ba4erlm, Marrlret Splllbary, Tom and Rona Van Barp, Bettina llac– Aalay, Gloria Loran, the Dlreetor of Cultural AcUvttlea Kevin Sid– dell, James uut Alltbea Wlaelle, Sally-Ann . AtklnND and Henl'J aJtll Amanda BartlltL Amons the ·art1au wh- won wu eelected for ,urchue were Hearl Butln, Outer Chrllt– maiin, Sha:, Docklnr, Donald Friend, Jo:, Roneu&mp, RuNU Cnlr, John Hoddnra. Patricia Home, William Roblneon and Mlch,el John Taylor. two Queensland Art Gallery shows (MIM Building, 160 Ann StreJliL,are the major pre-occupation of Brisbane's art world. ~ . Both lln,·e 1u·o,·okcll nr;J11mcnt nnd discussion. •· 'Bnslcnlly R re\'lew or currenL trends, the Tru~tces· Pun:lrnsc Exhi– bition point., up l'he c11rrcre11cc be– tween meLlculousl)' 1·cndel'ccl renllsm on one hnnd :1.11d coin!' form croco– tlve of stTbjectlve Impulse on lhe other. But th'ose'· who decided upon the purehnses pli1yed IL snle. J1 ; 110 wny can the selPcled works by Bastin, Crlst11111nn, Docking, 1•rlend nnd Roggenkrunp be described ns brn,·e decision-making. All five artists hnve well estnb• llshed reputnttons which menns the Trustees bought at to11 mn1·ket prices. A Henri "Bnstln, for ln: tnnce, coulcl hn1·e been purehnsed for much less Lhon $3000 a few )rears ngu. S TRANGELY, oltho111h the cotalo,,ue state, "In 1.971 $20,000 hos been mede evolloble" to purchase work • the Tru1tee1 only committed half of the amount allocated. The good news Is Urnt we now know the gallery's buyl111t policy "plnces a heavy emphasis on the Austrullnn School." No doubt the Trustees nre uslnlt their ex1>erLlse to pick up thnt .x– ceptlonnl David Davies, Wnlter Withers, Fred McCubbln, Chnrl1•s Conder or E. Phillips Fox when lh~y come up ut auction. But to borrow a racing term - whnt about tomorrow's wlm:crs? Shoudn't they be backing their Judgment and buying the work M promlslllg artists when their prices • are low? This Is what nrt collectors like ~I rs Carnegie generally do. ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ I MAGINE that you, tho gallery 'lisitor, hod the rc\ponsibility for , ponding $20,000 an works dis– ployed here. You could "blow the lot" on the one pnlnl.lng with n $20,000 price 1ng, Looking nl lhe vlsunl nrts with 11- nnnclnl eyes hns liltle lo do Wl lh pc,rs 11:1I likes but more to c1o wit h whnL you know nbouL nrt. nbout the 1\l'llsts lrack record nnd his ublllty 1.0 per form. Would you consider up nnll com– ln~ nrllsl,5 like John DO)'d t 280), J R 111 c s Br \\'ll ($1100). o e,·crley B11<l ~cn ($500) or Ornhum K uo ' uou ? Or would you tnke the nlternn Ll\'e or looking for vnlue for money nmo11g the "hcn,·ywclgh l,S" - ,Jll<IY Cnssnb tS2750), Guy Orey-Smith ($1800), Victor MnJzner (SIG00>. Ne– ,·11 MntLhews ($1500), Jnmcs Mel– drum f$2000l, Wllllnm Robinson r $1600), • Albert Tucker ($5500) or Reinls Zusters t$4000) ? Plnylng this mnke b,elleve gnme coulcl nmkc )'our l'lslt Just ihut more Jntercstln~. lnoldentnli)' this yenr·s exhlbl!Jon honored M1·s t.llllnn Bosth, who sine,• 111;:i hos clonnted 88 Important \ a l'l. ,,·twks to Lhc Gn11ery collcctlon. ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ B ECAUSE it contalnt 1110"'- len som~thing for everyone it'1 the L. J. Harvey Memoriel Prize· for Drawing that mokn the ll"'ln talklr,9 point. Thi' J11d~e Dr Gertrude Lnnger ra– vured Sydney nrtlst Guy Wnrren's wcll -munncrcd Bnlmnin Drawing No. 2 for the awnrd but she nlso purchased nncl presented Robert Jack's entry to the Onllery collec– tion. 'l'n s me. drnwlng Is a process by wlllf'h the art1st mnkes clenr to him– , If nnd 1101 neccssnrlly to the public whnt he Is nbout. Even Pnul Ce- 1.n111w n ·i:nrrtcd hi,; drn.wings too per.,,111:11 to exhibit and they were nc\'l'r ~how ct11ri11g his llfctlJne. D RAWING con, or 1hould he a means of research or o pursuit of k11owlC!dgC!, Thu ·s wll\' the thought projected I)\' \V l111fr1•d JlelmonLIn h •r oil JIOS· tt•l or .<\ nt · \~:-01•11 ngln g. Ami In tlH'lr ~f'nrch for order nnd 1·hyt11111 Irene Amos nnd Dnl'ld Sel– lwrt ('1>1111'' up wit h strong personal s1 1111•11a~nts. whlh~ ln n more geomct– ri1· \'l'!n On mo I.ell dls1>lny~ n scnsl– tll'I L)' tn tension tlrnt Is outstanding. th1•rs h1·ln"lng 1·nrlely to U1e (' f) Ill p CL I t I O 11 I 11 Cl Ude John l.l!nnm rlclrl. Toni B11clrnell, Judy cn,.,~nb... lohn Clutterbuck, Rubert G rim·"· Noln MIils. John Hackings, F.rl 11 ~lcOllchrl. l. Joy Roggenknmp, l!t>bcrt House, Roderick Shnw, Mnry \Vn,rlu k 11nd Fred Welt~~ncker.