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

5th floor . MIM Bu1ldmg lhO Ann Street Telephone 229 2138 Queensland Art Gallery Fr-,e FIim '·rr. 111121" 6.30 0.11. looi2hl Featu,lng prints and drawings from Treuures of Jhe British Museum. Guided Tours Tt11i1ht at I p,111. and 7 p,111, Focuatng an current 11htbi1ions Tru11-• P..cho.. 1979 and !he L. J. H-y Memonal Priu for Orow,ng, Power ·Lecture Friday 11 N111m~tr at I p,111. Prolo11or John Wille!! will dtliv1r 1h1 veor·11ac,.., rl!led "Eroding rhe Eve·•. Si>on1101ad by !he p.,_ ln11l1u11 and lhe Atta Council of A1111tllia, Late Night Viewing! t r,d,,•, tlll lil qoo prn Slh floor, MIM Building 160 Ann 5tri;er Bristrnne Telephone 2;.>9 2 1 3H Queensland Art Gallery · ·Power Lecture h tday 16thNo~at8P.M. Dfstmguish.e~ Arts writer, critic, author, pol111cal and culru,al h1sto~ian and former Editor of rho Times Literary Supplement Pr~fesscx: John Willert will ' ~•hvei: this year's lecture, tilled Eroding the Eyo" 81 !he OUClenslend Art Gallery. Spo_nsored by the Power lns111u1e and the Art& Council of Australia £1hlbilions TMltes' Pwchase £1hib~ 1979~ L. J. Hervey M'Hllorill Prize for Draw1n11 Late Night Viewing! Fr1ddy evernng~ unfll ~ 0OJ,Jm Mond.ty lo S ,1hrrd,1y 10 00.im ' Sunday ;> OOpm _ S OOpn, " OUµrn Adm1ss1011 fr ee - 'Jt fi ll our _!i11M Uu1ld1ny 160 A 1111 Sir Pel Brrsbane T elephu11e 1:•9 '1 1 JH Queensland Art Gallery Free Public Lectures Clement Greenberc THE STATE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE U.S.A. ~~w~:.~S::.,"?..!:r ~ ~~~~•--~ Exhibitions Trustees' Purchase Exhibition 1979 30 OctllNr- IONov...._ L. J. Harvey Mtitiorlal Prize for Drawing 1979 30 Oc1IINr - JO November TruslHs'Chlldrln'I CtuliwArt Schollr$hip Cllss,, .Appl/c:o1ion1 - 30N- 1879, For detoill - .. Qianolar,d Art Gallery. Late r,11gm V11::-vv111yl rrit1.1v l'"•-•111riy ... ,111111 l~ oop11 1 Monl1dy to S.tlllld.iy 10 00.w i S u nd.ty / OOp11 1 '1 (JOpm AUm1~~1u11 f11•t · ~llllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'f i Art snobs upset 1 E Many painting, were f : h1ln9 . hough! hy people ~==:, 4 ~t.t,o:~-:~, ~::~ p r O e SSOr 5 according to a British §profnsar. : Prnr.,...,, .lnhn Will- rcRIIJ•." Professor w111:· : ell, l'lslllng fJrolcs,or nf cU aid. ,. : drRmA Rt New S011Ih "The price !)Aid Tnr R = WAie., Unlversil)". Rr- JlRinlln~ Is hP.cnm illG R : rll'ed In Brisbane J'c.s· 1•er.r IRrge fR ctnr." : torday 10 ~ivc the an- The name or the art- = nual Power lecture Rt Jst. the history nr " : the Queensland ArL pal11I.Jn~ or Jhe wny IL : ORllery tonight. r~produced nltcn meant E He said rnore •nd more to the puycr thnn : more ll0011lc were Judg- the picture iL•clr. ii Ing pictures other than rrof•1.•nr WIiiett !lalrl E on their arLlsllc merit.. r:.,r:: r~~:~!he .:::; E "This I• very ••d "pretty brl,:ht," F..1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111_111111111111111111111111111111111111111 The Premier fMr. BJelke•Pelemn) and the nep• 111y rremlor rnr. Edwarrl• 1 launrhod the QuHmlaM Arl Gallery F~undallnn "In principle" yeoterday. Th• launchlni 11·11-, th• fl"'I official funr.tlon ta be heir! In the partlally completed tint 1tap aeetlon of the Snut h llank cullaral eentre, New hoadquarlerw fnr lhe Slate Art Gallery are lnrhrrled In lhe 520 mllllon fll'llt 1tap or the project., duo for eomplellon by mid-IHI. Mr. BJelke-Potomn •aid •upport for the Art Gal• lory Foundallon would be an ln,eotment In lhe cul• tural future or Quoonaland, The act1111I appeal t funds for the foundallnn would • tart In the flnl . quarter or the new year, he 11&1,t, DECEMBER 16, 1979 His 'Michelangelo' efforts 'different' t. •1 I The two pieces arc 11nrt or nn cxl1lblt1on of Ii pieces on display at the B ncon GRllm·y. Joel spent m uch or the year putting the exhibi– tion toi e~her In his small house In the n llagc or CArrRrR which hras hr– come a colony fnr Rrll~ls nnd sculp1 ors from :111 nrcr Lhe worlcl. 11e h11d t1rc111 sh1ppccl out "h·lr he flrw. I-fr lanncrl I fi e ,•ollrc• tlClll ur Jlll\l'hlr fl':UrC!"l for C:>-:hlbi llflll in Rrl bnnc. "J'N11,lc ;11iikNI mr wh,· I \\:\",ll' t cxhi hltln:- lhrm In s,·rhu•.,· nr Mclhn111·nr, Chess piece but I lhou~hl II 11"1111lrl he :, nlrc th lni:: lo rtn to Thr. 101cm Is wearing ll !Chow them In H1·IJ11l111 nci" r,olnted "helmet" or pol- hr •aid. i. hect ml\rble Rnd seems Joel luu toL11n1crl to to be sp Rking into ,. his studio In SJ·dner m arble microphone. ,1111111111111111111111 I I L stand!' on a round ha~c .t nd rr!'>emhte:-- cithr r A c•hnrnt•lrr from the m1wlc "~tar \\"nrs" or a \' •• I' y rt I r r r r f' n t cht' s 11lrr-t•. The se(·ond pirtc 1s a .., 11nct h uck nm.~!. mnrie rom Brl~ium marble, lookm't rnLhcr llke a nr- µ-r~;;:11~nr 5 ·the tn•cm is t hr 11\tinuuc J)icce in lhc exh ibitInn. He snys: •·J wRntcd to ~hnw thr rr lAlinn~hlp hf"· twtrn Afrh'nn nrt. nnd the modern totem ·· prepare dra.l\•lngs lor his n e X t e' h I b I t I n II In mnrble, which will be In Sydney. lL wlll be on n bi~ rr scare. The focal point will be n piece wcighl11g fi \'e ronnes. Joel tirir•n sculpllng sen:m years ngn. By river "' I W::t,i; . itlillt:: h \' ~ l'i\'• r r and ~uw h ,r Lhr wn • rnr wnrkecl on the rocks,'' he .'l"HHI. Tr~·i1H: lo 1·0 1>r lhf" ill'• li1111 nr thf" rlw:r hr rlr"-1 ?-1nrlt•rl wnrklnj:' In ~lonr, lht•n mo,·cd on lo mnrhlr . "~tnril11: from ti1f"rl' 10 l t::\l)' wnsu't really a b1~ SLr p;· he said .Before thRL he p:1l11Lcd and had hL, first exhlbl– llon In 1969 at !he Aus– trnllan Galleries In Mel· b~u m o. He h as had 14 since Ihen. In ~lnrch ,Joel ~ncs to Ci\rrArR for six months. Hr share~ n. stud1n In 1hr Jill rnalional ,·lllnge With fn•e other nrtf:ts. of difrrrrnl 11n tlonnl1tles. " \V(' ~Imre 1?qulp111cn· And Idea,," he salrl. Jorl s•r• there Is still n Im nf thr marble Jbo· ~llr hcln n~r lo u., cd left. --11 ts tuckccl 1n10 a rnn~c nr mou11tn111s 1:· frnn ,,r t.hc Alps t.lrn run down the middle or !\Al)". 00 Thr Hn111n11s were thr fir. t tu use 1t,. You en,, ~re where they worked on I.