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

The Queensland Art Gallery l,a, organised a second country tour. di tor daberg oyrnple and Narnbour. The Gallery's deputi I ~ts ~ Oall~ry orllclals are Inspecting all Russell Kerrlson (abO\'f97t•by Bell works before 11reparlng for the next photo etching, Four ! n tour _ which will take In Stan• Maddock, one o( the pieces roa th r >e Warwick Kingaroy, Dalby the llrst trave~lngtoei::t~"'iil:a.c1c- an':t 1 Toowoomba.' from February l,O I That exhlblL n rwume Bun•, • . AprlL . . • • • . • •• • • • • • • • • . • • ' •Y ... .Ro,c~h&..1'Pt.9p, ~ :) .. I . • ............................•'- ••-••••••••••••• ··············•···•····•···•· ..... ... ..,. ,......,. 1, 1,ao ARTS, THEATRE, MUSIC every Wednesday SODEISHA: AVANT-GARDE An el!hibllion of avant-garde Japanese Ceramics 11 an show at the Brisbone Civic Art Gallery and Museum, City Hall, Brisbone, until January 20. home or Socleisha, a pro– aressive ceramic art aroup, which was established in 1948. Members here moved away from the maklna or receptacles like pots or vases and bepn makin1 objects 10 be considered 11 pure works or art. This exhibition provides Australians with the first opportunity to see the vitality and innovation or the work or this 1roup which has played a signifi• cant role in the emer1ence of a new international ceramic awareness. JAPANESE CERAMICS Kyoto, tbe ancient capital of Japan, ii the This exhibition renec1s some types or work which students are encouraged to explore In the ceramic department or the D.D.I.A.E. Creative Arts course in Toowoomba. A show which has ·ust finished 11 the Queensland Art Gallery, M.1.M. Bulldina, Ann Street, Brisbane, is of ''Selected Acquisitions, 1979" and includes 180 works, purchased prints and drawinas, Asian an, p1inlln1s and sculpture. Focal points are the Joel Elenberg pieces pur– chased by the Queensland Gallery from the recent Philip Bacon E,r.hlbition, New Farm. Joel Elenber1 Is or Polish descent and works with Carrara marble in Italy. One totem sculpture pictured on this pqe is of white marble and rea1ures dark red bands or por– firico stone. The spectator Is immediately reminded of the influence of African carvinp on Bran– cusi's work or the period 191010 1920. A series of bronze, sin1le cast masks, also by Elcnbera, stand on black marble bases and are reminiscent or Modialiani's and Picasso's sculpture. I