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

1nE:. evu~1 i'!r, · MNL _ THl:JRSDtY, JANUARY I~_, __ T.he best o.f British ,~.- • I I FEAT OF :CLAY The most up-to-date sur- the Crafts Advisory Com– vey or contemporary British mittee (U.K,). ceramics to be seen in It is bein1 presented in Australia will make its Australia by the Crafts national debut in Brisbane Board · of the Australia today. Council and the Australian The "Image and . ldea" Gallery Directors' Council•. exhibition, which will tour The exhibition selector. Australia and New Zealand John Houston, in bis ea• during 1980-81, can be talogue introduction says: viewed at the Queensland "The title (Image and Idea) , is meant ·to suggest a ABr~ G,allery, ~ th Floor, MIM conscious manipulation of uddmg until February 3 • · material that is wholly at the More than 70 intriguing ~eni~e .of the maker's ceramics by ·13 of Britain's 1ma2mahon. new generatio.n of acclaimed The gallery ts open from ?:: artist-craftsmen are on . 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on ![ · display. . Monday, ',Tuesday, Wednes• ... day, Thursday. and Satur- The exhibition has been day; from· 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. organised by the British on Friday and from 2 p.m. Council in association with to 5 p.m. on Sunday. j::) Alison Britton has ·se1 1 en pieces in the exhibitio1t :{\ five of them jugs. Unmfatakat,fy jugs, though :] : infiMdually eccentric, their formal character is archaic, {) architectural. J'his stoneware jug is 32 cm high, 33cm wide. ,:...... and 21 cm deep. :,:,•,:.