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

at the Queensland Art Gallery, 5th Floor, M.1.M. Building, 160 Ann St., · Brisbane and the Institute of Modern Art, 24 Market St., Brisbane. 25th May-22nd June A spectacular exhibition of contemporary realism from the U.S.A. and including some Australian artists. Queensland Art Gallery Sooiety Newsletter June 1977 JUNE IN THE QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY Illusion and Reality: Closes on June 22. Print Council Exhibition: June 25-July 24. The Print Council of Australia has pleasure in presenting this Exhibition representing work by 62 artists from all States of Australia. The Council was established in 1966 and its members arc artists, organisations, schools and interested people who consider that the work ofthe Council will make a significant contribution to art in Australia. To promote the understanding of hand printed graphics the Council assembles the work of Australian and overseas artists and student printmakers into exhibitions. These exhibitions tour Australia and have travelled to New Zealand, Europe, South- East Asia and the United Stale, of America. Public Lecture by Dr. Gertrude Langer, on Tuesday, 15th June, 5.30 p.m .. Queensland Art Gallery. The first lecture is·cntitled "Art in the World Today", second lecture June 28, at 5.:t0p.m. ILLUSION AND REALITY is an exhibition illustrating recent directions in cvntemporary art. It will be shown at the Q.A.G. from 25.5.77 to 22.6.77. A satellite exhibition is showing a, the IMA. The exhibition includes works in a wide variety of media such as paintinr,, rlra,1-ing, sculpture, assemblage, film, photography,ctc. byno less than 42 artists from fou, continents, including Australia. A very large work is also at the City Hall Gallery. i 1 1< sdcrtion was mace by John Stringer, who was commissioned during 1976 by the \iscai Aw. Boa,d of Australia Council to develop a thematic exhibition specifically for Australian audiences. Tracing the theme of realism in recent art, the exhibition has major examples by artists such as Estes, Morley and Pearlstein whose painting achieved great prominence during the 1960's ~nd has been a germinal influence on younger artists. A dichotomy is apparent between paintersemploying photography as a source for imagery (Hechtlc, Flack, Schonziet, etc.), and other artists using photography to present an analytical view of the contemporary world (Becher, Dibbcts, Kosuth, Ruscha, etc.). Although painters such as Bravo and Cardenas work without the assistance of a camera, the exactitude of their work is parallel with the sculptures of Hanson and Levine in presenting photographic impression. The desire to imitate and reproduce realistic appearances is ultimately an expression of ,llusionist intention. This attitude is carried to an extreme in the work of two groups whose activities are documented in the exhibition. The Los Angele, Fine Arts Squad paint illusionistic murals on a monumental scale which precludes their transportation, and SITE Inc. construct building, which intentionally present paradoxical situations. JUI.Y EVENl' Nore the change from the puhlishcd programme. MORNING COFFEE L ECTU RE, by Bellina MacAulay, Education Offker for the Queensland Arr Gallery. C hee!.. next month's newsle1tcr for details . ,,.·,,L'I ,-: ·.,\;::