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

ART ---- Z =- THE COURIER-MAIL LEFT: Night Flight 0970) by Andrew Wyeth and last Portrait (1977). AIOVI Lucian Freud .. .. connect up with Durer OIi\ Holbein in their veracity. Masters on display BRISBANE has missed out on m a n y important o v e r I e a s exhibitions, including Manet to Monet, and Recent American Paintings, . But now, Brlibane ls fortunate Indeed In hav– ing Ame1·lca and Europe - a Century or Modern Maaters ft'om the Thyssen Bomemlar.a collection In Switzerland, opening for public viewing al the Queensland Mt Gallery tomorrow until March 30. 'n1e IXhlbltlon la aponaored by The Courler– MaJI and BTQ 1. The exhibition drawa from a wide area seoir· rap~aally,.11 well u In time and diversity, atart• hil!._ with a dellcJOIII Renoir ot_ 1173 and endln1 -:..wbn worb or 11178. Naturally, not all of the areat are Included (there II no Matlaae: however there 1, a portrait by the 1reat German expressionist Ludwig ~lroh– ner, parallelin1 Matls&e In boldness>, but palna have been taken to cover almost every year of the. century with one or more examples of art•hlalorl· cal rele)•ance and high quality. Deeper study also reveals that Interest haa been rocw;ed often on works which rep1·esent the start of a new movement and-or 1ormlnal works In an artist·• career. When modem art was In mid-stream It was not easy to see the pattern woven of the many strands, and hard to guesa where It all was 110lng. But now, when not only the century but also the mUlenlum haa arown old, and everythln1 pos– sible In the ,1sual arts seems lo have been tried out, one may survey the scene as I! from a higher vantage point. Now It see1111 that parallels hav~ croased, dlver1encles sometimes met, and that ev– erytbln1 has contributed lo the human adven– ture. Movements In ~MERICA & EURO~E A Century of Modem Masters from the Thyssen-Bomemisza Collection hailed, balled and rejected. The 197111 have ~– come tolerant. It ls more :than a. hundred yean • since the Impresslpnlall shocked the people wltll their charmln1, rresh vlalon of reality. Nothln1 shocks people now. This exhibition should help to see thla. It also brings home the fact that In spite of all the lnnovabl,ons and dlveraltles the tradition of good art has never been lost. To make my point with some examples or the 1910s In thla exhlbl• tlon: Robert COurtrlght"a untitled minimal p'ld of collaged squares ls as sensitive lo nuance aa a Oo– rot : Andrew Wyeth and Lucien P.reud connect up with Durler and Holbein In their veracity; Moth• erwell marries OUblat oollaire and Matllle'1 oolor In his personal creation. To talk about the exhibition In deliUl would need the space of a book :/l)ut thla hll been done, and I can recommend hlshll' the fully lllu • trated mammoth catalogue which contains a wealth of Information. The most important international exhibition of 19th and 20th century art ever shown in Queensland. A hundred years of stunning originality. Featuring European and American masters such as"Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Bacon, Pollock and Estes. Admission Charges: Adults: $2.00 Pensioners Full time students, children: $1.00 Family ticket: $6.00 1 adult plus up to 6 children or 2 adults plus up to S children Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday 10.00 am to 5.00pm Sunday 2.00pm to S.OOpm Friday 10.00am to 9.00pm An Australian Gallery Director's Council Exhibition in association with The Courier-Mail and Channel Seven February 12th - March 301980 Queensland Art Gallery 5th Floor, MIM Building 160 Ann Street, Brisbane