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

The Courier Mail 1 July 1977 QU~E~S• -~HD ART GALLERY s,h fir., MIM lld1,, 160 A"n St,, lrhbon11, Tesnporary closure 0~ the Gallery For Building Mointcnonce SATURDAY, 2 JULY UNTIL 1.00 p.m. The Courier Mail 9 July 1977 The Courier Mail 12 July 1977 Land swop • 1n TOWNSVILLE. - Th, State Government and the Brisbane City Council have agreed on a tronlfer of land for two mojor city deve• lopment projectt, The Lands Min– ister (Mr. Tomkins), and the Brisbane Lord Mayor (Alder- Sleeman) ls– sued a joint state– ment here yester– day. They said that the council would transfer to the Crown land in Fish Lane on the gouth bank of the Brdsbane Ril-er for inclusion in tJ1e Queellli• land Cultural Centre. In return. tJ1e Crown would grant to t.he coun– cil t.he laa1d In Ann The Telr~g:raph 12 July 1977 be grant.eel Jn about three ye a rs, would be In• corporatc d in IJ1e Ca~b– edral Square project. There'll be a frM art l'lass fur everyone at tho (lucensland Art Ciallcry, 160 Ann Street, Glty, to• rnorrmv night. Ne"' \'ork arL author– ity, Madel•lne Chalctle L, Jwa, wlll g-h'e a rrce public l•clure on !he work of artist Jean Arp, The exhibition, spann– ing 36 yenrs of the .rt– lsl's t':uttr, ha., been or• If an I• e cl by Mcclclclne LcJwa. The Courier J.la il 2 July 1977 Close look at the complete Danvers J OHN Danvers' exhibition at the Institute or Modern Art, and the opportunity offered to everybody or watching the art.lst there In the process or creating a two and three dimen– sional work, plus his lectures, must be considered 11s a rare gift to Brisbane. l,iill . with Dr. Gerlrude Langer o a,wers Is e. ,·ery &pe• clal person. He has been brouch~ to Australl& at t,he In• l'ltatlon, or our IMA and by an AuM ralla Coun– cil • Brllish Council grant. Danl'ers Is painter, 'll'riter, poet. performer and many other things. To get. a more rounded ptcuire ol his versatile personality one can sludy also the autobiosrnph'cal material, partly on the wall, and parity t.abled at IMA. As to the exhibition on the walls upstairs, IL is Important to know thal It has taken Danvers years to discard his art college tratnlng once l1e had ~ come a.wnre thnt. the cargo hindered the flight or his splrll. He now expresses htm .. self without any pre· tences. a1w brnvura., but with a chrectnr,s and purity, not to be taken {or nal\·e nrt or Its lmita· lion, but e.s a result or purification nnd going b ac k to the primal S0\ll'Ces from which Art springs. T he materials he uses are sunpie : cheap wKter col or s and gouache. sometimes unprlmed cot• ton en n ,·a.-;, more onen papcl', He lea\'CS his pie· ture unlramed: they are fixed direcily to the wall. The ,paper ls first crumpled, then fl&ttcned out: the creases gl\'C II\'• lngncss to the color• washed terrain on '"hlch he maps ou t, with plcto• graphs nnd symbols, his pilgrimage in his inter• nal landscape. o I t en he assembles sr\'eral sheets Into shnpcs that are part of the mys• terlous images. One of these works hns the shape or a lrame Rrcund a hennet.lc door. which ls the wall !tocll, This "door" cuts & little into the ln1Rge or a snow- capped p ·1·a mid on top (sym bol !or enll~ht• An e X h I b I i On of American pl1otogr.apher u,e Friecll~ndcr's work \\·ns opened t n the Queensland Art Gal cry yesterday. o.nd will be on show !or the nexi 1110 th, BrltbOfla City Council thi1 aft.,naan will play it• port In "" Important lancJ uchange deal with Iha 51011 Government, The denl will remore major obstacles to the Government plan for a Q ~ en s l a d cultural centr on the soullisl e i n the council plan !or a Cathed ral squa re on the corner of Ann and Bowen Streets, The co1.1ncll wlll give the Oo,,emment land It owns at Flsh Lane, South Brlsba ne, to be part or the culturnl cent.re site, The P l' e 111 I Cr IMr, Bjeikr•Peterscn l !ms t,old tho council Ihat the Ann and 801 en trcct site will be trnns feri·cd tAJ the council when vacnnt pos– session ls avallable. enmenll, nnd ot.hcr 111~·5. tical symilol!t form the re L of the Imme. His Imagery, often not ralionally •rrlved at lbo Da n\'ers told me , but welling up from st red k no wIc d ~ e or nnclenL ml'[hs. lrom dreams, 1111st experiences. and mcr111R· tion, ls recognised as meaningful, BUL the 1·lsunl and lhe meaning arc unified total e-xneriencc. Dan\'crs will he present at IMA until July 0, dnlly excepting Sunday, from 10 a.m. t.o 5 p.m.. nnct the exhibition will rcmllln until July 17, * * * THE PRl:0-T com,- Cll, OF AUSTRAi.iA ••· hlbltlon al the Queens– land Art Gallery Includes 62 arUsls from all ,tata ol Australia, Many of them nre well knon·n nnd lmmedlntely identilled by their lndl– v Id u n I character and masterly technique. Amon~ these nre Ro~er K emp. ~lnx ;\lll!er, El'lc '11rnkc, Din lrt 110. e. l\la ry r-.t ll c 11 u r r n . Ro b c r t Ori \'C. Barhura Han rn · hnn. Ruth l"ncrhcr. Cicoff l.11 Grrshe, Hertha Kluge I'o end othcs. , On the \\hole. lhc CX· hliJI ton h ,·:irted and sntlsri 111g, wtl hou ofler• 111g many ·• urpr1ses" to the mlti11ted, Am ong tntrresting ~·ork bf less known art.– ists ls a colnur etchln • by Noel11, HJon h. Prices nrc n~ry modcr• ate for orl lnal prints of high qunlit)', and sales can be arranged b;· order form in the cau1logue. * * * NOEl,A JIJORTH Is holding an exhibition of her etchings at Viet.or Jllace, They are very rich and lactile, as she uses dllfcr· ent lel'cls ol the plane, varied \'lscosity ol ink, deep bite, as well as burnlshmg and scraping back. The ,,lgorous methods and fiery color~ serve to express her passion for the primeval,