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

Three works bYH~women FEMALE nrtlsts pa inted three of the 108 works from the Thyssen - Bornemlszo. collection now on . how nt the Quecnslnnd Art Oal– Jery. They are the work of two Am~r1can pnlntrrs. Anne Rynn, whose exhibition p1N·c ia " No. "652", nnd Cil'orcin ·1 l"C!fc, \', th l\l'O exhlhll•. "Ahstrncilon" .rnd "Near Abiqulu, New Mexlc:o". illillTI The s~o million exh,blt.lon ol " America nncl Europe: A Ccntur~ of Modern ~tn ters" t· ntlnu !, nL the Qucenslund Oullerr unul March :10. Dc-1-,pitf' rrsterctny':; rnln. an– ot , r lor1,;c crowrt \'l~ltc.'<l the gil l• !err 10 sec the famous pain1,l11~s. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Totn l attendance !or 1.he fi rst 10 d R)'S of the cxhibllion has now p11.S£cd 21 ,71 2. wit h 12:m 1>cople seeing the pa ntlngs re. terdu)'. '!'he exhlbiuon 1s being spon– sored In Brisbone b)' The Cou– rlrr- Mnil and BTQ Channel 7. The Queensland Art Onller)" is on the tlf h floor, MIM bullcllng, Ann 6 trf'el. Exhib11 to11 hour:t nre 10 a.m. to 5 11.m. Mondny to Sa urdny. eJ<ten<.lln~ to JI p.m. Prl– l11~y. nnd noon to 5 p.m. SunJu.i- It ha.,; become Quecnslund'.; most popular Rl"l eshihit on, 1,catln« rt•cords eslahll, herl two )"Cllrs ro;;o by t.h El Dorado, CO• loml>lan 1,old exhtbltlon. e GEORGIA O'KEEFFE "Near Abiquiu, New Mexico" 1941 . GEORGIA O'Keeffe, born In 1887, has lived In New Mexico since the Jnte 1920s, and the State's Impressive natural beauty Is one of her favorlte subjects. Her pnlnl.lngs con• slstently eJ<plore the nntural. spirltunl tor· rnln or I.he desen: !ls moltntntns, c:nnyons and vast spaces. In this polntln:r. "Near Ablqul. she crented an tmnge that Is both si.atlc and monumental. . The shnrpl)' defined lmnse ol the dlst.am moun– tains depends , on the precision of her linear · style 1941 P11rl Herltour et• tacked ~Y Jepanne, America enters Warl.. War II • • • Aviatrix Affly Jehn,on ldlled while flyln1 •• • for,y pilot . , , ltu4olph HH• 11111 fr•"' Ge'l"""Y and parochutH Into Scotland . . • Jamet Joyce, Thomas Menn and Virginia WMlf die, • ANNE RYAN "652" 1952. Willie the pupers rnnged from thrown– nwny wrappers to pre– cious bits or hand– m n cl e st ock or ,Japanese tissue, It was fabric !hat gave her pnrtlculnr pleasure. All or her collages were gl\len nmnber;; Instead or titles. nnd this "No. &"25" Is a dell– c n.te past c l•toned work os pl1re nnd ar– chllctlurnlly c on - cel\'ecl ns a canvus by Mondt.'inn. 1952 Kln1 Geer1• YI .. lu whllo Prlnceu IIIH• beth H4 Prince Phlllp on tour In Africa , •• Hemln9woy wrltn "Old Mon nd tho S11" .•. ANZUS treaty coffles into force ••• King Foronk abdlcoto, alter fflili• tary coup In Egypt . . . 1 i, killed in roll dl1- o 4te, at Hor~ow, Ent• land