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

Prints as form art PRINTS are constantly bringing the art ot other countrlea closer to 118 and taking the work ot our best printmakers overseas. The exhlbltlon or "ContemJIO• r a ry S we di s h printmakers 1979," at the Queensland Ari Oallery, Ann Street, Is the re– •ult ol an Austrnllan-Swedlsh exchange or exhibitions ar– r.nged by the Print Council or AustralllL (with Visual ArLll Board and other as.Jstancel and the Swedish Association ot Printmakers. Brit Molin, Initiator or the exchan1e durln1 an Australian ,•l•Jt, la one or 17 Swedlsh prim– makers In t.hla small exhibition of 4 0 prlnta. Amons the three etchings she has contributed her colorful "Blue Coral" prob~ ably was inspired by her Aus– tralian stay. Not 1urprtslng for a country which produced the Inter– nationally lamoua etcher An– ders Zorn (1880-1920), etchlng11 predominate In this allow Among the boldest In executlo~ are the mechanical horses or Hans Hanmgren nnd the most classic, both ln style and sub– ject matter, att the BrunhU- ' dean !lgures ol Ooran Brunlus The sinking or Venice, for a long Ume the concern or artlsta and art lovers. has been given boLh humorous and vaguely sinister expresalon In the lltllOgraphs 01 Oosta 01erow. Noteworthy in thL• Swedish exhibition, as oppo.sed to Aus– tralian shows, ls the small rep– resentation given to screen prlnta. There are only tv;o very well resolved v.·orka by Lennart Rodhe In a show covering all kinda or sraphlc art. . · At the Paddington Oallery Latrobe Ten·acc, Shirley Lam: bert was In a nostalgic vein when she showed us a ceramic block painting sent to her by 80-year-old Hatton Beck, a pot– ter nnd long-time family friend He ulso Is the husband of Lucy Bord, a member or the famous Boyd clnn whose family st.4ry ~i~~~ told on ABC•TV In Oc• - PHYLLIS WOOLCOCK eeko SOME activit ies planned for "Swedish Week" in Brisbane Include: An exhibition entitled "Swedish Srnmp Collec– tion and Stamp M aking in Sweden" in the ma in lobby or the 13risba ne GPO, Queen Street. It is open until Saturday. A Swcdi•h golf day at lnJooroopilly Golf Club sponsored y Voll'OAu • tr:dia on Fri<luy. A Swedish ·nticlsnm• mcr cclcbrntiun with folk dancing in Kin~ George Squa re at J 1.30 a.m. on Saturday. A race ntccting· at Roeklca sron,urcd by the Mctropnli1an Trot• ti n~ Club on Satur,lay. S11 cdbh pri,cs II ill be pn·,~ntcd to c,·cnt w,nni.:rs. An c, hibitiun by Lei f N,Jssnn, a " ell kno11 n Swedish pn intcr now living in ,\ustrnlin. /\t the llrisb:rnc ommunitv ,\rts Gallery, 107-1 09 F,h,ard Street. Until Saturday. 1\ n exhibition called 11 Contcmpor,Jry \\ Cdhih Pnn1n111kcrs 1979" at the Qucen,l:tnd ,\ rt G al• lcry. 1'11 M llutld111µ . 1611 Ann Street. Until July 8. . Screening or tha Swcdi, h lilm Autumn Sonata bv the fomou!l d irector 'tngm:tr Berg• 111,111 al t he Schoncll Theat re, Quccnsl:rnd University. Unlil Sa111rcb • ~111, ,c with n Swcdi~h navor on the ADC radio ~tat ion 4QG nt 7.40 n.m. toti.ly nnd tomorrow.