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

(hi. 1804) TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1980 THE COURIER-MAIL - 9 Asia experts will meet at Griffith Australian experts on Aslnn n!fatrs and 011 Austrnlln's re– lations with Asia will meet at Griffith Uni– versity next week. The)' will attend the third Mllonal conference o/ Lhe Asian Sutcllcs' 1\ s– s o c 1at I u 11 or Austrnllu from August 24•~!9. Conference or~anlRers ex1iect about 350 Austra– lian and o\'Crscus dele– gates. Sponsors include the Australian Dc\'cl• opment Assistance Ilu• r Ca II ' The Australia– China c ouncil and the A11sLrnlla-Ja11an Founda– l!M, The conference will be opened on Monday by /prmer P rime MlnlsLcr, Mr Whitlam, who lectur- 'Pllolle: ff-1111 es on pollllcs nnd social chnnge nL the 1\ustrullun NMl011nl UnlvcrslL)'. An exh bltlon or Asian nn aL the qu,·cnsland Art Gallery will bo held In 1•unjuncll n wllh the conference. The New South Wulcs Art Gallery director, Dr Edmund Cllll<Ml, will lec– t ure t\L the exhlblllon on Monday UL 8 p.1n. . 'l'he conference wlll be open to the public. '!'he general registration lee ls $;j5, Student~ prLy $10. Grlfllth University cl– ncm11 wlll screen four films from Japun and India next SundA)', Mon– d n, y, Wednesday and 'l'hursdRY from K p.m. The /ilms nlso are open to the puhllo for a $5 subscrtpUon. A • st. Press Cuttings Asano, From Melbourne 1 Victoria "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. 20 AUG 1980 . rl~.fging Asia's culture gap NOTHING Is more able to bridge the gulf between cultures than a . mutual knowledge of their art. Queensland Art Gallery's own collection ot Eastern Art Is quite Inadequate and getting good pieces has be– come dlttlcult, as well as expensive. This month. however, the gal· lery la con~ntrattn11 on the East, l\'lth specll\l emphiust• on Indl1< and . Japan. Lectures, films and music recital• are r.omplementtng the displays. IncludPd In the latter Is ·The sensuuu• Ltoe." an apt title tor a ltne private collection or Indlnn • ~ from the 17th, 18th and .IOth century, which is tourini; Australia rroni Los Angeles. Most or the drawings are prep– arations or studies !or the finely executed miniatures, which were favored b)• the Rajput and the Mogul schools. ln the periods in que tlon. the lndigenons Hindu RnJpuL school., and the minlat.ure nrl, 11t the Moghul courts sometimes crosR– lnfluenced each ol her. The pure RaJput st)•le ls recoµ• nlsect by an emphasis on Hindu mythology, folklore nnd charm– Ing 5cenes from everyday villnf!c life. Certain /ornmllsal,ions nro noted, such ns the prorlle view or faces. The Mog.hul mlninl,Ul'eS. h~ 1 contrast. record the splendor or the Imperial court. the rich cos· Lumes, feusLS and games, One nlso enn see a vnrlcty or stylistic infh1cnces, Including those from Persia and Europe. The drawings In this cxhlhillon show grent varlel,y. As most or them ltrc ~ketches. they often show a much 1,trentcr s110111unefLy nnd vcr,·e Lhnn the finished product. A glimpse or the lire and cus– toms of old Jnpan can be gained from net.sukcs and woodcuts. Both these art rorms had nou– rishing period that coincided llnd both represent. n whole e11• cycl~pnedtu of R 1111Lton·s cus– toms. folklore, dally life nncl cul– Lurc. The netsukes Jmve been se– lccLed to co\'er a variety of sub– jects and materials. These beau– tiful miniature sculptures were used as toggles with medicine boxes, purses. tobacco pouches. etc. I them elves, too, works of nrLI to be worn at U1e belt of the Lrndltlonnl ,Japanese garment, which lms no pockets. Tile UllU\Zlllg J aponetic C\'Cl1 trnnsformed Ruch utllltnrinn ob– jects Into exquisite worlts of nrl. Tl1e woodcuu; 011 display only 1ouch nt the rich variety or t hcmes In which the art was de– mied. The)' mainly are or one ra– \'orlte subject: F'nntous nctors of their dny In their roles. Orlenllll art. ns well ns the si– multaneous Von Ouernrd exhibi– tion. will close at 1,he end of this mont.h - Ur O. J.nn, ::t!r. /' ' :recital An Indian music recital In the Queensland Art Gallery on Sunday at 2.30 p,m. will draw attention to the gallery's current ex– hli..1t.lon of Indian drawings from the 17th to the 19th Century, Noted exponenta or Indtan music, Mr Ashak Roy and Mr Ram Chandra Suman, both of Melbourne, will perrorm ragu ea baslc form or Improvisation for Indian muslc). . Instruments reatured In the re– cital Will be the sarod <a type of sltarl and the tabla (a percusalon instrument). The collection or Indian draw– ings, called 'The Sensuous Line," will continue at the gallery untll September 7. It Is made up or 60 works from the Paul Walter col– lection ln Loa Angeles, and covers every major school of Indian 11rt.