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

_.,; ' 1 ( Queensland Art Gallery "' f I,,,,, l\11~1 f\t,,1<1111q 1!1, ,! ,,111+• IOlllJ l l'h·p tlnn,• (0/) /.'tl ;> 1JH ,Special Events Tonight at 7 p.m. · The faednating rhual of Japan'• traditional tea cetemony'pe,formed live in the Gallery - Plu1 A Kimono P • r • de futuring 30 ••ca-,iaite robe • Th• Art of the .i.p.ne1• Peckege 20 Sept - 17 Oct ,·• u~:'b=•~-=J~:~:.~:t~i~::.h!,~~l~~;i~~~:rt A WM" • na FHtival Highlight · Adml11lon Free 10.00 am-5.00 pm 10.00 am-9. 00 pm 2.00 pm-5.00 pm Queensland Art Gallery 5th floor, MIM Bulldlng 160 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000 Telephone 229 2138 The Art of the J • p • neu Package 20 September - 17 October 1980 A remarkable exhibition highlighting the subtl e beauty of traditional Japanese packaging conceived lor the receiver rather than the seller. A special leature ol the Warana Festival. Presented in Aus tralia by the Japan Founda– tion, the Crafts Board of the Australia Coun– cil and the Austra lian Gallery Directors' Council. Gallery Hours Monday to Saturday 1Oam - 5pm Friday 1 Oam - 9pm Sunday 2pm - 5pm Admission Free Yalw:ak1· (111eclici1111 / sake) in mr1/1<•1111•afi' contaim•r Trad/1/01111/ rn n,fil'.~011 bamhoo slicks Queensland Art Gallery ',f t, f 1001 MIM Bullr1111q lhl' Anr1 S !rt•t•I Or1-.h,t11t• -1000 ~ I ,,1e ho1111 (07 ]7'1 ] 138 The Art of the J1p1Mst Packut 20 Stal•17 Oct F..turlng r ,er 200 remarkable plckegH hlghllghllng the subtk •;eeuty and rnourcefulnua or the tradlUonal Jap..- JCktge. A spor,al feature of fhe Warens Fssl/vsf Spi!~ial Events Tu CtrtmOnl I Kinono Paradt ltbw I Japantst Palntln1 o-tlrations A • uanfreo "' ' C /cC I I/ a ery ours Slllda1 21 Stpttrnbtr 2.30 pm Frlda1 26 September 7.00 pm Slllda1 21 September 2.30 pm ·' ....< fr.._, · I \.:;.. . C I I r I om Okayama Monday to Saturday 10 00 am-5.00 pm Friday 10.00 am-9 00 pm ' Sunday 2 00 pm-5.00 pm c~ _) • ancient Japan wrapped it 1'P TODAY'S world ls card– board boxes and plastic wrapping, but lt hasn't al– ways been that way. In early Japan, packages were made from local mate– rial to serve a purpose. So evolved a unique art form . But this ancient craft was disappearing amid a w or 1d of technological change until the head of a leading Japan se design school, Hide_yuki Okn, "fell under the spell" of J apanese packagin g, He wrote a book entitled "How To Wrap Five More Eggs," and later began to collect examples .of the packaging art and plan ex– h I b It I O 11 s. The lnLer– nattonally acr·. ,ned exlil– bltlon, "The t of the Japanese Pack.Bge," grew from this. The exhibition Is the Queensland Gallery's con– trlbuLlon to the Warnna Festival. The acting J apa– nese Consul-General In Brisbane, Mr Kelk! Hlrnga, will open the exhibition tonight, with the first pub– lic showing tomorrow In normal gallery hours. It will continue until October 17. On display wlll be 200 packages, Including food con talners made or tree leaves, ceramic oil contain– ers, a bag of handmade pa– per for rice crackers, bam– boo containers !or various purpo$es, reed matting used to wrap ·confectionery, and various enrthenwarc· con– t lners. But the packages hn ve Lo be seen to Cully understand the Inventiveness or gener– ations of early Japanese and the beauty of what they created. In the Introduction to the superb catalogue accom– P any Ing the exhibition Hldeyukt Oka says: "They are whispered evidence of the Japanese abtltty to create beaut,y from the sim– plest products of nature. " A bonus for viewers or the exhibition on Sunday at 2.30 will be a J apanese Len ceremon y and a parade or trndltlonal J apanese kim– onos. Sundrly week at the same time there will be a demonstration or Ikebana, the Japanese art ot .flower arranging. '1 I ''\ ) . , V I . T1 I . . EGGS packaged with plain rice strew - · simple beauty. t t 1 ! ! ' ; i • i ·f .. r I! ~