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

AS EXIII Dll'ION of kinetic sculpture nnd color serigraphs by r,rucli nrlist Yuacov Ag11n, will be held nt the Queensland Art Onllery, fifth floor. Mllll ll11ilcling, 160 Ann Street, from Saturdtl\', November 2D, to Wcd– ncsttlly, December 31. 011llcry hours are i\londny to Snturdny, to a:m. to 5 run. F riday. frnm 10 1un. to 9 p,111. nnd Sundll)' from 2 Jl.lll. to 5 Jl.11\, THE COURIER-MAIL THURSDAY DECEMBER 4 1980 2 - THE COURIER-MAIL Kinetic • • tnag1c1an illf:m r:mw~~w AT Lhe Quc ·nsland J\l't Gall ry Ihi' yr~ r Is ending on an e,:cltlng note. 'l 'hr.re we l1nv, u,1otlwr or tho:,,e rc11111·k1thlf\ rxhlblt.lon~ the Peter ,iLuyvt.•snnt. Culturnl F'ounda• u o11 has been provldll it O\'f!I' o. number or ~·ca.r!i, This lime, we nrc presented with AgHm, this 111•11lela11 or Kin •lie Art. · This. plus the d1s11lny or Recent Acqul.sl1 lons ,which I shall review later,, makes a ,·!sit to the Art Gallery a rewording experience Jor everyone. People with good memorle . and old enough, might. remember AQnm•~ Homuµe to Bnch. which had been lncluclcd in The ArL or The Space Age exhibition In 1969. · or course, 1he prcsem exhibition Is • fine srlectlon or Aga111'5 work, and It, includes r,ict11rr~. as ·w,:11 as some movable metnl .'~culptures. as well as h<rQe 1hot011raphs or •ome or A~am's monu111en– ial works In public pl•ces. The sources or Agn111·.s • rL are hl.s i-ell~lous corl\'lctlons. a.s well as the explorations or ,he Constructivist avnnt-gardc In the early part or the 20th Century. I could aL~o 1hlnk or forerunners. such as Robert and Sonja Dchrnnoy WILh Lherr shnultaneous coli11· rhythms. Jauco\· AGam wn!i born In rn~H. u rnHl\'e or Israel and son or • · rRbbl. I-le grew up with the nollon thnt re•llty Is nothln~ fixed, but In constant change. Agam explruu., "the Name or Jeho,·,. signifies Constantly Beeomln~"- ln search ror rund~mcnlRI tru1h '- Lruth behind RIJl>eRrnnce~} AJ;am n.rrh·ed UL wnri ... v, KrL that are not. static. but In constant rhnn(.;C. 1e compo~ect 1from 1951 nn 1 11icturrs Lim t. cot of 8C\leral Lhemes, like 1,oiyphonlc music. \Vhen the viewer suu1ds in fron t. or the picture, thr \'arious thcmet lntcrwt>u\'e into a ,·omprehcnshic pictorial orchestrntlon of form!\ nnd color : but, when he moves to the left and lo the right, lhr orchestrallon d1ssolvrs. and the component themes lr,ll\'e un,xpccu~d. mosl. surprlslni; changes or form!! and colors. Agntn wishes lhe ,·lcwer to have the frecdout nr his own mo,·ements. to be pnrt or lhe game or clrnnge. This Is most Important l11 the phlloso11hy of his art. A marvellous rxamplr . or lo rpe srnle, Is Depths o r The Seu, Thi.< hns been pnlnter1 In oils on • sLructure or Pnrullel trla11glr5. m :mch a wny thnt 11v, 1 dlrr,:rent, t.heme!i o ·cur us lht! viewer moves. •~ml the viewer Jtt.<1. mar\'cls nt nil these beuul.lh1I nll'tnmorphoses. Agam's work nre benu11r111. uncl the lLrtist steps bRck hehind thr: beauty of his wni k. And we. arP allowed to become conscious ur time, 10c Just or d11rAllo11 something so Important to Agam. AA:am did not, rise to worlct fRme. lrnnour~. and Important commission~ fur public phlces whllottL Mruggle and lnllinl pover1y. · The year 195! was crucln l In A~u m'. llrr. when on h i, way lo Chlcngo he slopped In PHrlS •ml la~·ed. AL rtrsl. desperately poor and lonrl\', he per– ~everrd : eve11tunlly bccarnr acqual11led with lmporL•nt artists. ond by 1953 exhibited his rlrst polyJ>honlc palnlillKS, A• I snld br!ore. don't miss lhis exhibition, Ancl bring your kids, R.s they ton, will lm•e It. I . I ,600 .De aunay tapestry -will Gallery Justice hang in new Art Gallery A TAPESTRY' by abstract art pioneer Sonia Delaunay, who died In France last year, WIil hang In the new Queen~lnnd Art Gallery. 'I' It e $14,600 tapestry wa., presc:,ted to the gallery this "'cek by the Queen•land Art Gallery Society president (Mr Justice Macro.-;san t. The work, called Syncopee, was woven at the Aubusson Manufac- It "'"" purchased by the gallery with Lhe major pdrtlon or runds presented by the society through the Queenslnnd Art Gallery Foundation. It wlll be • major acqulsltlo:, ror the new gallery Lo open on lhe South Bank or t,he Brisbane The public will be ftble to aee It In the existing Queensland Art Gallery In Ann Street until De• cember 31. The tapestry wu located by Ute Art Gallery Society's adviser and ,·tcc-preslden t, Dr Gertrude Lunger, w110 1, also The Courler– Mnll's nrt critic. So:iln. DehlUllR.l', who helped estnbllsh color as a dominant rcature ul modern art, used ,1br- 1111t colors and black and "'bile In the symbolic tapestry. Rhe was a member of the a,·ant ~• rdc prior to World War I and her tnnuence on modern art ha5 , been normous. She wR.s committed Lo hrlngl:1g .rt to a wider public and her own work cornred n dl\'erslty or media - p lntlng, staR•. rn.brle 1nd 1ashlon design, book illustration nncl µrnphtcs. j ' ~ I I l ' I ,