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

'!'he, C udcr Ma il J O J <111u ry 1977 Cause for satisfaction \Vith art • • • acqu1s1t1ons R ECENT acqu1; l- tlons on cll, play during Jnnu:iry n L Qucensla ncl ArL -Ga 1- lery's l ClllPOl'(I ry pr - nu, cs (I hope Lo llv to see Lhe IICW build– ing, co11; 1rur tlo11 of which Is s upposed to start this yea r) should not go unnotlc ct by the public. ,turtg1ns 1rom whnt. hns been selected for showlns. there Is cnusc 1wtth some rcscrvullonsl !or sntlsfnc– tlon with "76. Sculpture purchnscs or note are: The tiny Henry ~loorc bronze ,a ~toore shoulrl have been bought 20 years ngo when we could hn, 1 e had a line large one !or the some suml. Barhara. fi ep"'orth'~ urn• fllletlf> Orpheus. whtch en g'.ll ~f'S OIJr ntrlntlS pcr– r rpuve tacul ll . a.'i 0111,· IICh n SCJl~ll I\ Ply wnrkcr1 _vmbol woulrt. Lrnt nn Pnrr 'Oij "Hu::.rl." rlone 1n !060. TlllS Inr~e floor ·ulpturc 111 rrd– pu lntcd SLCCI l'Oll::Ol~t~ of ...·· ..ular nnd nngulnr blade~ which work ns n II cnrq;ellc nrsnrnsm. Pnrr, now 5:!. v. as one of the p1nncers of conlcmpronry idttas 111 bCulpture in Aus ral!a, Our gn llcry's p11llclt~' in rornempora ry scultpurc Hi olnrminiz, espe,·rnlly in vlr.w of the fnct.. thnt. WtlC'ntt?cl work 1s being done now m Aus1 ralla nnd thnt. we neer1 .;ooct bl L, par! cut rly for t 1e proposed outdoor areas o the new ~allery. varlet.y of styles n.nd fIlllng grips In the 1·t1l– !(lcti<m of AuMrah1rn-Lt111 • temporary seem tn lune hr n nJmJ;. JlowC\ er. not. fewer 1han one rlnz 11 paintings hy thfl \CT.\' profess1onnl nnrt < n– il C' n r 1n g fnux-nriif Ann riinh.1111, ~ureh·, H•rms out. 1) f pro1 rtlon - the •5et" 11n.1ld hn1·e s11llrr d little by b('IIJl!i.[ sclec1,lvely hrot n TI, c:rancl -sr:1le "Jlamt– "'• No, 3·• h)" ~llchnel John~on I who h~ l'ln.-.e link. with the No\,. \'ork c::chool :rnd live 111 NPw York 1 lmpre. ~cs w11h 1he rcmorkahlc poL,e achie\ Pd rrom the contra.,, or n. v1bran1. lyr1cnt. mlstr col– orlleld nnd tons. precbe bars ol 1•nried chromn nnd ,•arled. angled rllrect1ons. Joh n Penn·s "8f'lore Cook and Columbus" with ,,~ n r h u n •h('~lf;lUOn ul rolnrs. 1.hf' 1r ~11htli' ~h1ft.s flf 1!11(', t<mpPrn111r , drm,lf\', nnd 1hctr 1111 rt\l.'lllCd :1l • ti\'lt,\ , I\ (!lllt.e a rO.\'!~hUtl( pn111t,1ng. · Sucldrnl\' L.I.-,L r-.um- mr r··. whC'i- th :i;hapccl an\ as supports the ru:,rrl HCLI\ il!l'5 of l)Rlntln~ ;t1HI r ulpt,m e, 1s a ~t m1ulutin~ work by Colin L.111cC'le.r. o ne of :\ ustr,11ia's rnn,-.t. or1g111a! artlM\. bm wh . like P••n rt. nnr! John,on, hns lefL our shn, es In ··a Gro ph1c~" tJ.v Lnn– ccle,· plnstlc 111\COLl\'CllCSS: ro111c1dc~ with a \ 1ew or LhP world of a kind nl modem Bosch. Then wC' hn\'e f'nhurn·s ,~ ge. ICSllVe COll\'OS: "Va– lr nc1a··: Richard Larte r · s T rustcfl's' Prlze-wlnnin~ cnn vns. ··s weet. Cherry nnct Chocolate Dip.. ; .I dy Cassab'~ m~·i,,t rious multi-layered space and light 11, ··Clrcumrlsion..: S h a y Docklng's solirl. grave icon ··v otcn nlc Pas– tora.I", ltohert Grle\'I!'~ 111- lormnl - tnchlsle ··mue Motif."" not one al his hcst: Br ia n Dunlop·s ""photo– rcnlist." very s1 ill. fncused interior with n ,Japanese girl - which lends u::. to works on paper. These arc no1't ,·nricd in ol:ylcs and techniques nnd observe close study. .lnc.luded nre Ltord nets. Bruce Lat.tmcr, Ruth F'n •r– ber. Barba ra. llnnrnhan, D n ,·ld Rose, Rnnkm. Looby. n nt. rs. A 1,!0nrl rlr;i 1hart b1 1 en rir q111rerl from tl1r l,llllnn r ,1t~r.scn Pn, 11 r1e., Th ln1 clv lll h ol nnr– h 11 r n Jtcpwnnh nntl n dr,1w111~ by Prunclln luu~h Mid tu our grO\\ 111 r o I I e c 11 o n ol English .,:111ph1 t1. Im po r tant Gift:; have hCf'fl r CCl\'C'd one! Al t lltlOll must. be ,trawn 111 JJ rtlcu– lnr to the gifls which rc- 511llcrt from la.-,L j'enr·. cx– hibltlon nccen T rcmts 111 ~1a1rnncsc ,\rt. Thr,e RI iis flll n whole bnv. anrl, l nm surt", n·, a ~rent. ns.<.et. Secondly, one has reasnn tn be l'.;rnteful to tha w1rtow ol Ur. Lurlwls Hlrsch felrl– !\tock, who <lonntert 12 wor k ~ b y her lntfir– nsLlonnlly reputed hus– band. H1rschleld-~lnck worked nnct taught, nt 1he \Veimnr 13nuhnus. nnd ns cnrly ns 1922 made experiment.~ ,vith muslc-form•eolor-lii;ht. In the In tel" pnrL of h is life he cnme to Austrntin, nnr1 wns tnfluenllal ns It tencher In Victorin. He died In Sydney In 1%5. These works nre untq e In our collect ion bccam.e tt rontains no other fl rst – hnnd c.<amples or t e Tluuhnus spirit. Not : There pe ople whn ""Where Is Jhe gn!lery?"" centre TENOl-)HS ror till' Ill s slngc nf Tirishnne's plnnrwli ~-17 million cuh11rnl comple~ wi ll IJr rnllrll soo11. A Works Dr•pnrlmen 1 .p,)kr•smnn snitl yc.;,;tcrclnY Jhnt thr first since. r,prr-tr<' to coi-t morr tla:111 SW 111illio? 1. w II lncludr nn nl'l 4nllrry. rnr pnrk . n11cll1nrlt1m nncl rcstnu– rnnt . Thr !' :11 !-.UHlt' c(unpl!!x, t'X – pect,'<1 LO b(• fl nishNI In 1~113. t\111 1•\'C'lll111l llv h11usf'\ Q11rpn,– lnrnt·,., ur' !.!iilll'I\' and 11111