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

n(lminat– k world . his first the tit.le · h prinl-3 < n es (the are i:'1- n, which ·n~ plate• ,ta'ion of on Flau- 1n le. nust not ~1ratlon11: ,l ilied U ·:i !magi• spired by s graphic r's Flours rse of St. k ent aep– the beau– made of Lile most technical black• in exclaim : ,;slble to nuty WM edon, but • on Re– . to give "My irn– ', or the d at All Hrtloldlng Druld~ss, blddi:igJy, or black, engravP.d er's mtnd ; . .. 1i I· ., Excitement As the vision of a properly designed and ideally equipped Queensland Ar t Gal– lery solidifies Into reall•tic form, day to day activities i11 the t cm1Jorary ,,uur– tcrs seem to bo nr.- 11uIring an added nt• mosphere of e xc ite– ment. Nl t, only 111 11ews 1lr the acquL ltlon or 1m,~ ~ :-:~ fir\\' , orks u,.i1 RS ha..'i surred he t111agl11Rtion during the last week or l,WO huL 111~0 Ill t.h fl tp1al- 1ly nud luler ~1 n Ll10 u·nnslent shm,m.!s. Is this r.sc1Lemcnt c, ltlcnl. 'l'ho urrent exh h1110 11 or Lile ~raphtc work:. nr Ocltlon Redn11. spon,or~ct ll\' the S1111tli!io11111 n J 11- t-ttlu11t111 'i'f'.L\'r ll ini; E ,· – l11bil tc,11 S1•n k P, Is a. Jll'<IIIII IWllL t·a11e Il l JlUlll , I11 I ltls dJ., plny nf 7/i r-Xrl111plrs <' tl1 worl: r LIie F r ench "!lrl h-1. ,1r1,ught::im~11 nnd en– µrn\'t'r" tas Lile 11110 or IJlography <ic,crlb,' s • 1n the 111111\, lo11ncd from the collection or Edwin Bin• Jlt'Y :trd, C\'Cll lhe mo~t, "·.is11nl viewer ,viii find nnH'h 10 ri\ct. Ills nllcn– u un. Thr 111orc nuenth o yf:,;– Hor ,\ 111 c.mur 1 r. full ot ad mint1 1011 101· t,l1e H'l'h– nu·•tl ,·enm.tll!Lv und , 1r– tuo.-.1t \" ol I he. lll'l ist :\lld proha.hh n lill le c1n.lCd by the ft•('lllld lL\' or his 11118t!ill,lllt•ll. • • air or St Anthony and The nevclnlion of SL John will this lmaginallve ap- 11ru1t~h be found. Furlhermore, t11o.;e ex– :1111plcs will de111onst.n1 te , n cdon·s uncanny ability to co1we.v hiti often near- 6111-re11llstio 1deaa to the ,·1 ,wcr LO !iUCh crrect. tlt11L the mere viewing hc,·omcs a perliional pa.r– t 1c1µa11on In the artist'• tlinll~ltl!i. H r Is ban e should be trnteh1l to t,he Smlthso• ninn Institute I tor Mr Binney !or thJs oppor• 1.u111Lr to come to In• t1mnte terma wil b IU\ nrllst who la c.n Impor– t.ant link in the chain of (Ill. 11M) .. 'Phone: 17•1111 Aust. Press Cuttings Agency Fr1Mi Melbourne, '/lc1c,rl;, "COURIER" Ballarat, Vic. OUEENSLAND'S ART BUYS B RI SBANE . The Q1we nslnnd Art Galle ry has paid uhnost three– quarters ol a mllllon r!ol– lars ror l,hrcc paintings. The t h ree pa intings w e r e a Vnn Dyck . S345,000, a Tlntoretto. $307,000. and a Reuben.,, S120.000. Quecnsla nd Arts Minis– ter Tony Elliott said yes– te rrlny Lile purchase of th e 17t.h ce ntury Vu n ~yi:k was or " nntlonul signIfl ea nee''. He snld t he portrai t - or Marc h ese F ilippo .',pinola. painted about !022 - was a worLhy ad– dition Lo t he SLntc's art collectl un Lo be l11J\.1sed In Lhe 11111IU-111llllun dollar cultural ,·e ntre under ·onslruction on t he south hunk al the Brlsbune Hlve r. Mr Elll otts1ild tile three palnl.ln ~ were bought by th e nall e r y r!lrector Raoul Mellish on a recent lrip to London. T llE COURIER MI\I1. 'Loner's'– graphics'·. on show: J l\NUARY 15 , l t:8 1 illillU tralian cit y to see an ex– hibition of ~raphlcs by 19Lh Century French artist Ocll!Oll R edon . ·i-t,c exhillll Ion. wl11ch ope ned nl the Queensland Art Ga llery In Ann Street yesterday nnd wi ll conllnuc until .Fehrunry 15, hn been arnmgcct by t.he Austro lrn n Gallery Director.;' Counotl wit h the nssislanre or the Visuol Ans lloArcl or the Austrnlln. Counr1I. i?odon, JR~O - 1010. Is clescrtbccl ns the orl~lnnl ~ronL "loner." Mis work rcslr.l N lobt•ls !-!U h us "syrn– bolist,·· ;·nnturn list," or " i111prer-.– ~1onlst." ll ls p1\rt1rt1lnr 1-1::lc ih ronslrlc-rrd unifpic, wl1 h h t!=i 11nn~– lnntIon rtnctlni.: rf'lcn.!le 111 rich hlurki., rl llruH! ~n·) ·, nnd 1\1- nunous whlt~s. ~ - .... -~ ~"' '{ "· I .i..: ,, ·- ,..,,.u,.. ' ,,,.·. { ii •