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

""""'111111 . ,..._ • /Jetoil /mm Ode to 1/,c Plum Blossoms in the Summer Moun, b,· Wong Hui 1714. 011 exhibition al (Jueenslarid Arr Go/le" ·. Fireworks welcome for Chinese exhibition On Tuesday June 2, one hundred priceless Chinese paintings (conservatively valued at $50 million). will go on display at the Queensland Art Gallery. The exhibi· lion, entitled Treasurers of t/1e Forbidden City: Chinese Paintings of the Ming and Qlng /)yna1tles and Its current Australian tour will create history. Never before have such tlonal Chinese symbol of early .and rare paintings good luck. been seen outside China. The display will be stag• The paintings are In the ed on the river embank· form of Scrolls which are men! directly In front of normally kept rolled , being the New Queensland Art shown for brief periods at Gallery, on the fountain certain times of the year. side of the Victoria Bridge. They have been obtain • Best vantage points would , ed from the Imperial be from the bridge itself or Palace Museum In Beijing North Quay. and from museums In In conjunction with the Shanghai. Nanklng and exhibition, Dr Edmund 1 the capital cities of several Capon, Director of the Art other provinces. Gallery of New South Some of China's most Wales and distinguished celebrated artists are Oriental specialist, will lec• represented In this exhibi- lure on Chinese Paintings lion which spans six cen- of the two dynasties on furies. from the 14th Cen· Tuesday June 2 at 12.30 tury through to modern pm at Wesley House In day works. The paintings Ann Street. encapsulate the history of Treasures of the Forbid– Chinese painting from the den City will continue at early Ming Dynasty to the the Gallery until July 19, Peopli,s Republic. and the QAG will be or• The exhibition also ganislng several associated serves to highlight the dif· activities during the show• ferences between Chinese Ing to focus attention on -and Western art. Whereas European style painting has been rooted In the concept of fidelity to the subject leading to realistic representation , painting In China Is more concerned with capturing the spirit of the subject. A painter In China would not go out Into the fields to paint from life but would rather have con• templated. meditated and absorbed the scene In general and then gone home to paint his Impres– sions and feelings. The exhibition will also illustrate the wide range of styles of the Chinese schools of painting. In par• ticular the Ming and Qlng Dynasties. On Monday June I , al Rpm. the night before the exhibition opens lo the public ,11 the 160 Ann Street, Brisbane. there will be a special fireworks display 10 welcome the show to t lvn. Fireworks are d tradi the Chinese community In general. The exhibition Is spon· sored by BHP and or• ganlsed by the fnter– natlonal Cultural Corpora– tion of Australia.