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

Director of the 1,us-en•land Arl Gallery, llr Kaoul Melllsh, the Jud~• or this 1••r'• Gold Coul CIIJ Art l'rlae, Inspects oome ol ""' 166 enlrlN - lecled ror han,:ln1. l\lr Mellish vle....i 40t palntl.np before he • pent 55125 on works for lhe Gold Coa.& City art collecllnn. Ills lop choke wa • &bill paint• lnJ Coroner or a lloom, by New South Wales arllH Brian Dunlop, ror . which he paid $2000. Th..,. Queensllmders are re11resenled In the Gold Coul collecllun: l.awrence D11ws (Slr,00) lor BIJ Ter– raee: .loy Hulton t$125J for a •lllulcr.,.,n pri11& Panellons and Gras-: and Ian Smtih ($150) fw \\'on,an Exerclslni: ln a Klteh•n. The Hhlbltlnn In the f;okl <:oesl CouneU Ml– ministration hulldln,: will close on Deeembet" L QUEENSLANDART GALLERY 5th Floor,MIM Building, 160 Ann Street, Brisbane CURRENT EXHIBITIONS Selected Acquisitions 1977 it .fl'l, ct,on ol 11i,.v 1trfd 1t1 ns IO thf! Cc//r'Ct/0!1 dum1g 19 77 MASTERWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR LEON and LADY TROUT 7h,s t ,h,0/1,r.m has been r , rf!nric-d for two 1-uel.s until 5 O~ctimtJrr CHILDREN'S CREATIVE ART SCHOLARSHIPS Appic1lion 10< lhe 1978 Scholmhlps close °" Tmday 291h NoV!mber. [nlry lorm1 aY1i11ble lrom lht Gllery, telephone 229 1138. IF PUBLIC art galleries a re to fulfil their proper fu n In the community as centres of nesthetlc enjoyment, educ: In the arts and sources ot lnformnl,lon and Inspiration to st111 augmentation nnd development of their collections must continuing concern. · The Queensln11d Art Gallery hn:; not uecn un– mlnd rul or u,e rnct dur– ing past years and, in splU! of the pro!Jlcm or Limited space, first In the n o w-dlsuscd 11111kcsh1rt premises in Gregory ~rer• mcc nnd tat.er In Its present t.emJ>omry home In MIM Building !160 Ann Street), hos nc– ctunulntcd a collcrtlon no~ only numrricnllr lm• posin g bill or high 111·t1s– tlc qualll,y. More .lmportt\lll, the o llect!Oll h n.s not IJCCI\ n llowcd to lnng-uish in , toragc roo111s l111L. n.c; corLslstcnt visitors w,11 h n. v c noted, Utrough rcgulnr sp •c1RltSNi cxhl– lJI 11H\S. ils trcnsur<.•s hf\\'C been rol at.ed on U1c gnl– lcrr wnlls. W ith the pro.spcct of the new nrL gnlkry com– ing lnt.o focu:, - sl1H\'ly, Uut. moving forwnrd - 0.-C(lUlSILion o r llCW \\'1)rks uocomcs more 11111>0rt.unt. lh1Ln usunl. The current showlni: l\l the Gallery or scloollons rrom ac,1ulslllnns nmdc durln,: 1977 tlll'r(i(ore IJl'– t•omc. :\ n111jor t\·cnt. - for more t.lmn lhc ll!('n_• n~n.son or ,tc1111i~ltiun. P lr.'i1. 1> nu~c n\mn. t llnlf or the plerrs nil dis• pl~ty lrnv~ hccn cifLc; ()r h C'QllN,l, f1'1)1ll prl\'Utl' in– cl1v1dt11Lls or nrLnroups. '11ll. Is hlclil'Oll\'O of n r,11U\lc AplrlL. fi J_t(l!l~r09ltY tlrnt "" Mr. r. D. COil- nnll:,. Aclin~ President or 1'J'ustces, writes In nn i.n– Lroduclion Lo the cnt.a– lo!(ue of I.he show, will inspire others to n1nkc worU1whllc gifts to th e Gnllcry in ensuing years. A cquisition by pur– chn..c;c is n c::oslly husin~ss nnd a scrlou!; dmin on t h c relatively mcngrc Go·.:!?rnmcnt. flnnncinl support.: t.hcre nre many line works or nrl In pri– vnLe co1Jc-:,lln11s which t.hctr OWJl('fS ml~ht well CO n Si d C r C\'Cllt.unlly prrscntlng tn Lhc puhlic. 'l"hc Onllery 011ll1orities will t.rcnt. tl1e11t wilh grrnt. rnre. Scc·ondly, ht.•cau!-c th e ncqulsit Ions cm·t•r such n wide f,~td. All Art G al– lery, idcnlly, shou ld be n.hlc to off •r st.udcnts, tn por iculnr, i-;1wc11nens or the work of nrt\!)Ls o f n tl p~rl Is and In ul l s tyt s. trl're. there are r~• rt'llcnl wnrk-, hy Au,trn. -. 11".n urlisls co\'ct·in ~ I'\ period or a r<'nlnry, ~ev • cral or thrm In the col– Jcctlnn 1Jc,1ul·:1t1u~d t,y George Hrown: th •re 1~ :\ t\llllct and ,, 1'ica..iio!-.O (prcscntr cl, 111no11J! olh • r r ~, by l\lrs. t.i11lan llosrh J. s l I L\l l c I\ ml111- ~-olledlon. llt Is l\Jl cxhibllt,' th,y of the ntlN1 every nrL•lover Lhc at.1110,-;;phcrlcs , scn ·s · 1 T hc Storm or the ptncldlly dcr·s "Evcnl11g cn1>e.. t-o the tm heck humour or · ' c I "·'s S~.rlcs graphs." From t.hc coll...; English ctrawli s wn t.crcolors of , und 10th cenlunr : net. Daw s on ' Nl~·ht.." winner o! Tru . tees ' rr