Wieneke Archive Book 4g : Art in Brisbane Presscuttings

ss ss ( 4 Coombs & Percival, Ltd. 43 ALBI si Ott I sTR1 I I 5% I Dail) 10-5.30 111-1 Drawings hr DE1 FL.4 \Di Rs' "SOME MORE LOW ('HAII i and other French subject. October 20 November The Society 01 1111 t Annual Exhibition of Esigra.ing. and colour Prints Mon.-Fri. 10.5 Adm. free Until November n The Crafts Centre of Great Britain 16/17 HAY HILL. w.1 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS 17-18, Dover Street, W.1 11-6 Closed Sundays. Ado), Free P .1 INTI.VGS I.VTGJ TESTI LES October 22 - November 15 THE IRVING GALLERIES 17, Irving Street, W.C.2. 1).1\ 10-4 S.ituribys 10-12 vrciaNGS, DRAWINGS and ENGRAVINGS Closes October 31 Kensington Art Gallery IS St. Mary Abbot's Terrace, W.14 Dail) 10-s Thurs. 10.8 Sats. 10.1 FRANC IA ROY TtIOMPSON First exhibition in I ondon of Australian Painter ,ei is Noveiiii,i - New Burlington Galleries OLD BURLINGTON STREET, W.I NIon.-Sat. 10-6 Tues.-Thurs. 10-8 (Thursday, Nov. 12, 10-61 THE LONDON GROUP November 4 - November 28 PARSONS GALLERY 70 Grosvenor Street, W.1 PAINTINGS - FLORENCE IACKMAN WATERCOLOURS - CHARLES /ACKMAN Opens October 19 until October 31 Daily 10-5 Sat. 10-1 THE PICCADILLY GALLERY 16, Piccadilly Arcade, S.W.1 10.30-7 Sats. 1(1.30-I Adni free HAYWARD VEAL ('lows October 24 ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERIES 195, PICCADILLY, W.I. Mons.-Sats. 10-5 Admission Is. ROY.-IL INSTITUTE OF OIL PAINTERS Closes November 6 THE COFFEE HOUSE 3 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Sq. Weekdays 9.11 Sundays 11-10 p.m. 11171' X .11.1.V/X/ Closes Nov. 8 THE WILTON GALLERY 2, MOTCOMB STREE F. S.W.I. 10-6.30 Sats. 10-1 Closed Suns. CHARLES TOPLIS (1780.1851) AND OTHER EARLY SUNDAY PAINTERS Closes October 31 OgistMmlintintststaals1910ts-ejgco Gimpel Fits inttii rug( I I'S PAINDM,s in his present eshibition at Gimpel Fib are immediately im- pressive. for there is a stark, grim power about his work. But although practically all the pic- tures have a human motif. how little humanity there is about these solitary monumental figures. But let there be no mistake about it, they are genuinely monumental, they are creatures of granite. of the ages, and they con- vey an impression of frightening timelessness. All this is particularly apparent in the Cockle Gatherers (16) and in Man Sin (13). both of which are extremely p werful works: the former conveys an impression of timelessness and of isolation, the two figures being very much alone with their donkey, while the Man Singing is equally striking and even more enigmatic. Why does he sing? Surely not for joy. But hardly from agony. Is it just an expression of sullen despair? After these two pictures it is instruc- tive to consider an oil in the first room entitled Above the Town, in which the weaknesses apparent in the Cockle Gatherers and Man ,Singing seem to me to be more clearly manifest. Again we have an impression of monumentality and timelessness but the figure in the foreground lacks meaning, he is simply one with the drab town in the background: we arc impressed, but nothing more, the appeal is to the head, not the heart. If I am highly critical of Fairley's work. it is because 1 believe that his present achievement is thoroughly worthwhile, that this exhibition reveals him us one of the most interesting younger artists working in the British Isles today, but at the same time I feel that he could do so very much more. From the technical point of view he is highly assured and his work is. as I have said, enormously impressive. But us far as its content is concerned it appears to me too inhuman, ton lacking in insight into human emotions to appeal to us. even as does the work of many less worthwhile artists. But this is not the note upon which I want to end. For I believe that here is a young artist of great power. An artist who may yet be able to express both the grandeur and the humanity of man. Terence Mrdlaly. Architectural Photography at the ARCHITECTURE. PARTICULARLY CONTEMPORARY architecture with its emphasis on precision of form and detail, is certainly a most photogenic subject. Architectural photography is by .no means easy. Good viewpoint, correct lens and filter, a few minutes of flattering sun or ebullient cloud effect and a sympathetic printing paper are among the factors which contribute to a success- ful positive-and perhaps an impressed client for the architect. This exhibition, selected by a joint committee of the R.I.B.A. and the Royal Photographic Society, is in two sections, His- torical and Contemporary. A Georgian Stair- case, Chichester. by Miss M. Harker, demon- strates the importance of viewpoint for a tricky subject: J. Stillman shows two very pleasant prints. one of St. Armes in Soho and another of the erection of a hoist in Fifeshire. Dr. Graeb exhibits some careful compositions, in delicate colour. of Greek ruins. The Contemporary section gives a good indication of interesting work recently completed in this country. As well as monochrome prints there are a few colour transparencies on view. With the in- creasing employment of colour in all types of buildings, and the vastly improved colour film available today the R.I.B.A. may do well to consider the collection of transparencies us an adjunct to their newly started photographic collection. J. G. RIALTO CINEMA, ENFIELD Oct. 12-24 Forty Paintings by Hendon Experimental Group (Hire and Hire -Purchase arranged) Telephone HENDON 7440 ART NEWS AND REVIEW 00:01.44-4414.44*-41.4,,,W,A0 s THREE ARTS CENTRE 35 and 35a Great Cumberland Place, W.I shi bition of Drawings and Paintings by DAVID FLETCHER thatinci- 22 Nowinhor 4 III -h (closed Sunda) ,I EXHIBITION OF ARCHITE(TURAL PHOTOGRAPHY R.I.B.A. 66 Portland Place, W.I NIonda)iFriday s 10-7 Saturdays 10.5 Till October 29 ADMISSION FREE The Renel Gallery so -41 BURLINGTON ARCADE, 5%.1 Exhibition of Drawings by Constantin Guys Camille Roam. and Julius Pascin Daily 10-5.30 Sats. 10-I IOHN MARTIN 1789-1854 THE WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY \r,,, //,/,4; 111' 1' 011 I I. I 1 44 41 .4301 The Vermont Gallery 79 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1 Recent Paintings by ANTHONY MENDELSON Closes October 29 VAULT GALLERY 30 BRUTON STREET, W.I 10 to 5.30 Stns. 10 I OLD and MODERN PAINTINGS and WATER COLOURS R Chiller% available for One -Man .and Small Group Exhibitions The Bladon Arts and Crafts Hurst! me Tarrant, Andover, Haab. 10.30-5.30 Sun. 3-5.30 Admission Is. Crafts for Christmas and Paintings for Hire October 15 I a nii.i \ I Chenil Galleries (Chelsea Town Hall) Kings Rd., SAV.3 11.6 Sate. 11-8 THE CHELSEA ART SOCIETY PAINTINGS SCULPTURE - POTTERY October 21-31 NORTHBANK ARTISTS 65a SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, W.1 EXtunIT10N or PAINTINGS BY JACK LOW OCT 24 - NOV. 7 From 12 noon daily / 4 4 4 4, 8fO*431:14M9,a!:-...44131-41`1A05113,WO . Vermont Gallery ANTHONY MENDELSON, who is holding his first one-man show at the Vermont Gallery, is an artist who tackles a wide range of subjects, and his present exhibition, which includes land- scapes. still -lives and portraits, enables us to assess his abilities in each of these fields. His landscapes and portraits are competent. but on the whole somewhat disappointing, nevertheless his three collages (27, 28, 29) arc interesting. and his The Bridge (14) conveys a certain im- pression of the mysterious. But by far his best paintings are his still -lives, and in particular his Still Life with Aubergine (17), the Still Life with Peppers (18), and Still Life with Beans (19), for in them he achieves a realisation of the qualities of inanimate objects, and they are in every way much preferable to his other pictures. 410