UQ Art Museum Public Programs: Curator talk 'Remembering Brian and Majorie Johnstone's Galleries'.
Event Details
- Date:
- Wednesday, 11 June 2014
- Time:
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- UQ Location:
- James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre (St Lucia)
- URL:
- http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Gillian Ridsdale
- Phone:
- 67793
- Email:
- g.ridsdale@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- The University of Queensland Art Museum
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Please join curator Dr Nancy Underhill on a guided tour of the exhibition 'Remembering Brian and Marjorie Johnstone’s Galleries'. Between 1950 and 1972, galleries run by Brian Johnstone were Brisbane’s foremost specialists in contemporary Australian art; The Marodian Gallery (1950–1952), and The Johnstone Gallery (1952–1972), run in partnership with his wife Marjorie, represented an impressive range of Australian artists.
The Johnstone Gallery was arguably Australia’s most famous commercial gallery at that time, exhibiting the works of Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Ray Crooke, Lawrence Daws, Donald Friend, Sidney Nolan and Margaret Olley, among others. The exhibition comprises artworks shown at The Johnstone Gallery, along with ephemeral material and photographs drawn from The Johnstone Gallery Archive, one of the treasures of the State Library of Queensland’s Australian Library of Art Collection.
Dr Nancy Underhill lectured and tutored in History at The University of Queensland before being appointed Foundation Head of the Department of Art History (1978–1994) and the first Director of The University of Queensland Museum (1976–1995). She is the author of 'Making Australian art 1916–1949: Sydney Ure Smith, patron and publisher' (Oxford University Press, 1991); co-edited 'Letters of John Reed: Defining Australian cultural life 1920–1981' (Penguin, 2001); and edited 'Nolan on Nolan: Sidney Nolan in his own words' (Penguin, 2007). Her biography of Sidney Nolan will be published by New South Publishing in 2014. Dr Underhill was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Griffith University in 2013.
Free. All welcome.
Refreshments served after the talk.
RSVP Thursday 5 June
artmuseum@uq.edu.au 07 3365 3046
The exhibition 'Remembering Brian and Marjorie Johnstone’s Galleries', curated by Dr Nancy Underhill, continues until 17 August. Find out more http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au
The exhibition is presented in partnership with the State Library of Queensland.
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- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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