Exhibitions

Myth to Modern: Bronzes from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection

McAleese Gallery
5 December 2008 - 1 February 2009

This exhibition draws on the Queensland Art Gallery's collection of figurative bronze sculpture to explore the application of this enduring medium across a variety of subjects and themes. Myth, legend, portraiture and modernism feature in a selection of works, dating from c. 1700 to the emerging modernism of Auguste Rodin, and early twentieth-century works by Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore.

This intimate focus exhibition, comprising 14 works by predominantly European artists, also includes works by Australian sculptors Daphne Mayo, Bertram Mackennal and Harold Parker, who were directly influenced by the rich tradition of Western myth and history.

Also showing in the McAleese Gallery

Making it Modern: The Watercolours of Kenneth Macqueen

A Queensland Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition of Kenneth Macqueen's (1897 - 1960) watercolours, 'Making it Modern' highlights his importance as a key Australian modernist and reveals him as a complex and highly individual artist.

Also showing in the Mackay Mazda Foyer

Correspondence: Ngaio Lenz

In this exhibition, local artist Ngaio Lenz explores the way we communicate with others through a series of collages. Ngaio is drawn to the collages of the past, the way in which we communicated using hand-written letters, postcards and telegrams. This collection of collages explores the significance of these 'traditional' forms of communication, family connections and the past generations that influence the way we live our lives today.

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