MARGARET OLLEY
マーガレットオリーの展示会に先々週ひとりでいってきました。
この画家の作品をよく知っているHubbyにもぜひ行ってほしかったのですが
なかなか出かけてくれなかったところ
昨日、やっと一緒にいってくれました。 最終日10月13日(日)の一日前の土曜日でした。
昨日の朝は寒かったですね。 小雨もちょっと降っていて
しかもOpen Houseの週末とも重なり
GOMAの駐車場は満杯かもしれないのでプランBでほかのところにも行ってみようね～と話していたら
やはりFullで、そのとなりの博物館の駐車場にはいりました。
前払いで一律$17。 そのまま出れるので運営側にとってもVisitorにとっても効率的ですね。
Hubbyはちょっと見てすぐ帰ろうといっていたので
一回のVisitで帰るかなと思っていたら、また中にはいっていって。。
結局合計3回(別なところにいってまた戻るというパタン)みていました。
わたしはすでに見てきていましたがどうしてももう一度みたかったのは
この部分を記録したかったから。
「The enduring appeal of MO (1923-2011) lies not only in her long career as a prolific and talented artist, but also in her charismatic and matter-of-fact character. The way Olley conducted her extraordinary life of great highs and lows on her own modest and honest terms resonated with the Australian piblic. For this - and her luminous still ifes and interiors, of course - she became oneof the country's most cherished artists.
Olley was her own person and not one to follow fashions. She saw no reason to be tied in marriage with children and instead gave herself fully to art. Painting was at the very core of Ollye's purpose and exstience: her life's direction was guided by this lodestone, and it was her early years in Brisbane that set the course of this generouse life. 」
あとは静物画で有名なのですがアボリジニの肖像画が
すばらしかったです。 私でもわかる才能が前面にでていました。
人気の秘密はNSWやVICの美術館に寛大な寄付をしていることにもあるのでしょうね。
好意的にとりあげてくれますよね。
彼女の寄付によって購入されたピカソやセザンヌのオリジナルの作品も
展示されていました。
A GENEROUS LIFE
15 JUN 2019 – 13 OCT 2019
GOMA | GALLERY 1.1 THE FAIRFAX GALLERY, GOMA FOYER | FREE
'A Generous Life’ examines the legacy and influence of much-loved Australian artist, Margaret Olley (1923–2011) who spent a formative part of her career in Brisbane. A charismatic character, she exerted a lasting impact on many artists as a mentor and friend and was also a muse for artists including William Dobell and Jeffrey Smart. The exhibition will profile a life that was immersed in art – her own and those she supported.
Discover more about Margaret Olley with our extensive range of related events, listed below, including talks and tours, to pop-up performances, hands-on workshops and Up Late events. There’s also daily guided tours of the exhibition at 11.00am.
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Margaret Olley was born in Lismore in 1923 before moving to Brisbane where her love for painting was nurtured by school teacher and Melbourne National Gallery School trained artist Caroline Barker. In 1942 Olley moved to Sydney and enrolled at the East Sydney Technical College (later the National Art School) where she graduated with first-class honours. Olley then spent her time travelling abroad and living between Brisbane, Newcastle and Sydney.
View Catherine Hunter’s intimate documentary Margaret Olley: A life in paint 2012 (54 mins) weekly in Cinema B, GOMA
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BRISBANE CONNECTION
At the age of 10, Margaret Olley moved to Brisbane where her journey to becoming an artist began. She was a boarder from 1937 to 1940 at South Brisbane’s Somerville House for girls, where she met fellow student Margaret Cilento. In 1953 Olley returned from travelling abroad to the family home in Hill End. The old Queenslander house, Farndon, would play a pivotal role in her life, tying her to Brisbane for many years with it’s calm presence of high-ceilinged, generous rooms and lush subtropical garden.
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STILL LIFE AND PORTRAITURE
Margaret Olley painted in many different styles, but was best known for her still lifes and portraits. Her lifelong love of nature found expression in exuberant paintings of flora, which charmed the public and the critics. Olley’s self-portraits track her artistic life from beginning to end as she captured her reflection in mirrors and depicts her personal possessions. As the years progressed, Olley’s physical image in her self-portraits receded into the interior spaces, with the room surpassing her reflected image in importance.
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HER GENEROSITY
In 1990 Margaret Olley established the Margaret Olley Art Trust to donate works of art to public collections throughout Australia. Olley was an important benefactor and tremendous supporter of QAGOMA and her gift of a bronze sculpture of Dancer looking at the sole of her right foot by Edgar Degas is a lasting legacy to the people of Queensland. The exhibition highlights a selection of works she bought then generously gifted to public institutions, including pictures by European artists Paul Cezanne, Pierre Bonnard, Giorgio Morandi, Pablo Picasso, Edouard Vuillard and others.
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写真もたくさんとってきました。 MOの美術館がゴールドコーストの南にあるようなのですが
GOMAのほうが規模が大きいのではないかなと思うのですけど。
そちらにも行ってみたいですね。
それからいつもGOMAのCAFEでコーヒー一杯飲んで(Hubbyはコーヒー好きなので。。）帰るのですが
行列が10mくらいあってあきらめ、老舗のQAGのほうでコーヒーとチップスと食べました。
ちょっと油断していたらIvisにチップをとられました。
