S FOR PRESS IMMEDIATE RELEASESUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 1975
GUY BOYD ART EXHIBITION MELBOURNE
SPEECH NOTES FOR HON. MALCOLM FRASER M. P.
DELIGHTED TO OPEN EXHIBITION
GUY BOYD DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO AUSTRALIAN
ART MEMBER OF MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTIC FAMILY
AUSTRALIA HAS KNOWN
LINDSAYS
AUSTRALIA HAS EXTRA-ORDINARY RICH ARTISTIC TRADITOON
OPERA
. BALLET MUSIC PAINTING HARDLY AN AREA IN WHICH AUSTRALIANS HAVE NOT
EXCELLED .2
r. I~ J
I
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INTERESTUNIG HOW MANY HAVE EXCELLED INTERWATIONALLY
BY OWilN I iNITIATIVE AGAINST ODDS
NO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
GOVERNMENT'S MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO STIFLE THIS
MAY BE INTERESTED TO KN! t
OWN S. ISTER ABSTRcT EXPRESSIONIST
EXHIBITIQNS
I .1 GRAPHICALLY DEPICTED CHRISTOPHER FRYS
POEMS HUSBAND AUSTRALIAN POET,'*
MAY BE SURPRISING TO RE* CALL BASIC INITIATIVES IN
SUPPORT FOR ARTS-TAKEN -17Y LIBERAL-NICP 1
1.
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MENZIES.-ELIZABETHAN TRUST
HOLT ARTISTIC FAMILY
TOTAL MYTH THAT INTEREST STARTED ' WITH LABOR
ESTABLISHED COMMONWEALTH LITERARY BOARD
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GALLERY
FIRST STEPS TO FILM CORP,
ARTS COUNCIL
SELF PROMOTED/ ESTABLISHED CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MIUSIC
AS MINISTER EARNEST LLEWELLYN
EXCITING PROJECT
IMPORTANT THING WITH INCREASING GOVERNMENT AID
ABSOLUTE FREEDOM OF THE ARTS
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ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
HELP CREATE CONDITIONS IN. WHICH ARTS CAN
FLOURISH ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF CONMMUNITY THAT
APPRECIATES ART
AND CAN AFFORD ART
FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR PATRONS-FOR ARTISTS
' AS IN ALL AREAS WHERE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED
IMPORTANT THAT SUPPORT DOES NOT LEAD TO DIRECTION
ESSENCE OF LIBERAL PHILOSOPHY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
SOCIALISM DIRECTION GOVERNMENT CONTROL
" SOCIALIST REALISM" SOVIET, CHINA
CAN END UP WITH ART WHERE THE BEST IS NOT MU'CH
BETTER THANI THE WORST
SOCIETY MUST BE OPEN TO INFLUENCE FROM OVERSEAS
GREAT THEATRE, GREAT MUSIC, GREAT ART MUST BE
INTERNATIONAL, COSMOPOLITAN ART MUST CROSS ALL
POLITICAL FRONTIERS,
ENCOURAGE GREAT CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS HERE
YOUNG ARTIST
PART OF JOB OF CREATING COMiUNITY AW'IAREAND
INTERESTED IN ART
AUSTRALIAN'S CAN BE Ill THE VANGUARD OF THE
IORLD
EXCITING TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
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FUTURE ESSENTIAL FABRIC OF ART COUNCILS WILL BE
MAINTAINED A FABRIC LARGELY ESTABLISHED BY
PREVIOUS LIBERAL GOVERNMENTS
1OOUTT TO CUT THE GRANT TO CUT WASTE
I AM NOT PREPARED TO HAVE THE ARTS LOST IN-.
BUREAUCRACY THERE IS SOMETHING* MORE TO GOVERNING AUSTRALIA
THAN MERE EFFICIENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
AUSTRALIA IS MUCH MORE THAN AN EFFICIENT ECONOMY
THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT WILL MAINTAIN
ITS PRESENT ROLE IN RELATION TO SUPPORT FOR THE
ARTS,
AUSTRALIA CAN BE PART OF VITAL WORLD CULTURE