Library Art Collection
UC/LIB/1144 Bing Dawe,
Apportion - Eels with trap, 1997
© Reproduced with permission
The Library Art Purchases Committee was initially set up as a working group of the James Hight Building Committee, in 1993. The terms of reference for the committee were to acquire works that would visually enrich and enhance the library environment. Any medium could be considered, and works were sought from both up-and-coming and established artists.
At the time of the committee’s disestablishment in 1997, the collection had grown to include 63 works by 39 artists. The majority of these works are currently on display throughout the University Library (Central Library, Law Library, Macmillan Brown Library, EPS Library). As with the Art Purchases Committee Collection, New Zealand artists predominate, and the collection also reflects the development of contemporary Māori and women artists.
A minor strength of the collection is its representation of the ceramic artists, including Len Castle, Doreen Blumhardt and Tony Bond.
Artists represented in the collection include:
- Jill Beresford
- Doreen Blumhardt
- Tony Bond
- Joanna Braithwaite
- Hablot K.Browne
- Len Castle ,
- George Catlin
- Gordon Crook
- Bing Dawe
- Margaret Dawson
- Paul De Jager
- Stewart Eggleston
- Fatu Feu'u
- James Fitzgerald
- Karl Fountaine
- Richard Francis
- Rodney Fumpston
- Spencer J.Hamilton
- Chris Heaphy
- Mark Lander
- Marian Maguire
- Patrick Malone
- Robert Mcleod
- Pat Mulcahy
- Simon Ogden
- Atsuku Osa
- Stanley Palmer
- Max Podstolski
- John Poi
- Michael Reed
- Fred Roe
- Wilhelm Ruifrok
- Eion Stevens
- Sandra Thomson
- Philip Trusttum
- Michel Tuffery
- Shruti Yatri
- Loretta Young
Contact
Lydia Baxendell - Art Collections Curator, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140.
ph: +64 3 3642987 ext 8669, email: lydia.baxendell@canterbury.ac.nz