Tip of the Iceberg - Works from the UNSW Art Collection
The UNSW Art Collection contains paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by leading Australian artists. This exhibition reflected the strength of the University's holdings of Australian art from the 1980s and 1990s.
When:
15 December 2017 - 27 March 2018
Where:
Level 5 Main Library
Tip of the Iceberg: Works from the UNSW Art Collection brought together more than thirty paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by leading Australian artists, which reflected the strengths of the University's holdings of Australian art from the 1980s and 1990s.The UNSW Art Collection began in 1955 in recognition of the important place of the arts in providing a university experience that would be both personally enriching as well as academically rewarding.
Today the UNSW collection numbers over 1100 pieces and this exhibition brought together some of the greatest paintings in the collection for the first time and included works by Jarinyanu David Downs, George Liwukang Bukurlatjpi, Howard Arkley, Aida Tomescu, Peter Booth, Barbara Hanrahan and John Olsen.
Accessibility: UNSW Main Library is wheelchair accessible.
Video
Image gallery
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by Aida Tomescu (left, centre) and Jarinyanu David Downs (right)
Tip of the Iceberg - Martin Sharp's "Nimrod" (1982) on the left, and "Sideshow in burlesco" (1982) on the right
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by George Liwukang Bukurlatjpi
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by Martin Sharp (left), and George Liwukang Bukurlatjpi (right)
Tip of the Iceberg - Howard Arkley "Suburban interior" (1996) on the left, Richard Larter "Doppelt #1" (1985) on the right
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by Jean Bellette (left), Rah Fizelle (centre), and Guan Wei (right).
Tip of the Iceberg - gallery 2
Tip of the Iceberg - galleries 2 and 3
Tip of the Iceberg - artwork by Peter Booth (left), and Kevin Connor (right)
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by Barbara Hanrahan (foreground).
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by Barbara Hanrahan (left), and Martin Sharp (right)
Tip of the Iceberg - artworks by Richard Larter (foreground) and Aida Tomescu (background)