From the College Collection: A Selection of Works from the Wellington College of Education Art Collection

Kenneth Quinn

Jeanne Macaskill

Doreen Blumhardt

Louise Henderson

Tanya Ashken

Roger Brittain

Darryl Walker

Bernard Leach

Margaret Higgs

Joan Rout

curated by Sophie Thorn

13 October – 21 December 2017

Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Tanya Ashken, Sea Creatures, 1971, five part mobile, shaped duralumin sheeting, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, previously Wellington College of Education Art Collection, gifted in 1971 by the ‘The Renaissance Singers of Wellington’, accessioned 2009. Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Tanya Ashken, Sea Creatures, 1971, five part mobile, shaped duralumin sheeting, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, previously Wellington College of Education Art Collection, gifted in 1971 by the ‘The Renaissance Singers of Wellington’, accessioned 2009. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Tanya Ashken, Sea Creatures (detail), 1971, five part mobile, shaped duralumin sheeting, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, previously Wellington College of Education Art Collection, gifted in 1971 by the ‘The Renaissance Singers of Wellington’, accessioned 2009

Tanya Ashken, Sea Creatures (detail), 1971, five part mobile, shaped duralumin sheeting, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, previously Wellington College of Education Art Collection, gifted in 1971 by the ‘The Renaissance Singers of Wellington’, accessioned 2009. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Kenneth Quinn, Portraits of Eminent New Zealanders, 42 silver gelatin prints, mounted and framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1987. Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Kenneth Quinn, Portraits of Eminent New Zealanders, 42 silver gelatin prints, mounted and framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1987. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Kenneth Quinn, Portraits of Eminent New Zealanders, 42 silver gelatin prints, mounted and framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1987. Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Kenneth Quinn, Portraits of Eminent New Zealanders, 42 silver gelatin prints, mounted and framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1987. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Jeanne Macaskill, Untitled, 1979, mixed media on board, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1979

Jeanne Macaskill, Untitled, 1979, mixed media on board, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1979. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Jeanne Macaskill, Untitled, 1979, mixed media on board, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1979

Jeanne Macaskill, Untitled, 1979, mixed media on board, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, accessioned 2009, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, purchased 1979. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view From the College Collection at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 October – 21 December 2017

Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Doreen Blumhardt, Thrown stoneware plate, c.1970, Wellington College of Education Ceramics Collection

Doreen Blumhardt, Thrown stoneware plate, c.1970, Wellington College of Education Ceramics Collection. Installation view, From the College Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews