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Mining the Collection: Pets
Quirky, to the point of being slightly surreal, Stephen Birch’s sculptural installations take ‘make strange’ ordinary objects. An early installation by the artist which is in the University of Technology’s Art Collection will be on display until November 16 in the Tower foyer on Broadway, alongside some similarly skewed photographic works by Emil Goh, Petrina Hicks, Geoff Kleem, and Julie Rrap. Continue reading
Seeds of Hamburg
An intriguing group of photographs on display in the UTS Tower foyer document ‘The Seeds of Hamburg’ performance by internationally-renowned Chinese artist Zhang Huan. They are on loan to the UTS Art Collection from the collection of Gene and Brian Sherman. Continue reading
Mining the Collection: Jacks and Joyce
The first of our series of “Mining the Collection” is a display at the Blake Library at UTS City Campus. Robert Jacks’ painting ‘Man in the Gap’ and ‘His Bloomsday Book’ are on view alongside published works on and by James Joyce in a special display celebrating inspiration and influence between writing and visual art. Continue reading
A fresh view of old and new
Visitors to level 5 of the Tower building at UTS may have noticed some new artworks on the walls this semester. The UTS Art Collection is regularly rotated in public spaces on campus – alongside the existing display of contemporary photography … Continue reading
More art on Broadway
There are two very different artworks I have been enjoying on my way to work each day lately, one is Jonathon Jones’ installation in the window space facing out onto Broadway (quite appropriately, at the Jones Street end of the … Continue reading
Max Dupain at Kuring-gai
Something old, something new – Max Dupain’s photographs of Kuring-gai campus buildings, the perfect match of Modernist architecture and photography, have been newly acquired for the UTS Art Collection. Continue reading
Simberg-Ehrstrom in the Touch Too Exhibition
Currently on display from the UTS Art Collection: Munkki, a traditional Finnish rug (ryijy) designed by Uhra-Beata Simberg-Ehrstrom — one of the designers for the original Marimekko Collection. Continue reading
Our two new portraits
Up close and personal: Danelle Bergstrom’s paintings of UTS Chancellor Vicki Sara and Vice-Chancellor Ross Milbourne take a new angle on portraiture. Continue reading
Richard Goodwin: Poroplastic
Visitors to Building 10 (the old Fairfax Building in Ultimo) this year have been intrigued by a new addition to the mezzanine level at the Jones Street end of the atrium space: parts of a disassembled motorcycle are arranged on … Continue reading
