Visual Arts :: Creating Taste
The Collection of Joe and Rose Skinner
Pioneers of modern and contemporary art in WA, Rose and Joe Skinner built an important art collection of great Australian art from the 1950s through the 1970s - which they later donated to The University of Western Australia. Throughout her life Rose Skinner worked tirelessly to build a market and audiences for contemporary art.
The collection features some of the best artists of the time, including Ian Fairweather, whose paintings of China in the mid-1930s use dynamic gestures to capture fleeting moments of everyday life, and an important series of Fred Williams paintings that go deep into the Australian bush. Paintings by Robert Juniper, George Haynes and Brian MacKay demonstrate Rose's support for and interest in the Western Australian art scene.
Image: [detail] Charles Blackman, Facade, 1959, Oil on Canvas, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, the Joe and Rose Skinner bequest 1981 © The Artist's Estate
DownloadsWhen
Sun 18 Nov–Wed 19 Dec, Tue-Fri, 11am-5pm
Sun, noon-5pm
Tue 15 Jan–Sun 30 Mar, Tue-Fri, 11am-5pm
Sun, noon-5pm
Where
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWAClose
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA
Address: University of Western Australia,
Stirling Highway, Crawley
Next to the University's Sunken Gardens and near the corner of Stirling Highway and FairwayPhone: Gallery Information Line: (08) 6488 3707
The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery is acknowledged as one of the finest university galleries in Australia.
The Gallery presents a program of innovative exhibitions, featuring the University's extensive Art Collection, as well as new, contemporary art, and touring shows.
The gallery reopened in September 2007 after extensive building renovations that included improving the Gallery's air-conditioning and fire and lighting systems.
Transport
Located at the University of WA Campus on Stirling Highway, and is serviced by buses on both Stirling Highway and Mounts Bay Road. There is a set down / pick up point behind the theatre suitable for cars, taxis, maxi taxis & small buses. Enter off Hackett Drive adjacent to University House.
Transperth Infoline: 13 62 13
Parking
Ticketed parking is available on campus off Fairway, next to the Gallery, in University carpark number 20.
Access
The Gallery is wheelchair accessible. A manual wheelchair is available for visitor use, free of charge from Gallery reception. Accessible toilets are available.
Carparking is available for ACROD permit holders on Fairway adjacent to the Gallery.- FREE EVENT
Festival Info
6488 5555