Collection: University of Warwick Art Collection

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Collection development policy)

  The University of Warwick Art Collection comprises over 1000 artworks, including ceramics, digital media, drawings, glass works, mixed media works, paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures and textiles.

  The earliest works in the collection date from the 1940s, the most recent are contemporary. Rather than attempt to fill “gaps” in the collection, the focus for acquisitions is on contemporary work.

  The majority of works in the collection are by British and North American artists. In 2007 the acquisition policy was amended to include works by artists of all nationalities, reflecting the international community of the University.

  Works that were originally collected by the Coventry College of Education as a teaching collection are distinguished by the suffix W in the accession code to ensure that it remains possible to distinguish this particular collection within the whole eg WU0332W. This collection is largely figurative.

  Included in the teaching collection of the Coventry College of Education are a group of ceramics, selected by the ceramics course leader Richard Dunning, together with a number of later works. All ceramics are identified by the suffix C eg WU0467C. In 2008 a decision was taken to suspend collecting ceramics in order to retain the integrity of this group of works as a teaching collection of the post-war era.

  Works are acquired for open display on campus and need to be sufficiently robust to withstand display in spaces without any environment controls.

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2021

  Licence: CC BY-NC