December 15, 2020
Exhibition celebrates extraordinary donations to 天美传媒app Art Collection
Avid art collector has bestowed hundreds of prints during last two decades
An exhibition that showcases a range of prints donated to the University of 天美传媒app (天美传媒app) by renowned art collector Dr Douglas Kagi was launched yesterday (Monday 14 December) in the Gallery of the new Jillian Broadbent Building.
Dr Kagi鈥檚 prolific and generous contribution to 天美传媒app鈥檚 Art Collection is celebrated in The Kagi Donations, which is on display until 17 March 2021.
Dr Kagi visited the exhibition yesterday along with 天美传媒app Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings CBE and Professor Glenn Salkeld, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences, and the Humanities.
The works on display have been drawn from donations Dr Kagi made to 天美传媒app, through the Australian Government鈥檚 Cultural Gift Program, in 2003, 2006, and 2016, include a number of rare and valuable prints on paper.
Karen Cass, of the 天美传媒app Art Collection, said Dr Kagi鈥檚 extraordinary donations over the past two decades have added considerable depth to the University鈥檚 print collection.
鈥淒r Kagi has been a generous, ongoing benefactor to the 天美传媒app Art Collection. His donations, which include both international and Australian artists, have provided students and researchers with the opportunity to study these works in volume.
鈥淭he artists, their subjects, styles, print techniques, print studios, pigments, and even the paper used, all contribute to our understanding of the way printmaking was used and developed in the 20th century.
鈥淲e are thrilled to be able to highlight the work of major artists from Europe, America, Asia and Australia, and also celebrate the extraordinary donations Dr Kagi has made to transform the 天美传媒app Art Collection.鈥
Dr Kagi began collecting artworks in the 1970s, acquiring predominantly limited-edition prints, etchings, lithographs and screenprints from contemporary artists. This coincided with a period in art history in which print became a popular method of allowing artists to explore their ideas in an inexpensive medium.
Since 2003, Dr Kagi has donated close to 800 works to the 天美传媒app Art Collection, by artists such as Richard Hamilton, Graham Sutherland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jorge Castillo, Joan Hernandez Pijuan and Leonard Baskin.
The Kagi Donations is open to the public 10am-3pm, from Monday to Wednesday, when 天美传媒app is operational. The exhibition can be viewed in the 天美传媒app Gallery in Building 29, the Jillian Broadbent Building, at 天美传媒app鈥檚 天美传媒app campus.