Devonport Regional Gallery

THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY

Works from the Permanent Collection

17 March – 29 April

Curator: Ellie Ray

 

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Works from the Permanent Collection curated by Devonport Regional Gallery Director Ellie Ray surveyed the many faces of Devonport City’s Art Collection.

A range of works have been purchased or donated over a 40 year period; this exhibition aimed to traverse the various genres, media and themes of the Collection.

However, what made this exhibition different from past collection shows is that the Gallery is invited visitors to judge the individual artworks as either good, bad or ugly. The Gallery compiled the information gathered and uploaded the results here on the website.

 

Dale Richards Maureen King
Dale Richards, Landscape Near Manly, 1987, oil on canvas Maureen King, Meeting PLaces, 2012, collograph

 

THE LITTLE GALLERY

Emerging Artist Program

Undercurrent dry-point etchings and collagraphs

Artist: Maureen King

 

Maureen King’s collagraphs and drypoints represent an exploration into the often indistinct meeting of land and water where ‘worlds appear and retreat under banks and other forms, and tides cover up and expose narratives of place and time’.

 

And here are the results of the voting, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly ....

 WEEK # 1

 

 

 

 

  GOOD

Michael McWilliams 
  Michael McWilliams Spotted by the Lakes acquired 2001 acrylic on board. Devonport Regional Gallery Collection. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  BAD

Jenny Turner 
 

Jenny Turner Mighty Seedling 1979 colour etching

Purchased with assistance from the TAAB 1979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UGLY

Dale Burke 
  Dale Burke Untitled1974 oil on canvas

Donated by the artist 1984

 

 WEEK # 2

 

 

 

 

  GOOD

Michael McWilliams 
 

Michael McWilliams Spotted by the Lakes acquired 2001 acrylic on board

Purchased from the Eskleigh Art Award with DCC Acquisition Funds 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

  BAD

Anne Holtum 
  Anne Holtum Unknown (Undated) mixed media drawing, collage, pencil and crayon on paper

Purchased from the artist 1984 with DCC funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

UGLY

Dale Burke 
 

Dale Burke Untitled 1974 oil on canvas

Donated by the artist 1984

 

 

WEEK # 3

 

 

 

 

  GOOD

Robinson Collection 
  The Robinson Collection, 21 Selected Works from Negatives purchased in 1993

Negatives purchased by the DCC 1993

 

 

 

 

 

 

  BAD

Dale Richards 
  Dale Richards, Landscape Near Manly 1987 oil on canvas

Purchased from the artist with DCC Acquisition Funds 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

UGLY

Carol Rodwell 
  Carol Rodwell Duo 1977 acrylic on canvas

Purchased from the artist with Gallery Society Funds

 

WEEK # 4

 

 

 

 

  GOOD

Christine Forsythe 
  Christine Forsythe Hawthorn II 1979 colour etching aquatint on paper

Purchased from 'Harrington Street Gallery', Hobart with DCC Acquisition Funds 1980

 

 

 

 

 

 

  BAD

Nicholas Glade Wright 
  Nicholas Glade-Wright Nude 1976 oil on canvas

Purchased by The Gallery Society 1980

 

 

 

 

 

 

UGLY

Dale Burke 
  Dale Burke Untitled1974 oil on canvas

Donated by the artist 1984

 

WEEK # 5

 

 

 

 

  GOOD

Christine Forsythe 
 

Christine Hiller Pepperberries 1999 Hand coloured linocut edition 6/30

Purchased from the artist with DCC Acquisition Funds 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

  BAD

Anne Holtum 
 

Anne Holtum Unknown (not dated) mixed media drawing, collage, pencil and crayon on paper

Purchased from the artist 1984 with DCC funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

UGLY

Dale Burke 
  Dale Burke Untitled1974 oil on canvas

Donated by the artist 1984 

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