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Description: | -Southern Cone Constructivism, including a good representation of the work of Maria Freire and Jose Pedro Costigliolo from 1929 to the present.;Argentinian graphic art from 1960 to the present, mainly donated by the Museo de Art Contemporaneo in Buenos Aires.;Brazilian contemporary art, including several major works by Siron Franco, an important painting by Antonio Enrique Amaral and conceptual work by Cildo Meireles.;Collection of prints by Paraguayan artists.;The collection of sculptures includes three monumental pieces by Brazilian artists Amilcar de Castro, Franz Weismann and Elisa Bracher which are displayed in the University grounds. Other major artists in the collection include Rufino Tamayo (Mexico), Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico), Carlos Cruz-Diez (Venezuela) and Tunga (Brazil);The Collection benefits from an acompanying archive of documentation on each artists career. The University also holds an extensive research archive of over 20,000 slides. The Albert Sloman Library contains over 80,000 volumes.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Wivenhoe Park Colchester Essex United Kingdom,
CO4 3SQ | Telephone: | 01206 872074 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6579 | Go to resource |
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