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Mr William Bowmore, the guest speaker at the University's first Art Dinner with Mr Edmund Capon (Director, NSW Art Gallery) and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Keith Morgan, the University of Newcastle, Australia

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DescriptionThis photo appeared in the Bulletin, Number 13, 1990. The text was: "Dinner ushered in art exhibition The University's first Art Dinner was a successful and highly enjoyable occasion, with 110 people from "town and grown' taking part on the evening's activities. The dinner marked the opening of the first exhibition of works from the University's art collection and the launching of the official catalogue. The proceedings commenced in the foyer of the Great Hall (amongst some of the works in exhibition), where the director of the Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Mr David Bradshaw, launched the catalogue. The dinner (actually more like a banquet) was held in the Staff House (amongst more works of art), where the director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Mr Edmund Capon, gave the dinner address. For all those involved it was an opportunity to learn about the University fine art collection, which comprises 225 works, and spend time with like-mined people, while having fine food and wines and listening to music. Mr Capon said in his address that of course a university must have art on its walls - just as it should have books on its shelves and mind in the heads of its students and professors. He said the art collection put the University in the same, in principle, position as the Art Gallery of NSW - "a sort of institution with an art collection that, because it was publicly owned, must be publicly available. "And, on top of that, you want to keep the collection going and, in so far it's possible and desirable, keep it up to date. "Right now you have a lovely collection of mostly conventional pictures in conventional format that you hang around the campus for all to enjoy. All fine, good and wholly admirable."Ã‚Â But, Mr Capon asked his audience was the University going to do when it moved into the current phase of contemporary expression: into the realm of performance, video, installation, The NSW Art Gallery had "had some real some real gams of these, like the two 40-ton bulldozers that were placed with placed with exquisite artistry outside gallery. "Behind all, or at least most of these events, is the germ of an idea that seeks to explode and unsettle our traditional perception and really you can't argue with the validity of such an aim. "Anyway, you have a collection now, with Passmore, Olley, who really should be designated a living national treasure, Olsen, who remains good as ever." This image was scanned from a photograph in the University's historical photographic collection held by Special Collections. If you have any information about this photograph, or would like a higher resolution copy, please contact us or leave a comment.InformationDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3467817194/

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CollectionUniversity of Newcastle HistorySubjectWilliam BowmoreEdmund CaponKeith MorganArtPersonProfessor Keith J Morgan Last edited by: Helen Myers

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RestrictionsThe image can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce this image for any other purpose please contact Special Collections. Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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