The Difficult Art Collector
Towards a Different Art History
The Estate Art Collection
“Art is a serious, not a casual activity. It cannot be approached simply by the recognition only of the spectator's past experience. Any truly creative work should be a revelation to the beholder, an extension of his experience in life, not a confirmation of that which he already knows.”
- Speaking at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1958*
Ronald Bloore was discerning. Very discerning. As a professor he took it as his main mission to impart, inform and inspire discernment. However, Bloore warned, anyone with discernment, in any field, will reject the overwhelming majority of what is around them. And the overwhelming majority around them, or at least the majority of that majority, will want to reject them right back. This leaves one with the choice of becoming either a leader, an outsider or a comedian.
But there is really only one choice, that of being a leader / outsider / comedian. A small number will follow you, a great number will try to dismiss you but, if you are honest and perceptive, most people will like you.
Jan Wyers by Jan Wyers 1960, NFS
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Joyce Wieland by John Boyle, 1976
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Green Landscape by Doug Morton
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French Road Piece #3, 1994-5 and
Box With Six Earth Shards, 1970
by Tony Urquhart
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Ladybird by Ken Lochhead, c.1987 and
Blow Up by Louis De Niverville, NFS
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Noir et Blanc by Guido Molinari, 1956, print
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Dying Orchid by Ted Godwin 1974
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Mrs. P. Bassaroba, 1974 and
Homeward Bound, 1975 by Molly Lenhardt
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Dorothy Love by David Partridge
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Chess Queen by Robert Hedrick
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Pop Shop by Alfred Pellan, print
Consigned to the Rumi Gallery
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Parturition I by Jack Shadbolt, print
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Success and Secret Suffering; The Extrovert
and The Introvert by Dorothy Cameron, NFS
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Blue Green by Guido Molinari (sold)
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Crossword #3B by Clive d'Oliveira, 2003
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Tea Bag by Claes Oldenburg, (sold)
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Moment by Barnett Newman, print
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Eugene Knapik, Windemere Lake, 1990
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Claude Breeze, TV Sketch #2, 1968
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Dorothy Cameron by Suzy Lake
The Temagami Project, 1991
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Ernest Lindner, Twin Flowers, 1971
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And we close with a collage by Doug Morton which is NOT for sale
“The most under-appreciated painter in a country that under-appreciates its visual artists.”
That's it for the moment. There is more. It will be added in time. If you are interested in getting amazing deals on artworks like these I suggest going to the auctions. These particular works will not be there because the prices are ridiculously low right now, but the show must go on and people keep selling.
