Pitseolak Ashoona

(1904-1983) Located in CB 301.4, in hallway (College Avenue 3rd Floor)   (left) Pitseolak AshoonaCanadian (Inuit) (lived Cape Dorset (Kinngait), NWT) 1904-1983Printmaker: Eegyvudluk Pootoogook (1931-2000)Young Woman and Owl (27/50), 1979Stonecut stencil on paperUniversity of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher Donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2017; sc.2017.01 (right)…

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Collecting the Seventies

In 1967, the University of Regina received a letter from a student, noting that, “I have been impressed by the exterior architecture of all the buildings on campus. Unfortunately, however, the interior of each building… is dominated by bright white fluorescent lights and white walls. Would it not be possible to improve the situation by placing paintings or prints…

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Joe Tilson

(b. 1928) Located in hallway LY 101.3 (Dr. Archer Library building, 1st floor) Joe TilsonPl. 1 Mysterious Principles of the Blue Bag (8/70), 1973Silkscreen serigraph, mixed media, collage40” x 28”pc.1975.6 Joe Tilson is synonymous with the early Pop Art movement in 1960’s London. He studied at the prestigious St. Martin’s School of Art (later teaching there) and the Royal…

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Robert Motherwell

(1915-1991) Currently not on display   (top) Untitled, from the Basque suite (82/150), 1971 Screenprint on J.B. Green paper 39 1/2″ x 27 1/2″ University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1975.11 (middle) Untitled, from the Basque suite (139/150), 1971 Screenprint on J.B. Green paper 39 1/2″ x 27 1/2″ University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1975.10 (bottom) Africa 8,…

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Eugenio Tellez

(b. 1939) Located in hallway CL 101 (Classroom Building, 1st floor)   Charte de Vol (Artist’s Proof), 1972Lithograph, etching and silkscreen on paper40” x 28”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1974.14 Chilean-born artist Eugenio Tellez spent the sixties and seventies traveling the world and collaborating with a number of significant artists. Tellez was thirty-three at the time he made…

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Jacques Hurtubise

(1939-2014) Located in hallway CL 101 (Classroom Building, 1st floor)       Alabama (purple, yellow, green, black) (3/15), 1973Silkscreen on paper15” x 29”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1974.13 Agatha (6/30), 1973Silkscreen on paper15” x 29”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1974.11 By the time Montreal-born Jacques Hurtubise produced Alice, Agatha and Alabama in 1973, he had become…

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Anthony Benjamin

(1931-2002) Located in hallway CL 101 (Classroom Building, 1st floor)     (top) Baskerville, 1972Serigraph on paper40” x 29”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1974.1 (bottom) O Factor, from the Roxy Bias series (5/95), 1972Serigraph on paper40” x 29”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1974.3 Bold colour and playful, layered abstraction are the hallmarks of the work of British…

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