50 years of art

Monash University has been collecting contemporary Australian art for most of its 50-year history. Today, the Monash University Museum of Art is as a leading public art museum and custodian of an outstanding collection. Based at the Clayton campus, there are plans for a new presence on the Caulfield campus. The 1500 piece collection covers the work of some of Australia's most influential artists - from Fred Williams and Howard Arkley to Tracey Moffatt and Daniel von Sturmer.

Kate Beynon
Li Ji 1996
chenille sticks and cotton, TDK D60 audio tape
221 x 248cm (irreg.)

Robert Rooney
Variations slippery seal 1967
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
106.7 x 106.7cm
Purchased 1970

Daniel von Sturmer
The field equation 2006
reconfigurable installation of video projections, various sculptural objects, screens and plinths
Purchased 2006

Robert Owen
Square relief
#VIII 1968-70
aluminium, perspex, oroglass
122 x 122 x 8cm (irreg.)
Purchased 1995

Mike Parr
Bardot-Stalin 2000
etching print in relief and lift ground aquatint on Velin Arches
232 x 390cm
Gift of the artist and John Loane

Anne Zahalka
Saturday 2:48pm 1995
duratran and light box
125 x 176 x 25cm
Purchased 1996

John Brack
Crossing 1978
oil on canvas
137 x 152cm
Purchased 1979

Aleksander Danko
The Danko 1971 Concept of Sculpture. SCULPTURE as being the elusive object HA! 1971
wood, steel, engraved trafelite, canvas
102 x 46 x 35cm
Purchased with the assistance of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, 1988

Tracey Moffatt
Untitled 1989 (from the series Something more)
cibachrome print
10 x 155cm
Gift of the Friends of the Monash University Gallery, 1992

See the Monash University Museum of Art website.