The 1960s into the '70s: Selections from the Chandler Coventry Collection
Dates:
6 – 31 March 1978
Curator:
Grazia Gunn
Artists:
Ralph Balson, Tony Bishop, Peter Booth, Joe Brainard, Gunter Christmann, Christo, Janet Dawson, Richard Dunn, John Firth-Smith, Michael Johnson, Geoff La Gerche, Robert Macpherson, Max Miller, Charlotte Moorman, Alan Oldfield, Robert Owen, Wendy Paramor, Bridget Riley, Martin Sharp, Michael Taylor, David Voigt, Dick Watkins, Brett Whiteley
Location:
Exhibition Gallery
Monash University, Clayton Campus
Touring:
Shepparton Arts Centre, Victoria
25 April – 21 May 1978
About the exhibition
Curated by Grazia Gunn, this touring exhibition featured selected works from the Chandler Coventry Collection and sought to elucidate new developments in art from the past decade. Described by Patrick McCaughey as ‘the epitome of the adventurous private collector’, Chandler Coventry (1924-1999) had been involved in ‘post painterly’ and post-object art projects. He was connected with Central Street Gallery in Sydney from 1967 to 1970, and later opened his own gallery, displaying and lending works from his collection. The exhibition focused on the Sydney painting scene of the 1960s and 1970s, accompanied by works on paper by Australian and international artists.
Acknowledgements
Organised by the Department of Visual Arts, Monash University. Australian tour coordinated by the Australian Gallery Directors Council with the assistance of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council.
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Image: Christo, Wrapped Bridge 1969 (detail), project for Sydney Harbour Bridge, photograph and collage, 68 x 54 cm. Signed and dated, l.r. Christo, 1969