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University of Salford Art Collection: Catalogue

Welcome to the University of Salford Art collection online catalogue (beta version). Our collection of modern and contemporary art exists for anyone – staff, student, or public, to enjoy.

You can browse the collection by medium, collecting strand or artist name using the tabs above, or search the whole catalogue by keyword. Alternatively, enjoy a randomly generated selection of the whole catalogue below – hit refresh for a new selection.

The full collection includes over 900 items which we are photographing and uploading on an ongoing basis. As of Summer 2023 around 30% of the Collection is represented online.

Find out more about the collection here. To learn more about our wider programme – including new commissions, upcoming exhibitions, events, opportunities, and more, please visit our main site. For any further enquiries, email: artcollection@salford.ac.uk

(face and flower) semi abstract print, face and flower

Kip Gresham, Untitled, 1980

abstract, lines, technology, pastel colours, roads

Eduardo Paolozzi, Selasa, 1975

Harold Riley, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1st Chancellor 1967-90.

an abstract painting showing shapes resembling a shirt collar

Louise Giavonelli, Collar III, 2016

Olwen Jones, Over the Hill, 1975

Harold Riley, Manchester Docks from Mode Wheel 1962

a print showing an ape performing a handstand on a tightrope

Albert Adams, Ape on a Tightrope, c.2000-2006

A lithograph depicting a pale oval face with large blank eyes, the other features are only hinted at through shading, including the long nose, downturned smile, and hollow cheeks. Lines surround the head, suggesting light beams eminating from it.

Albert Adams, Head - Final State, 1956

two gloved hands hold open a book, the pages of which are full of numerical code

Liam Young, Where the City Can't See (Book), 2017

Elizabeth Frink, Shearwater, 1975

Harold Riley, Head of Man, 1970

Harold Riley, Sketch for Portrait of Chancellor (HRH Duke of Edinburgh), 1971

Dennis Hawkins, Como Se Llama Uds?, 1971

Connal, Penninsula, 1970

Jai Redman, Engels’ Beard, 2016

A monotone etching and aquatint, depicting a figure peering around a wall. Their hand grasps the wall, and their dark face peers, just one eye visible, around the corner.

Albert Adams, The Prisoner (Figure Peering Around A Wall), 1998

a brightly coloured scene using the aesthetics of a video game. There are 3 identical figures wearing furry costumes on a stage.

Rachel Maclean, Again and Again and Again, 2016

A monotype print depicting Christ on the cross with minimal lines. In the bottom right a figure reaches up towards him.

Albert Adams, Christ with Veronica, 1956

semi abstract colourful print, figures, rainbow colour

Matthew Hilton, A Tribute to Benny Hill, 1981

an abstract line drawing depicting the head and shoulders of a crucified figure.

Albert Adams, Crucifixion, 1960

A large sculpture, a floating island. A lower rocky layer, followed by soil, then grass, then a whimsical scene. 3 figures - one perching on an outstretched cliff outside of a cave. The next half-submerged in the water below a waterfall running through the center of the sculpture. and the last amongst the trees toward the back side of this diorama.

Jack Jameson, Arcadia; Queer by Nature, 2023-24

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