Collection

The picture depicts a traditional Chinese landscape in navy blue.

Wu Chi-Tsung, Wrinkled Texture 027, 2015

Wrinkled Texture 027,Wu Chi-Tsung,2015.

A woman in a green soldier's uniform lies with her breasts exposed in a pile of red medallions.

Tian Taiquan, Totem Recollection 3, 2007

Totem Recollection 3,Tian Taiquan, 2007.

There are three black rectangles side by side on the screen.

Ma Qiusha, Triptych from The Fog Series, 2014

Triptych from The Fog Series,Ma Qiusha,2014.

This is a photograph of a man with his eyes closed and a cigarette in his mouth.

Wang Ningde, Some Days No.03, 2002

Some Days No.03,Wang Ningde,2002.

A film still, showing a woman looking out of a car window. From the lighting we can assume it is nightime

Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler, The Scar, 2018

Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler, The Scar, 2018

The picture shows a man jumping in nature.

susan pui san lok, RoCH Fans and Legends, 2015

RoCH Fans and Legends,susan pui san lok,2015.

There are two hands in the picture, the one on the left makes a fist but shows the pinky finger, and the one on the right makes a fist and shows the thumb.

Kong Chun Hei, Hand Practice, 2017

Hand Practice,Kong Chun Hei,2017.

An abstract sculpture on a light grey background. It includes a large pastel yellow circle base, painted with navy blue squares. The sculpture is an assemblage of clear coloured perspex sheets and small pieces of MDF, in circle and square shapes. The colours are mainly orange, blue and yellow.

Matthew Houlding, New Olympia Building 5, 2012

Matthew Houlding, New Olympia Building 5, 2012

Brass Art, Shadow Worlds | Writers Rooms’ – Freud’s House, 2016

Brass Art, Shadow Worlds | Writers Rooms’ – Freud’s House, 2016

a bright blue square with a white 'washing line' drawn across the top. A rainbow, folded in half, is pegged on to the line.

Patrick Hughes, Wet Rainbow, 1979

Patrick Hughes, Wet Rainbow, 1979

A square paper with rough edges. In the centre a drawing of a heart shape in thick black lines, surrounded with cross hatched lines. In the background, blue and green colours are spray painted.

Jim Dine, A Sunny Woodcut, 1982

Jim Dine, A Sunny Woodcut, 1982

A woodcut panel shows a depiction of the artist. The artist has carved the outline of the form into the wood, and used black and white pigments to build in shadow and highlight, particularly on the hands. The right hand touching the figure's cheek, and the left hand clasped round the right wrist.

Albert Adams, Self Portrait, 1958

Self Portrait, Albert Adams, 1958

A colour photograph shows a black person. They have curly hair styled in a bob and are wearing a necklace and earings made from coloured pencil segments, and a dress with a green and yellow floral pattern. They have their nose piereced and visible armpit hair. Their right eye is half obscured by shadow.

Jesse Glazzard, LGBT+ Letters, 2018-19

Jesse Glazzard, LGBT+ Letters, 2018-2019

A print depicting a monkey, atop the shoulders of a figure. Both have their arms crossed in front of them. The monkies hands are tinted pink, the other figure wears a yellow tie with green stripes.

Albert Adams, The Circus (Portfolio of Artists’ Proofs), 2006

The Circus (Portfolio), Albert Adams, 2006

A white page with small lettering in the centre in black and red ink, reads anagrams of the phrase 'the war on terror'

Thomson & Craighead, The War on Terror, 2016

Thomson & Craighead, The War on Terror, 2016

A print depicting a monkey, atop the shoulders of a figure. Both have their arms crossed in front of them. The monkies hands are tinted pink, the other figure wears a yellow tie with green stripes.

Albert Adams, The Circus (Portfolio), 2006

The Circus (Portfolio), Albert Adams, 2006

An intentionally glitched abstract image with multicolour vertical stripes

Thomson & Craighead, Corruption I & II, 2014

Thomson & Craighead, Corruption I & II, 2014

A landscape format black rectangle, with a very small image of planet earth in the centre.

Mishka Henner, Selfie, 2017

Mishka Henner, Selfie, 2017

An expressive drawing depicts a semi-abstracted figure. contrast between blocks of black, and places left blank, define the figure's form. The figure's head is bent in towards a block od darkness, their features obscured, only the ear visible. Their head, torso, and right elbow are represented through gently blurred diagonal lines, suggestive of movement.

Albert Adams, Figure Study, 1977

Figure Study, Albert Adams, 1977

Albert Adams, Animal Study, 1977

Animal Study, Albert Adams, 1977

A CRT TV sites on the edge of a black and pink cabinet. Behind, a thin light net curtain allows a soft glow of light into the room. The TV screen is paused, the bottom half is black, in the upper half a pair of eyes and hat are just visible.

SHARP, Dancing with Elvis, 1999-2021

SHARP, Dancing with Elvis, 2021

A charcoal sketch shows two figures sat together, their legs appear to be touching, while the space between them forms a V shape. The figure on the left is darker, shaded with soft blurred marks. The figure on the left is depicted through shorter, sharper lines.

Albert Adams, Study for Two figures at Rondebosch Fountain, 2001

Study for Two figures at Rondebosch Fountain, Albert Adams, 2001

Albert Adams, Skeleton Electrocuting an Ape, Date Not Known

Skeleton Electrocuting an Ape, Albert Adams, date not known

A hand drawn crow sits on barbed wire, against a light pink and blue sky

Parham Ghalamdar, Birds or Borders, 2020

Birds or Borders, Parham Ghalamdar, 2020

Albert Adams, Skeleton Electrocuting an Ape, Date Not Known

Skeleton Electrocuting an Ape, Albert Adams, date not known

A print depicting the artist. The torso is turned away at 90 degrees from the viewer, but hte figure, shown from shoulder up, makes looks out towards the viewer. The forms of the face are represented with thin lines, like contour lines, suggesting the high points of the face such as the cheek bones. The eyes are left pale, without irises.

Albert Adams, Self Portrait, 1956

Self Portrait, Albert Adams, 1956

An expresive print depicts a reclining female nude, using painterly fluid lines. The figure lays with her arms above her head, on a pale background. surrounding the nude are soft, organic, darker shapes suggesting an outdoor setting with clouds and long grass.

Albert Adams, Female Nude, 1960

Female Nude, Albert Adams, 1960

An expressive print depicts the artist. Shown from the shoulders up, the figure faces the viewer. The features are defined using bold, painterly lines. The eyebrows appear to be raised, giving the face a forlorn, weary expression.

Albert Adams, Self Portrait, 1960

Self Portrait, Albert Adams, 1960

There are three orange paper-cut works on the picture, each with the Chinese characters Fu Lu Shou.

Chen Hangfeng, Fu Lu Shou, 2013

Fu Lu Shou,Chen Hangfeng, 2013.

An etching depicting the artist. From the shoulders up, the artist is depicted through small, soft lines, looking towards the viewer, with his face turned slightly away. The details of the features are soft, and the right side of their face shaded.

Albert Adams, Self Portrait, 1956

Self Portrait, Albert Adams, 1956