Wolfson College Record 2021
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Clubs and Societies<br />
Rob Ward, Tre Fiori (Photo: Peter Stewart)<br />
Meanwhile, the permanent collection<br />
has been enhanced and diversified<br />
by the purchase of modern and<br />
contemporary works on paper by<br />
nine artists, including Chris Ofili,<br />
Zhang Enli, Faith Ringgold, Phyllida<br />
Barlow and Tariz Alvi. The outdoor<br />
collection was also augmented by a<br />
new commission made possible by<br />
the legacy of Dr Geoffrey Garton. Tre<br />
Fiori by the veteran sculptor Rob Ward<br />
was specially made for a corner of the<br />
Asian Garden and commemorates the<br />
late Kay Garton and Natalie Garton.<br />
Its floral forms in patinated bronze<br />
sway in the breeze and overflow with<br />
collected rainwater.<br />
<strong>Wolfson</strong> has also received two donations (eighteen pieces in all) of works by the<br />
modernist painter Morris ‘Charlie’ Chackas, thanks to the kindness of Gerard<br />
and Elisabeth Ledger, and Jane Moir.<br />
‘Charlie’ Chackas, Two Birds (Photo: Peter Stewart)<br />
The events programme made a virtue of necessity by presenting further live<br />
and recorded online talks, some of which would have been hard to arrange in<br />
normal circumstances. Carey Young hosted a discussion with the American poet,<br />
performer, and prison activist Bryonn Bain – The Art of Mass Decarceration –<br />
who also introduced the extraordinary Jermaine Archer and Alberto Lule. The<br />
President, Sir Tim Hitchens, spoke with Marc Quinn and also presented his own<br />
talk on modern African art, based on the <strong>Wolfson</strong> collection. Some of the events<br />
are still available on the <strong>College</strong>’s YouTube channel.<br />
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college record <strong>2021</strong>
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