Rotary Club of Carlton

The Second Biennial Carlton Rotary Art Exhibition will be formally opened on the evening of Friday 23rd October (6 to 8pm) by Professor Graham Burrows, President of the Royal Society of Victoria.

The Reverend Ian Brown, a major Art Collector and Donor to the National Gallery of Victoria will also give a short presentation on art, and the art of collecting (see below).

Visitors to the Art Exhibition can purchase a ticket in our raffle to win a beautiful Gouache (framed 94 x 112cm) painting by leading Australian Artist Victor Majzner, former Head of Painting at the Victorian College of the Arts. Tickets are $10 each, and proceeds are for the benefit of Carlton Community Projects.

To obtain raffle tickets, please contact Phil Kreveld via e-mail at p.kreveld@bigpond.com, with full mailing address.

Ian Brown

Over the last forty years the Reverend Ian Brown has collected a fascinating range of twentieth-century art, which the NGV has either already received as gifts, or will receive through donation and bequest. In recognition of this, and to explore the development of a personal collection, the ‘Making a mark’ display (August 2008 to February 2009) surveys highlights of this gift. The exhibition comprised watercolours, drawings and prints that range from his first acquisition, a George Baldessin drawing, to European and American prints by artists including Pablo Picasso and Jasper Johns. It also included a number of works by important New Zealand artists, a highlight being the work of Colin McCahon. Collectors play a vital role in the development of galleries and museums, each collection reflecting the interests, passions, career, travel, religious or political beliefs of the individual. Ian Brown’s choices and motivations are explored, together with the benefits for individuals and institutions of collecting art.