Abraham Cruzvillegas, La Academia, 2004, Image courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City / New York. Photo by César Flores, 2004.
A group of 27 contemporary works of art from the Kirkland Collection including videos, paintings, sculpture, DVDs and installations has been accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme. Fourteen works – many by artists from Latin America - have been allocated to Tate, and thirteen works by British artists have been allocated to Sheffield Museums.
This is third gift made by Jack Kirkland under the Cultural Gifts Scheme. The first was accepted in March 2018 and consisted of five works by Mark Wallinger allocated to Tate, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery and National Galleries Scotland. The second, a group of 26 works of photographic and video art, was accepted in December 2019 and allocated to Tate.
Following the acceptance and allocation of this gift, the donor Jack Kirkland said: “It gives me great pleasure to make a further gift of works to Tate, and also one to Sheffield Museums. I am proud that so many important contemporary Latin American works will now enter the national collection and I am equally proud that so many British works will augment Sheffield’s collection. Both institutions are very dear to me and my family and I would like to thank them as well as Arts Council England for their help in making this happen.”
Gregor Muir, Director of Collection (International Art), Tate, said: “I’m delighted to see these works coming to Tate, cementing the strong representation of Latin American artists in our collection, as well as improving our holdings of work by hugely influential figures like Joan Jonas. Jack Kirkland has been extraordinarily generous both to Tate and to other public collections across the UK, ensuring that the best contemporary art is accessible to all for generations to come.”
Kirstie Hamilton, Director of Programmes, Sheffield Museums, said: “We’re thrilled that these remarkable works have joined the city’s visual art collection and we are looking forward to sharing them with visitors. We are very grateful to Jack Kirkland, who has continued to understand, champion and support regional public collections and particularly in Sheffield at the Graves Gallery. The Gallery is currently undertaking a five-year programme of changing displays generously funded by the Ampersand Foundation, enabling us to share more of the collection and introduce new perspectives.”
Arts Minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay said: "I am delighted that this wonderful collection has been given to Sheffield Museums Trust and Tate through the Government’s Cultural Gifts Scheme. Thanks to the generosity of Jack Kirkland, these significant works will form a valuable addition to our brilliant public collections across the country."
Edward Harley OBE, Chairman, Acceptance in Lieu Panel said: “This group of 27 works of contemporary art from the Kirkland collection charts artistic traditions and techniques from across the Americas and Europe. I am delighted that thirteen of the works have been allocated to Sheffield Museums and the others to Tate. It is pleasing to note that this is the third cultural gift that the donor, Jack Kirkland, has made through the Cultural Gifts Scheme.”
FOURTEEN WORKS ALLOCATED TO TATE:
- Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla
Sweat Glands, Sweat Lands 2006
Single channel video with sound, colour, 2’ 21’’ mins
#6 of 6 - Abraham Cruzvillegas
La académia 2004
Rubber ball, bamboo sticks, plasticine, shoelace
Overall: 67 x 60 x 80 cm - Abraham Cruzvillegas
Errores Universales 2005
Synthetic rubber, iron, and metal hardware
Object: 450 x 60.1 x 60.1 cm - Alexandre da Cunha
Piece of land 2007
Metal tins, concreter, tubes, wool, paint, broomsticks and fittings
Dimensions variable - José Damasceno
Cartograma 2007
Metal poles and compasses
Overall: 400 x 600 x 210 cm - José Damasceno
Ecran/Crayon 2007
80,000 crayons and wood
Overall: 400 x 264 x 12 cm - Fernanda Gomes
Untitled 1995
Matchboxes and various contents
Object: 24.3 x 1.7 x 6 cm - Joan Jonas
Two women 1973
Black & white video on DVD, silent, 20’
#3 of 5 +2 AP - Gabriel Kuri
Rolled Concrete Pie 1 2009
Concrete cast on umbrella
Object: 104 cm dia: 12 cm - José Carlos Martinat
Untitled 2010
Resin, fiberglass and wall plaster
Panel: 150 x 150 x 1.5 cm - José Carlos Martinat
Untitled 4 2010
Resin, fiberglass and wall
Panel: 180 x 185 x 1.5 cm - Jean-Luc Moulène
Monochromes - Echantillons, Black, Serie 2 "English Style", Paris Octobre 2012 2012
Gesso panel, ink
Panel: 146 x 114 x 5 cm - Lucia Nogueira
Untitled 1992
Wood, metal, silver metallic paint, tin drinks cans, soft drink
Overall: 57 x 67 x 19 cm - Gabriel Orozco
Untitled, from the "Flag" series 2003
Acrylic on cardboard
Panel: 110 x 46.5 cm, Frame: 129 x 65 cm
THIRTEEN WORKS ALLOCATED TO SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS:
- David Austen
The Yellow Tree 2010
Oil on flax canvas
Canvas: 168 x 152.5 cm - David Batchelor
Dead Cat Bounce 2008
Steel container, electrical flex, fairy lights
Object: 140 x 65 x 65 cm - Matt Calderwood
Gloss 2005
DVD
# 1 of 6 - Matt Calderwood
Matches 2006
DVD
# 1 of 6 - Matt Calderwood
Strips 2005
DVD
# 3 of 6 - Mark Wallinger
Ghost 2001
Scanachrome on translucent PVC, lightbox
Object: 295 x 249 x 18 cm, Weight: 130 kg
#2 of 2 + 1 AP - Mark Wallinger
Self (Times New Roman) 2010 - Mark Wallinger
Hymn 1997
Projected video installation, 4’ 54” (loop)
#8 of 10 +1 AP - Mark Wallinger
MARK 2010
Digital image Quicktime movie, Blu Ray, 113’ 14’’
#1 of 10 + 2 AP - Mark Wallinger
Prometheus 1999
Projected video installation
#9 of 10 + 1 AP - Mark Wallinger
Threshold to the Kingdom 2000
Projected video installation 10’ 11”
#10 of 10 + 1 AP - Mark Wallinger
Angel 1997
Projected video installation, 7’ 30’’
#7 of 10 + 1 AP - Mark Wallinger
The End 2006
35 mm film projection, 12’
#1 of 5 + 1 AP