The Loti and Victor Smorgon Collection of Contemporary Australian Art

Gifted to the MCA in 1995 by private collectors Loti and Victor Smorgon, this collection of 154 works is a remarkable survey of work of the 1980s and 1990s by Australian artists spanning several generations. It represents paintings by artists who have emerged during one of the most lively and prolific periods in Australia's history, a time when artists had unprecedented representation in exhibitions and collections around the world. The collection focuses on three generations of artists working in Australia since the late 1960s. The first group comprises paintings from the 1980s by artists who exhibited in the landmark exhibition The Field in 1968. The second consists of a diverse group whose work was based in 1970s conceptual practice, and the third, a younger group of artists who emerged during the 1980s and 1990s.

Artists represented in the Smorgon Collection include: Davida Allen, Howard Arkley, Peter Booth, Stephen Bush, Tony Clark, Juan Davila, Richard Dunn, Robert Hunter, Robert Jacks, Maria Kozic, Michael Johnson, Tim Johnson, Kerri Poliness, Vivienne Shark LeWitt, John Firth Smith, Imants Tillers, Dick Watkins, Jenny Watson and John Young.

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