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About the Contemporary Art Loan Collection

In 1993 the Isle of Man Arts Council initiated an innovative project for taking contemporary art into the community. The resulting collection of contemporary art now consists of over 300 prints, paintings and photographs by a diverse range of artists.

These prints are divided up into small groups and lent out to schools, libraries, the prison and other public buildings and every one of the Island’s schools has some of the collection always on display. The prints act as a catalyst for discussion and discovery, enabling the development of a more informed awareness and understanding of contemporary visual language.

Some of the more recent acquisitions to the collection include work from West Africa, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Isle of Man.

To see a larger version of each picture with its loan collection identification number, title and name of the artist, click on the thumbnails below.

10.1 The Negotiators, Peter Howson	10.2 Satellite City, John Keane	10.3 Rosy Bar, Jack Miller
10.4 Drogurie, Jack Miller	11.1 Namibia Comms Centre, John Muafangejo	11.2 The Rookery II, Eileen Schaer
11.3 The Lemon Tree, Eileen Cooper	1.1 Monotype, Jane Callister	12.1 Derelict Coast Guard, Norman Sayle
12.2 Chapel, Norman Sayle	12.3 House in Laxey, Norman Sayle	1.2 The Sculptor's Nightmare, Adrian Wiszneiwski
13.1 The Crew, Boris Zabirokhin	13.2 Lullaby, Boris Zabirokhin	13.3 Spring, Boris Zabirokhin
1.3 Woman, Man, Dog, Tree, Ken Kitt	14.1 Berthon, Albert Irvin	14.2 Greenwich II, Albert Irvin
14.3 Dancers, David Fletcher	14.4 Duo, David Fletcher	15.1 Liknon Poseidon, Joe Tilson
15.2 Liknon II, Joe Tilson	16.1 Kleines Waldstuck, Siegfried Huttengrund	16.2 Scarecrow III, Nicolai Sazhin
16.3 Seaman with fish, Stoyan Tsanev	16.4 In the Garden, Stoyan Tsanev	17.1 Good Morning, Patrick Hughes
17.2 Tattooed Lady, Peter Blake	17.3 A Hughes in Every Room, Patrick Hughes	18.1 Walnuts, Pavel Makov
18.2 Eophrynus Prewichi II, Sergei Tcukonov	18.3 Conception VI, Konstantin Chmutin	18.4 Hunter, Sergei Tiukanov
18.5 The Great Expedition, Nicolai Batakov	19.1 Enclosure, Paul Ford	19.2 Study for Red Cell, Kevin O'Hare
19.3 Chasm, Paul Ford	20.1 Upside Down, Kate Shakespeare	20.2 Landscape, Mathew Quirk
20.3 Double Print, Mathew Quirk	20.4 Untitled, Juan Kennaugh	20.5 Still Life, Juan Kennaugh
21.1 Lift to the Scaffold, 1993 Cian Quayle	21.2 Crux Guriat II, 1993 Cian Quayle	21.3 Untitled
2.1 Schismatics, Tom Phillips	22.1 Arbroath, John Piper	22.2 Sarum, Patrick Prockter
22.3 Crathis Castle, Norman Stevens	22.4 Crimson Landscape, Alan Salisbury	22.5 Screen 1998, Andy Goldsworthy
2.2 Genjon, Tom Phillips	23.1 C for Clowning, Peter Blake	23.2 P for Pachyderm, Peter Blake
2.3 Flying Man, Tom Phillips	24.1 Dressed Lobster, Patrick Caulfield	24.2 Plant Pot, Patrick Caulfield
24.3 Motel II, Richard Hamilton	2.4 Folly for Wisdom, Tom Phillips	25.1 The Party, Bernard Cohen
25.2 Crazy Paving, Stephen Buckley	25.3 Untitled, W. Barns Graham	26.1 Untitled, Tasmin Foster
26.2 Untitled, Tasmin Foster	26.3 Untitled, Tasmin Foster	26.4 Untitled, Nicola Cowin
26.5 Untitled, Nicola Cowin	27.1 3 Cats, Elizabeth Blackadder	27.2 Horse, Elizabeth Frink
27.3 Hen House, Eileen Schaer	27.4 Owl, Graham Sutherland	28.1 First Man, John Hoyland
28.2 Sky Warrior, John Hoyland	28.3 Head of JYM, Frank Auerbach	28.4 Abstract, Basil Beattie
3.1 Driver I, Michael Sandle	3.2 Driver II, Michael Sandle	3.3 Driver III, Michael Sandle
3.4 Driver IV, Michael Sandle	3.5 Driver V, Michael Sandle	3.6 Driver VI, Michael Sandle
3.7 U Boat in tank with discs, Michael Sandle	3.8 Artillery Bunker, Michael Sandle	4.1 Manx Fishing Boat, David Goddard
4.2 Mountain Hare, David Goddard	4.4 Queen Wasp, David Goddard	4.5, Small Copper Butterfly, David Goddard
5.1 Mona Villa (Laxey) Eileen Schaer	5.2 The Specimen, Peter Ford	5.3 Half Sea over-Dream, Mike Robson
6.1 Little Miss Muffet, Paula Rego	6.2 Mary, Mary, Paula Rego	6.3 Goosey, Goosey... Paula Rego
7.1 Will Men Desert Dogs... Eduardo Paolozzi	7.2 Rain, Boyd & Evans	7.3 Small Zoo, Michael Rothenstein
8.1 Plastic Rose, Prunella Clough	8.2 Blue Line, Robyn Denny	8.3 Untitled, Victor Pasmore
8.4 Rothko Memorial Print, Paul Huxley	9.1 Helping Hands, Tim Mara	9.2 Three Sausages, Patrick Caulfield
9.3 Untitled, Damien Hirst	9.4 Distant Relations, Michael Craig Martin	29.1 How would it be if it just... Birna Mattiasdattir
29.2 We had this conversation... Birma Mattiasdattir	29.3 It's there forever, Birna Mattiasdattir	30.1 Pig, Richard Jeffers
30.2 Flying Fish Sailor, Richard Jeffers	30.3 Shakespeare, Richard Jeffers	30.4 Stage Marriage, Darren Garrett
30.5 The Card Game, Darren Garrett	30.6 The Show Goes On, Darren Garrett	31.1 The Trace, Bernard Cohen
31.2 Imitations, Bernard Cohen	31.3 Things Seen, Bernard Cohen	32.1 Indian View G, Howard Hodgkin
32.2 Indian View, Howard Hodgkin	32.3 Indian View A, Howard Hodgkin	33.1 Gothic Blue, Gordon House
33.2 Crystal Red, Gordon House	33.3 Manx Red, Gordon House	34.1 Butterfly Suite I, Richard Smith
34.2 Butterfly Suite II, Richard Smith	34.3 Butterfly Suite III, Richard Smith	35.1 Morning Camp, Sydney Nolan
35.2 Ned Kelly I, Sydney Nolan	35.3 Untitled, Craigie Aitchinson	35.4 Wayney going... Craigie Aitchinson
35.5 Red Dog, Craigie Aitchinson	42.1 Search, Boyd & Evans	42.2 In Hand, Boyd & Evans
42.3 Dusk, Josef Herman	43.1 Loughtan Sheep, Jasper Inskip	43.2 Loughtan Sheep, Jasper Inskip
43.3 Loughtan Sheep, Jasper Inskip	44.1 The North Field, Barbara Rae	44.2 Autumn Fields, William Crozier
44.3 Diver IV, Freya Payne	45.1 Round Lake II, Hughie O'Donoghue	45.2 2 Circles on Purple, W Barns Graham
45.3 Untitled 3, Victor Pasmore	46.1 Mary & Martha, Henry Moore	46.2 Medlar, Alison Watt
46.3 Revolt on the Clyde, R B Kitaj	46.4 Head Two, Kevin Sinnott	47.1 Bon Bon Alley, Peter Hawson
47.2, Croatian Village, Peter Hawson	47.3, Muslim Village, Peter Hawson	48.1 Duck, Nicola Hicks
48.2 Old McDonald, Nicola Hicks	48.5 AO & IC, Chris Orr	49.1 Room for Manoeuvre, Bruce McLean
49.2 Au Cirque, Eduardo Paolozzi	49.3, Dancers, Tim Mara	49.4 Dusk, Josef Herman
50.1 Death in the Underworld, Mary Cousins	50.2 Dark Things, Mary Cousins	51.1 Betwixt and Between, John Hoyland
51.2 Bouquet, John Hoyland	51.3 Earth Earth II, Joe Tilson	51.4 Picnic Set, Patrick Caulfield
51.5 In the Distance, Bernard Cohen	52.1 Magic Picture, Alan Davie	52.2 Foxwatch XXI, Alan Davie
52.3 Zurich Improvisations - Red, Alan Davie	52.4 Zurich Improvisations - Yellow, Alan Davie	53.1 The King's Fish, Will McLean
53.2 The Author of this is, Will McLean	53.3 Adam's Clan ,Will McLean	54.1 Notte a oslo, Mimmo Paladino
54.2 Stromboli, Mimmo Paladino	54.3 Sera Sulla Collina, Mimmo Paladino	55.1 Undoings, Therese Oulton
55.2 Undoings, Therese Oulton	55.3 Body and Soul no. 5, Anthony Gormley	55.4 Brunnhilde, Christopher Le Brun
56.1 Kyoto House, Lisa Milroy	56.2 Kyoto House, Lisa Milroy	56.3 Ten One Day Walks... Hamish Fulton
57.1 Garden Suite 'Path', Iva Abrahams	57.2 Coursier & Carpitude, Richard Lacroix	57.3 Coursier & Carpitude, Richard Lacroix
57.4 Landscape with Grey Sky, Norman Ackroyd	57.5 River Avon & Rio Grande, Richard Long	58.1 Work Surface, Chris Plowman
58.2 Split Red, Chris Plowman	58.3 Sea Change, Patrick Hughes	59.1 Green Lanes, John Loker
59.2 Untitled, Noel Forster thm	59.3 Venetian Red, W Barns Graham	59.4 Sherman Barn, Mick Moon
60.1 Head, John Kirby	60.2 In the Head, Andrew Stahl	60.3 Opening Move, Amanda Faulkner
60.4 Head, John Davies	61.1 Frog, Bryan Kneale	62.1 Landscape, Xo Zong Min
62.2 Untitled, Wang Bin	62.3 In the Park, Prunella Clough	62.4 Monda Vine, Barbara Rae
63.10 Interior, Greeba, Chris Killip	63.11 Fleshwick, Chris Killip	63.13 Seascape I, Chris Killip
63.14 Seascape II, Chris Killip	63.15 Landscape I, Chris Killip	63.16 Landscape II, Chris Killip
63.17 Cross, Chris Killip	63.18 Graveyard, Chris Killip	63.1 Mr & Mrs Mylroi, Chris Killip thm
63.2 Miss Crellin, Chris Killlip	63.3 Andrew Moore, Chris Killip	63.4 Mr Radcliffe, Chris Killip
63.5 Susan Hyslop, Chris Killip	63.6 Mr Cubbon, Chris Killip	63.7 Miss Redpath, Chris Killip
63.8 George & Jeffrey Quirk, Chris Killip	63.9 Mr T Kinnish's Mill, Chris Killip	64.1 Hybrids, Mick Moon
64.2 Melting Pot, Mick Moon	64.3 Memory II No. I, John Walker	65.1 Light of the World, Robin Denny
65.2 Light of the World, Robin Denny	65.3 Heavenly Suite D, Robin Denny	66.1 Reflections I, Terry Share
66.2 Reflections II, Terry Share	66.3 Reflections V, Terry Share	67.1 Orange Perspex, Harvey Daniels
67.2 Coral & Yellow, Harvey Daniels	67.3 Jigsaw, Harvey Daniels	68.1 Untitled No. 2, Derek Boshier
68.3 Untitled No. 5, Derek Boshier	68.4 A Pool of Clear Stone, Michael Kenny	69.1 Trellis I, William Tillyer
69.2 Trellis II, William Tillyer	70.1 Will Shakespeare, Ralph Steadman	70.2 Samuel Becket, Ralph Steadman
70.3 Joseph Conrad, Ralph Steadman	71.1 Promenade, Cian Quayle	72.1 Death Mask, Tim Mara
72.2 Utensil, Tim Mara	72.3 Glove, Tim Mara	73.1 Black & White, F Kiegen
73.2 Untitled XY, D Bullen	73.3 Lost at Sea, J Simmons	74.1 With Holes, Jo Stockham
74.2 Oxford Street, Kati Kabiema	74.3 Fish, R Rominez	74.4 Rex, Eric Brent
75.1 Namarnkoi, Simon Badari	75.2 Filesnake, Longtom, Catfish, Jeremiah Garlingarr	75.3 Untitled, Reggie Pengarte
76.1 Logo Works (Red) Langlands & Bell	76.2 Logo Works (Yellow) Langlands & Bell	76.3 Logo Works (Blue) Langlands & Bell
77.1 Imagine you are driving, Julian Opie	77.2 Imagine you are walking, Julian Opie	77.3 Car, Julian Opie
77.4 Untitled, Gary Hume	78.1 Orzola, Heidi Konig	78.2 Ai ais, Heidi Konig
79.1 Follies of a Guardian Angel, Ana Maria Pacheco	79.2 Follies of a Guardian Angel, Ana Maria Pacheco	79.3 Follies of a Guardian Angel, Ana Maria Pacheco
80.1 Sweet Wrapper, Richard Wentworth	80.2 Eggs Triangle, Japanese artist	80.3 Untitled, Helen Chadwick
81.1 Protection Against Jealousy, Z O Oluventoba	81.3 '97 Air Niugini Bikpela, John Siune	82.1 Gray Instrumentation, Josef Albers
82.2 La Piscine, Fernand Leger	82.3 Le Coq, Pablo Picasso	82.4 Paysage Lunaire, S W Hayter
36.1 Blue with Deep Violet, Patrick Heron	36.2 January, Patrick Heron	36.3 Black Lizard, Terry Frost
36.4 June Mini, Patrick Heron	36.5 It's a good space, Terry Frost	37.1 The Buggane of Glen Maye, Eileen Burgess
37.2 The Buggane of Glen Maye, Eileen Burgess	37.3 The Buggane of Glen Maye, Eileen Burgess	38.1 The Boy hidden in a Fish, David Hockney
38.2 A black cat leaping, David Hockney	38.3 Rapunzel, Rapunzel... David Hockney	38.4 Inside the Castle, David Hockney
38.5 The Sexton Disguised... David Hockney	39.1 The Old Man And The Sea, John Bellany	39.2 The Old Man And The Sea, John Bellany
39.3 The Old Man And The Sea, John Bellany	40.1 OB (Orange - Black), Alistair Grant	40.2 OG (Orange - Green), Alistair Grant
40.3 GB (Grey - Black), Alistair Grant	41.1 Field Day, Barry Flanagan	41.2 The Catching of... Stephen Chambers
41.3 Bull (Sussex), Paul Emsley	41.4 One Man and his Dog, Ray Richardson	Tom McRae

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