Selected Photographs from the Daryl Hewson Collection

QUT Art Museum presents Selected Photographs from the Daryl Hewson Collection, a selection of forty works from one of Queensland’s most important private collections of contemporary art. A second selection of photography from his collection is also presented at the State Library of Queensland.

Daryl Hewson has always collected. Within many of us there is a burning desire to hoard, to cherish, to classify and to show to friends a reflection of one’s life journey. Daryl has done so with aplomb and within his striking collection of art, photography is the dominant medium. As a key supporter of the Queensland Centre for Photography, Daryl has amassed a large number of works by Queensland practitioners. However his collection is not limited to local artists. It is broad in its scope and includes national and international photographers.

Artists generally produce work within the context of a larger philosophical framework. Likewise, Daryl collects art within an appropriate mindset. In some cases he feels he must have the image as part of his everyday view, in others he appreciates the majesty of the artist’s work but it doesn’t have to be on daily display. When he buys art, the most immediate and strongest support any patron can do for an artist, Daryl collects within a larger picture. It’s a similar manner in which public collections are often developed.

Across the two exhibitions at QUT Art Museum and SLQ, Daryl’s selective eye is evident. In QUT’s exhibition, we see work that veers towards concepts of the future, of uncertain narratives and the notion of fiction within the gamut of contemporary photography.

Key artists in the selection at the QUT Art Museum include Ray Cook, Marian Drew, Rose Farrell & George Parkin, Bill Henson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tracey Moffatt, Patricia Piccinini, William Yang and Anne Zahalka.