Art Collection- British Council



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	British Council Art Collection - Zagreb

For more than 60 years, the British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design to promote abroad the achievements of our artists, craft practitioners and designers. Our collection is now online, so have a look through and learn more about what we collect and why.

The following paintings, sculptures and works of art can be found in our Zagreb office.

BETTINA VON ZWEHL

By replacing the intimacy and insight which one conventionally expects from portraiture with something far more objective and rational, von Zwehl's project recalls the 19th century's faith in the potential of both science and photography to unravel the mysteries of life.

KEITH ARNATT

Arnatt first used photography purely for the purpose of recording otherwise ephemeral manifestations, but after a time began to think the photograph as something separate and to devise situations in order to get a photographic result.

Thomson & Craighead

Decorative Newsfeeds presents up to the minute headline news from around the world as a series of pleasant animations, allowing viewers to keep informed while contemplating a kind of readymade sculpture or automatic drawing.

NIGEL COOKE

In Nigel Cooke's painting 'Smile for the Monkey Man', minuscule disembodied human and animal heads are littered amongst the urban detritus and graffiti that forms a narrow band of focus along the bottom edge of the painting.