WAG-Qaumajuq’s collection of art produced since the 1980s includes paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and installation.
This includes a particularly strong collection of works by contemporary artists with a connection to Winnipeg and Manitoba, including Wanda Koop, General Idea, Cliff Eyland, Aganetha Dyck, Janet Werner, Micha Lexier, Karel Funk, Melanie Rocan, Alison Norlen, Jon Pylypchuk, and Marcel Dzama. WAG-Qaumajuq is home to the work of many other significant Canadian contemporary artists, including FASTWÜRMS, Ken Lum, and Stan Douglas, as well as international figures such as Denis Oppenheim, Joan Jonas, Jack Goldstein, Ingrid Calame, and Jonathan Lasker.
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Works in the Collection
Distance Breeds Enchantment
Steve Gouthro, from the series Through the Mill, 2004 DetailsFan & Flame (blue)
Harold Edgerton, 1989 DetailsNursery School, Pripyat, April, 1995
David McMillan, from the series Chernobyl, 1995 DetailsStove
Alex Colville, 1988 DetailsSaxifraga azoides (Yellow Mountain Saxifrage)
Linda Fairfield Stechesen, 1982 DetailsWhite Cupboard
Aganetha Dyck, 1982–1984 DetailsPaper Mill Worker
Harold Edgerton, 1983 DetailsGreen Eve
Ivan Eyre, 1992 DetailsPetasites sagittatus (Arrow-leaved Colt's-foot)
Linda Fairfield Stechesen, 1980 DetailsMounties & Indians
Ken Lum, 1989 DetailsThe Delegate at Brandon, Manitoba, "Canada Day", Railroad Yard
Jeffrey M. Thomas, from the series Indians on Tour, 2005 DetailsSpouted pouring vessel
Robert W. Archambeau, 2011 DetailsShipbreaking #41, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Edward Burtynsky, from the series Shipbreaking, 2001 DetailsMickey Rooney & Judy Garland
Harold Edgerton, 1984 DetailsTrogopogon dubius (Yellow Goatsbeard)
Linda Fairfield Stechesen, 1980 Details Tips for visiting
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