Dundee and Stirling celebrate 40 years with art exchange

The 40th anniversaries of the Universities of Stirling and Dundee are being celebrated in 2007 with a joint exhibition of their art collections.

Stirling opened as a brand new university in 1967, the same year that Queen's College Dundee (founded as University College Dundee in 1881) achieved independent status as the University of Dundee.

Jane Cameron, curator of the Stirling collection, said, "When we realised that the anniversaries would coincide, it seemed appropriate to exchange some of our valuable art works for temporary exhibition, open to the public in both cities."

The Tower Foyer Gallery is the venue for Stirling's work to be shown in Dundee, while the Dundee works will be on display in the Pathfoot Building at Stirling from 9th March - 23rd April.

Among the artists on display in Dundee will be Scottish luminaries such as JD Fergusson, Jack Knox and David McClure as well as well-known English names such as Bridget Riley and Patrick Heron. Dundee's contribution to the exhibition in Stirling is no less prestigious, including works by McIntosh Patrick, Robert Colquhoun and John Byrne, and successful Duncan of Jordanstone graduates like Ian Scott and Lisa Murphy.

Matthew Jarron, curator at Dundee, said, "It's great to find connections with each other's collections - for example one of the most striking paintings we have on show from Stirling is Polyphony by Diane Tulloch, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone."