Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art

Established in 1962, this collection is unusual in that it was conceived by students, selected by student committees, and purchased entirely with University funds. Every four years since the first New York buying trip in 1963, a small group of students, under the direction of an Art Department faculty member, have researched contemporary artists and the contemporary art market and purchased new artworks for the Wake Forest Art Collection. Included are paintings, prints, drawings, photography, and sculpture by such notable artists as Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, Alex Katz, Robert Colescott, Glenn Ligon, Kiki Smith, and Shirin Neshat. The Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art is now the University’s premier collection, numbering nearly 200 artworks by over one hundred different artists. This program is the first of its kind at a university. 

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Selections from the Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art

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Marjan (Masses) from The Book of Kings series
2012
Shirin Neshat

Hat on Shoulder
2002
Carroll Dunham

Maligned Monster #2 (Double Standing Figures)
2002
Shahzia Sikander

Memento (Hearing is Believing)
2008
Christopher Marclay

Grazing-Incidence-Spectrometer Max Planck IPP. Garching, Germany
2010
Thomas Struth

Provided by Marian Goodman Gallery and © Thomas Struth, 2021
© Christian Marclay
Courtesy Shahzia Sikander and Sikkema Jenkins and Co.
Reproduced with permission of Carroll Dunham.
Copyright retained by Shirin Neshat or artist’s representative.