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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri b. c.1932

Also known as Clifford Possum
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Carver)
Leading Papunya Tula artist. One of last men to join Geoffrey Bardon's group of 'painting men' at the beginning of the 1970s and the first to be recognised as an artist in his own right. His illustrious career has been the subject of several books and a major retrospective organised by the Art Gallery of South Australia, which toured nationally in 2003/5.
  • Biographical Data b. c.1932 Napperby station, Napperby, NT, Napperby Station, NT
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 23 people
  • Groups 1 group
  • Works 7 works
  • Exhibitions 11 exhibitions
  • Collections 11 collections
  • Recognitions 6 recognitions
  • References 3 references
  • Broken Hill Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
  • Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
    Website
    http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Description

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
    It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

    Website
    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
  • University of WA Anthropology Museum (Berndt Museum of Anthropology), Perth, WA
  • Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, USA
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
  • Victorian Centre for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, VIC
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
    Website
    http://www.flinders.edu.au/artmuseum/
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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    Website
    http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm
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