Martin Ritchie Sharp b. 1942

Also known as Martin Sharp
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Influential late 20th century Sydney painter, satirical cartoonist and art director. Sharp's 1964 cartoon "The Word Spread Round the Arms", published in "Oz" was seen to breach the Obscene and Indecent Publications Act and resulted in charges being laid against Sharp and his editors. Charges that were eventually dismissed on appeal.
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creator of
Art Sale for Land Rights
 
creator of
The Venetian Twins
 
creator of
Kaspar
 
creator of
Tiny Tim Eternal Troubadour Opera House 1982
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creator of
Just For Fun?
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creator of
The Word Spread Round the Arms
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creator of
The Gas Lash
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creator of
The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Cartoon for Oz. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 

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  • The Everlasting World of Martin Sharp (exhibited at)
  • Notes from the River Caves : Peter Kingston & Martin Sharp (exhibited at)
  • Larrikins in London : an Australian presence in 1960s London (exhibited at)
  • The Incredible Shrinking Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Art for Mart's Sake (exhibited at)
  • Sharp Art Show: A progressive retrospective by Martin Sharp : 1956-1986 (at least), etc... etc..., (exhibited at)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (exhibited at)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
  • The Yellow House (None)
  • The face of Australia: the land & the people: the past & the present (None)