Tim Johnson b. 1947

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer)
A painter by profession, Johnson initially studied architecture at Sydney University which is not surprising given his family's strong ties to architecture both in the public and private sectors. He taught for some years at NSW schools. Johnson was an early and major collector of Western Desert Aboriginal art.
Tags: Conceptual art, Aboriginal connections, Spiritual values
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creator of
The way things are
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Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
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Collaboration

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 5 parts, 182 × 61 cm each; 182 × 307 cm overall : with Nava Chapman, Yiwon Park and Karma Phuntsok

 
creator of
Rainbow Serpent, Water and Possum Dreaming
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with Astrid Mednis, Michael Nelson Jagamara

 
creator of
ESP
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Installed in the Experimental Art Foundation basement, 1976

 

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  • Project 9: Documents, Film, Video (exhibited at)
  • Tim Johnson: painting ideas (exhibited at)
  • Tim Johnson: across cultures: cultural repatriation (exhibited at)
  • Languish (exhibited at)
  • Three views of emptiness: Buddhism and the art of Tim Johnson, Lindy Lee and Peter Tyndall (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian and New Zealand Post-Object Show- A Survey (exhibited at)
  • Rotary Collection of Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Events/Structures (performed at)
  • Group exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Concepts (exhibited at)
  • Royal Easter Show: Art prize exhibitions 1970 (exhibited at)