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Tom Arthur b. 1946

Also known as W, Thomas Arthur

Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Sculptor),
Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
Maker (Jewellery Designer),
Artist (Installation Artist)

Tom Arthur developed an artistic reputation from a series of intricately, and often theatrically composed installations of the 1970s and early 1980s which pinpoint a period of neo-Dadaists tendencies in Australian sculptural practice.

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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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.

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https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm

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Tom Arthur b. 1946

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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