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.
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  • Broken Hill Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
  • Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
  • 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/
  • University of WA Anthropology Museum, Perth, WA
  • Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, USA
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
  • Victorian Centre for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, NSW
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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  • Broken Hill Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW (collected in)
  • Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • University of WA Anthropology Museum, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, USA (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Victorian Centre for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, NSW (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Broken Hill Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW (collected in)
  • Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of WA Anthropology Museum, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, USA (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Victorian Centre for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, NSW (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)