Ron Tandberg b. 1943

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific contemporary Melbourne newspaper cartoonist and poster artist. He created the much-publicised poster supporting the condom campaign in the fight against AIDS, with the slogan "Tell him if it's not on, it's not on." Has won several awards for his work.
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exhibited at
The Age: Black and White 125th Anniversary Exhibition
Date
1979
Place
Age Gallery, 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • Serle, Geoffrey (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Australian Black-and-White Artists Club (associate of)
Related people
  • Leunig, Michael (associate of)
  • Nicholson, Peter (associate of)
  • Horner, Arthur Wakefield (associate of)
  • Petty, Bruce Leslie (associate of)
  • Tanner, Les (associate of)
  • Shakespeare, John (associate of)
Related works
  • cartoon of judge to Aboriginal, "You are a repeat offender! Your grandfather was black/ your father was black/ and you are black" [caps]) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Gold Walkley Award (received)
  • Walkley Award for best cartoon, 1976-1980, 1983, 1985-86, 1997 (received)
  • Stanley Award for best editorial/political cartoonist (received)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1a79ab538b73d9301a391')) (exhibited at)
  • The Age: Black and White 125th Anniversary Exhibition (exhibited at)