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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Citations

  • Phipps, Jennifer (November 1975), 'Project 9: Documents, Film, Video’.

  • Nicholls, Christine (2000), 'From appreciation to appropriation – indigenous influences and images in Australian visual art’, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA.

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Related events
  • Biennale of Sydney: All our relations (exhibited at)
  • 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)
  • Biennale of Sydney: All our relations (exhibited at)
  • Project 9: Documents, Film, Video (exhibited at)
  • Tim Johnson: painting ideas (exhibited at)