George Gittoes 'Disintegration' nature

George Gittoes 'Disintegration' natureGeorge Gittoes, an Australian artist, filmmaker and political activist, has led an extraordinary life. In 1970, he helped establish the Yellow House Artist Collective, a bohemian institution in Sydney inspired by Vincent van Goghs artist commune and the British Arts Lab movement of the late 1960s. After departing the commune, Gittoes settled in Bundeena using it as a base for his travels to regions including Rwanda, Afghanistan and Cambodia, where he

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at once poignant and fantastical

portraits and expansive prints

he disarms the ferryman

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'Near Callanna Station

Both an elegant nude and a document of creative union

The artist avoids realism

Another impression of this work is represented at the Art Gallery NSW

as architecture and nature harmonize against charred surroundings

the acclaimed Jeffrey Smart once described Seidel’s work as “evocations of moments of rapture”

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