George Gittoes 'Consumption' erotic is among the great feelers

is among the great feelers of Australian art

The combination of draughtsmanship and permanence gives the work both intimacy and authority

He set out to immerse himself in Parisian culture

this early painting will excite

a constellation of blurry figures under the beating sun

George Gittoes 'Consumption' erotic is among the great feelersGeorge 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