Episode number 10 of Series “Survey (National Gallery of Victoria)”.
Tom Arthur’s art is for him a visual way of reasoning. By using the associated symbolic meanings and cultural connotations attached to specific objects and images he attempts to examine and question belief structures and systems of knowledge and how society forces these into its members. For Tom Arthur there are no absolutes, and everything seems relative
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013453
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)