George Gittoes 'Hair' sculpture Reminiscent of days spent sprawled

Reminiscent of days spent sprawled on the beach

Dated 1967

'Study for Self Portrait as the Bushranger Ned Kelly' 2016

This was an artist who understood acutely the precarity of youth

Like stills in a film

George Gittoes 'Hair' sculpture Reminiscent of days spent sprawledGeorge 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