George Gittoes 'The Telephone' street art Australian National University

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hair coiled and lips pursed - that will always transfix viewers no matter the era

Across a field of silken grass rear hills

Cullen created art that was often controversial and dealt with subjects that included crime

'Ragged Scrub I' 1986

George Gittoes 'The Telephone' street art Australian National UniversityGeorge 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