What John Brack SaW... - National Gallery of Victoria
What John Brack SaW... - National Gallery of Victoria
What John Brack SaW... - National Gallery of Victoria
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Self-portrait 1955<br />
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The artist <strong>John</strong> <strong>Brack</strong> was born in 1920<br />
and lived in Melbourne. He saw ordinary people<br />
around him and made pictures <strong>of</strong> what they<br />
looked like and the way they behaved.<br />
Every picture tells a story and, together, they<br />
tell us a bigger story about life in Australia,<br />
beginning in the 1950s, over fifty years ago.<br />
Often he would draw and sometimes he would<br />
make prints but mostly he painted.<br />
<strong>John</strong> <strong>Brack</strong> studied his face in the mirror<br />
and painted his reflection.<br />
Is the artist shaving with his left hand or<br />
his right hand?<br />
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