What Francis Bacon inspired in Australia's great avant-garde painter If it were easier than it currently is for Australian artists to gain international recognition, Gareth Sansom would stand with Sigmar Polke, Amy Sillman, Albert Oehlen, Laura Owens and Charline von Heyl as among the most important avant-garde painters of the 21st century. Sansom was the subject of a major retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2017, he had a show of paintings this year at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney, and he has a new show, titled Jekyll and Ply, opening at Melbourne's STATION gallery early next year.

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