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So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star

So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star
 1990

Medium
enamel paint and synthetic polymer paint on plywood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Shell Australia Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2002
© Courtesy of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
enamel paint and synthetic polymer paint on plywood
Measurements
213.9 × 225.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2002.253
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Shell Australia Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2002
© Courtesy of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Musical Performing Arts
Subjects (specific)
brooms (maintenance tools) costume (mode of fashion) hats men (male humans) singing (perfoming arts genre) sneakers sunglasses tennis racquet

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Essay
‘The Camera is a Dumb Recording Device’, Robert Rooney and the serial photographs in retrospect
Exhibition
just sing what you feel
Exhibition
The Spirit of Football

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