education resource and teacher's notes - Townsville City Council

Born in Brisbane in 1964 and living in Grafton, New South Wales, Moore has been holding solo exhibitions
since 1988. His work, which is primarily painting but also sculptural, is held in high regard, with numerous
pieces in important collections such as those of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Moore has completed numerous significant commissions throughout his career, but he is perhaps best
known for contributing many of the works used by Mambo Graphics in their surfwear ranges and other
graphics since 1989.
In 2001 the artist’s work was seen in a series of giant flags flown in the forecourt of the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney in a project shared between Mambo and the Country Women’s Association of
Victoria.
Also in 2001, Moore constructed the work GTS; a massive, six metre long inflatable plastic representation of
a Monaro. The work was completed during a residency at the RAAF Base Amberley and was commissioned
by Global Arts Link (Ipswich Art Gallery) as part of the RAAF’s eighty year anniversary celebrations. The
final work was included in the exhibition Octane: Celebrating 80 Years of the Royal Australian Air Force,
Ipswich Art Gallery.
Image: Robert Moore GTS 1999, Moulded inflatable plastic with etching ink detail, 300 x 250 x 600 cm.
Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Commissioned with the
assistance of a State Government Project Grant from Arts
Queensland, 1998-1999. Acquired with funds
donated by Ross Llewellyn Holden through the
Ipswich Arts Foundation, 1999
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