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Interview with Anne Summers discusses Keith Looby, artist (sound recording), interviewer: Humphrey McQueen

Title
Interview with Anne Summers discusses Keith Looby, artist (sound recording), interviewer: Humphrey McQueen
Repository
National Library of Australia
Reference
ORAL TRC 1200
Date Range
11 September 1982
Description

1 analog sound tape reel and 20 page transcript. Summers speaks about the first time she met the artist Keith Looby; her reaction to the suggestion that he paint her portrait; she describes Looby's technique to painting her portrait using photographs and sketches that he made of her; she describes what the portrait looked like in the early stages and how it changed each session; her opinion as to why Looby painted McGuinness in the background of the painting; discusses certain aspects of Looby's works e.g. Looby using dolls as symbols in his work and also his habit of using ambiguous titles for his paintings.

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