Question: What type of details about gareth sansom can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: gareth sansom -lrb- born 1939 in melbourne , australia -rrb- is an australian artist , painter , printmaker and collagist and winner of the 2008 john mccaughey memorial prize of $ 100,000 . best known for introducing new themes and subject-matter into australian art and being one of the first australian artists to be influenced by pop art , particularly british pop artists like peter blake , allen jones , derek boshier , joe tilson and the formal strategies of the post-modernist r. b. kitaj . another major influence was and remains the british painter francis bacon . he was an associate of brett whiteley and there was a likely mutual influence . sansom has had a distinct influence on subsequent australian art , paving the way for later notable artists such as juan davila and howard arkley . his work is represented by the national gallery of australia , the national gallery of victoria , the art gallery of new south wales , the metropolitan museum of art , new york and the mertz collection . his paintings are eclectic , studded with allusions both historical , cultural and personal . there is something almost diaristic about his work , but its presentation is anything but linear and logical . abiding themes are mortality , ageing , sexual identity , popular and youth culture and cinema . there is also a strong element of humour , iconoclasm and irony in his work , from their titles , such as '' art ca n't fart -lrb- for rose selavay -rrb- '' , '' four wise men looking for god in abstract art '' , '' dr fu manchu 's death by gyro '' or '' ship of fools -lrb- hello sailor ! -rrb- '' to comic and grotesque figurative elements and their sometimes lurid but highly resolved colour schemes . on a technical level his paintings combine oils , enamels -lrb- both sprayed and applied with brush -rrb- and collaged elements from personal photographs to objects stuck on or painted over . stylistically sansom uses a wide array of painting techniques but signature devices include allowing earlier layers of paint to remain...
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