The Art of Toby Zoates 2

Toby Zoates art: Part 1 1977-1986 | Part 2 - 1987-2019 | Part 3 - 2020+ | Tin Sheds | Sedition exhibition, State Library of New South Wales, 2019. Toby Zoates White Bay Anti-uranium Protest poster, 1977, top centre, orange and black. Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Early in 1977 the Melbourne-born artist and performer Toby Zoates (b. 1949) arrived in Sydney from India, following a five year adventure travelling throughout that region and the adjacent Himalayas (Zoates 2017). Rather then return home to Melbourne, Toby decided on settling in Sydney, at least in the short term. It appeared to him, at that time, that Sydney possessed a more lively arts and entertainment scene, along with offering the possibility of engagement with the local film industry. 1977 was in many ways the peak of the burgeoning Australian rock music scene, and Punk was exploding around the world,  adding an element of new wave, energetic excitement. Toby was a gay man, and the scen