00:00It's said that artists see the world differently.
00:05For Tom Roberts, his art is also the way he navigates and interacts with the world around him.
00:11I am thinking.
00:14Creative and humorous, his art is also distinctive.
00:18His portraits, completed in self-described Tom style,
00:22show his subjects with extra sets of eyes and piano teeth.
00:26And people are depicted as buildings and trains, including himself.
00:31Me and Andrew are both country express service.
00:40I used to be the Burr's Khalifa Tower in Dubai.
00:46When Roberts meets someone, he'll usually give them a nickname.
00:49When I first met Tom, he gave me the name Neemish Cake,
00:53and that is a name that I wear with honour.
00:55This 2024 Archibald finalist is of Australian artist Ken Doan,
01:00renamed by Roberts as Big Bam Bam.
01:03And that act of renaming extends to places.
01:06So Canberra is Chicago City, and the National Portrait Gallery is the Bookshop.
01:10So this way of reassigning identity is a way of mapping the world.
01:15This interactive part of the exhibit features a playable ping pong table.
01:20The work is about the experience of being in a law court.
01:23The portrait gallery also commissioned a new work from Roberts,
01:26this self-portrait, which is the first piece visitors encounter.
01:30Next to Tom we see the sun, and it is the same size as him.
01:34So this is a portrait that positions Tom as the centre of the universe,
01:38that positions this as his world, and it is larger than life.
01:42To have a solo show at a national institution is massive for any artist,
01:46even more so for an artist who lives with a disability.
01:50Happy and proud and great job I did.
01:56The immersive world of Tom Roberts runs until July.
02:00so this is the final part of the Fen bæ ·.
02:05Thank you for joining us today, thanks to the
02:06visit B bilingual unwirures and sponsors.
02:10To check for four twenty-four gifts we have also found...
02:12nice, thank you for all.
02:14Remember this time a little bit on Rob.
02:15There is always seeing this here,
02:16as a philosopher that was skating,
02:19Tap that to his soul,
02:21and he reading through the course of aseguration
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