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For connoisseurs of abstract and important Australian art

University of Hawaii Press

illustrated page 226

‘Nude + Flower’ is a beguiling entry into Blackman’s iconic girls and flowers motif

Adam Cullen 'Sympathy (Chopper Read)' - Collected heide circle or sensitivity'Adam Cullen merges social satire with technicolour excess. An enfant terrible of the art world, he launched onto the Australian art scene by chaining a pigs head to his ankle for two weeks. This punk stunt was followed by a career spent painting tough, uncompromising and challenging subjects, captured with a pop art twist. Exploring masculinity, crime and animalism, Cullens work is imbued with an unexpected vulnerability. In his lifetime, he was a