
















The gallery is pleased to announce our representation of Adam Cullen
More than ever these days the culture of contemporary art appears to demand that artists be visually provocative. In order to garner attention and sell their work it would seem that virtually every new kid on the block wants to be labelled as the art world’s enfant terrible. In recent times, few artists have deserved that rap. The painter Adam Cullen, however, did, and – to a degree – still does.
Cullen’s edgy practice often sits uneasily with his wealth of establishment academic qualifications. While at art school he chained a rotting pig’s head to his ankle and dragged it around. A vast slice of Cullen’s work is not for the faint-hearted.
Cullen’s application of paint appears hurried, almost slapdash. Famously he spent only three hours creating a portrait of actor David Wenham. The picture went on to win the Archibald Prize in 2000 to the sound of horrified gasps from many art world stalwarts.
Much inspiration is taken from the immediacy of TV images and the violence of the short-lived punk era. Cullen refers to punk music as “temporary pain relief”, offering a way of losing oneself in the music of the moment. He wants his pictures to have a similar effect on the viewer: to provide temporary all-numbing escapism.
Posted—
1st June 2010










The gallery is pleased to announce that we have just positioned a large, early and important Jack Britten painting entitled, Bungle Bungle Dreaming, 1985 with the National Gallery of Australia
Posted—
30th April 2010

The gallery congratulates the artist Ian Abdulla and art dealer Tony Bond, in their very important positioning of an Abdulla painting with the British Museum. From memory, the only other Australian modern or contemporary artist's represented in the British Museum are Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Fred Williams?
Posted—
28th April 2010



















Christie's representative, Ronan Sulich, in full flight during an Art Month event; demystifying buying art at auction.
Posted—
18th March 2010





















