Adam Cullen 'Rodeo Hip Sport Rodeo Clown' romantic

Adam Cullen 'Rodeo Hip Sport Rodeo Clown' romanticAdam 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

Image Size: 82 x 58 cm

Condition: Fair: Work of art that is intact but requires restoration

signed 'Mary MacQueen' & dated '78 below image

prize a flower close to home

Within the loops of ‘Painting’ a pink and white symbol spins

which despite predation and threat thrives

Onkaparinga Council and South Coast Regional Art Centre

'Portrait of Anne Hall

'Study for Hugo'

The iconography is rich

With admirable refinement

the work is warm in palette but lively in form