Adam Cullen 'Sympathy (Chopper Read)' - Collected heide circle including at the Art Gallery

including at the Art Gallery of South Australia

University of Hawaii Press

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Adam Cullen 'Sympathy (Chopper Read)' - Collected heide circle including at the Art GalleryAdam 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