Brett whiteley brief biography of sirens

  • During , whilst resident in London, Brett Whiteley applied for a Harkness Fellowship to study in New York for 2 years.
  • From his auspicious start as the youngest non-British artist ever to have a work acquired by London's prestigious Tate Gallery1, Brett.
  • The Sydney-born Whiteley is regarded as one of the best painters Australia has produced.

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    Brett Whiteley&#;s America

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    WHY
    &#;Driver, take me to the Chelsea Hotel&#;
    Yellow
    Marlborough-Gerson Exhibition
    Sketches
    Heroes
    Booze, drugs and the New York scene
    Red
    Sketches
    The American Dream
    Escape from New York
    Catalogue of Works
    References 

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    'If in many of his other themes Whiteley confronted the difficult questions of his psyche, landscape provided a means of escape, an unencumbered absorption into a painless, floating world.'1

    Exuding a sense of tranquillity, equilibrium and joyful optimism, The Split Second Summer Began is a superb example of the sensuous Lavender Bay scenes that would bring Whiteley such widespread acclaim. Returning to Australia in after a tumultuous decade abroad, such works symbolised the artist's reconnection with his homeland. More importantly perhaps, the series signalled a marked departure from art as a reforming medium 'from politics, social consciousness and a Rimbaudian vision of life as a contest between good and evil' towards tableaux strongly inspired by Matisse and his aspirations for'an art of balance, purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter, an art which might be something like a good armchair in which to relax from physical fatigue.'2 Thus, the b

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    Blue & White

    A look at Brett Whiteley’s ceramics and the importance of the colour blue in his art

    Blue-and-white ceramics are one of pottery’s best-known and enduring products. Invented in China, they’ve been copied and created by makers worldwide, with the Middle East, Japan, Vietnam and Korea all producing their own variations. Brett Whiteley followed in this long tradition, producing ceramics solely in these colours, in a lesser known tranche of his art practice.

    Blue, of course, can be found not only in the sweeping lines that follow the forms of his rounded ceramics, but also in the blue ink applied with brush to paper in his calligraphic drawings and the rich deep blue of the Sydney Harbour paintings for which he is famed.​

    This exhibition presents a rare focus on Whiteley's ceramics, along with related prints and drawings, augmented by select paintings, many of which include depictions of blue-and-white ware.

    We’ve also been listening to the Brett Whiteley: drawing is e

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