{"product_id":"cullen-adam-christ-18374","title":"Adam Cullen 'Christ'","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam Cullen turned some of Australia's most enduring cultural archetypes into images that are confronting, irreverent and impossible to ignore. A self-described enfant terrible, he burst onto the Australian art scene with a punk gesture: chaining a pig's head to his ankle for two weeks. The provocation was typical of an artist whose work relentlessly interrogated masculinity, violence, crime and the darker impulses of Australian life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis rare original etching is an act of iconoclasm. In Christ, cast against the traditional imagery of sacrifice and valour, Cullen presents a malnourished, skeletal Jesus lying dead in a coffin. The work followed a series of traumatic misfortunes that led the artist to reject religion, and a deceased Christ sits squarely within the punk philosophy Cullen lived by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis impression is from an edition of just ten, hand-signed by the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Archibald Prize in 2000 and a finalist on several other occasions, Cullen was the subject of a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2008. His work holds an important place in Australian contemporary art, distinguished by its punk sensibility, dark humour and fearless examination of national identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChrist is a compelling addition to a collection of Australian contemporary art, particularly for collectors interested in religious imagery and the way artists have navigated this enduring subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/collections\/adam-cullen\"\u003eAdam CULLEN\u003c\/a\u003e (1965 - 2012)\u003cbr\u003e'Christ' 2001\u003cbr\u003eEtching on paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 6 x 15 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 31 x 23 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned\u003c\/i\u003e: Editioned, titled, signed and dated in bottom margin.\u003cbr\u003eComes with Letter of Provenance\u003cbr\u003eAnother impression of this work is represented at the National Gallery of Australia, accession number:2007.1549.49\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003cstrong\u003eExcellent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(c) Adam Cullen \/ Copyright Agency\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art and Collectors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50545911070790,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/cullen-adam-christ-18374-fullsheet.jpg?v=1790913120","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/cullen-adam-christ-18374","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}