{"product_id":"cullen-adam-clone-18388","title":"Adam Cullen 'Clone'","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\u003eIn Clone, a man's face dissolves into loose, sporadic lines, his eyes reduced to hypnotic spirals. The plate around him is densely worked with tightly twisted scribbles, creating an unsettling tension between figuration and abstraction. The etching reflects Cullen's fascination with the grotesque and macabre, and his gift for pushing the familiar into something strange and disquieting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis impression is number 7 from an edition of just ten, hand-signed by the artist. Another impression is held in the National Gallery of Australia, underscoring the work's significance within Cullen's printmaking practice.\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\u003eClone is a compelling acquisition for collectors of Australian contemporary art, particularly those drawn to Cullen's uncompromising vision.\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'Clone' 2001\u003cbr\u003eEtching on paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 6 x 5 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 23 x 19 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:2007.1549.50\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":50545911398470,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/cullen-adam-clone-18388-fullpage.jpg?v=1790913129","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/cullen-adam-clone-18388","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}