{"product_id":"cullen-adam-couple-18394","title":"Adam Cullen 'Couple'","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam Cullen turned some of Australia’s most enduring cultural archetypes into images that were confronting, irreverent and impossible to ignore. A self-described enfant terrible, Cullen interrogated masculinity, violence, crime and the darker impulses of Australian life with a distinctive punk sensibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this rare original etching, Cullen takes the familiar format of a side-by-side couple’s portrait and transforms it into something stranger, darker and distinctly uncanny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditioned at just 10 impressions, this is number 5\/10. Another impression is held in the National Gallery of Australia, adding significant institutional provenance to an exceptionally scarce work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCullen’s etchings retain the rawness and psychological intensity of his paintings, balancing aggression, absurdity and vulnerability with dark humour. Beneath the provocation was a serious engagement with human frailty; a tension between repulsion and fascination that became central to his practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA multiple Archibald Prize finalist and winner, Cullen was the subject of a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2008. His work occupies an important place in Australian contemporary art, distinguished by its fearless examination of identity, violence and Australian culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHand-signed and exceptionally scarce, Couple is a compelling example of Cullen’s uncompromising vision and irreverent reimagining of domestic portraiture.\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'Couple' 2001\u003cbr\u003eEtching on paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 9 x 13 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:2007.1549.51\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":50500472242246,"sku":null,"price":595.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/cullen-adam-couple-18394.jpg?v=1790222137","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/cullen-adam-couple-18394","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}