Adam Cullen merges social satire with technicolour excess. An ‘enfant terrible’ of the art world, he launched onto the Australian art scene by chaining a pig’s 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.

‘Judge Redmond Barry’ puts the “Red” in “Redmond.” It is a portrait of the colonial judge, Redmond Barry, who famously sentenced Ned Kelly to death. Under Cullen’s hand the judge is rendered grotesque, a leaking ruddy face against a setting sun. Seeing himself as an outcast, Cullen always sided with the rebels.

Exploring masculinity, crime and animalism, Cullen’s work is imbued with an unexpected vulnerability. In his lifetime, he was a winner and multi-time Archibald Prize finalist, honoured with a 2008 retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and an Art Hotel in Prahran, cementing him as one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists.

This hand-signed artist proof comes with a Letter of Provenance and will invigorate collectors of pop and contemporary art or those seeking an edge for their space.

Adam CULLEN (1965 - 2012)
'Judge Redmond Barry' 2010
Archival pigment print on paper
Image Size: 100 x 100 cm
Paper Size: 112 x 111 cm 
Edition: Artist Proof
Signed: Editioned, signed and dated in margin.
Comes with a Letter of Provenance

Condition: Excellent

(c) Adam Cullen / Copyright Agency