{"product_id":"cullen-adam-republican-18371","title":"Adam Cullen 'Republican '","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam Cullen turns some of Australia’s most enduring cultural archetypes into images that are confronting, irreverent and impossible to ignore. A self-described enfant terrible, Cullen exploded onto the Australian art scene with the audacious punk gesture of chaining a pig’s head to his ankle for two weeks. The provocation was characteristic of an artist who spent his career interrogating masculinity, violence, crime and the darker impulses of Australian life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis rare original etching brings that sensibility to one of Australia’s most potent icons: Ned Kelly. Across a single sheet, Cullen presents three charged images of Kelly — his helmet, his death mask and the figure of the outlaw himself — transforming the familiar Kelly mythology into something stranger, darker and distinctly Cullen. The repetition of these iconic forms has an almost forensic quality, as though Cullen is dissecting the mythology of the Australian bushranger and the masculine hero it has created.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditioned at just 10 impressions, this is number 10\/10 — a particularly memorable final impression. Another impression of this work is held in the National Gallery of Australia, adding significant institutional provenance to this exceptionally scarce edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCullen’s etchings retain the rawness and psychological intensity of his paintings. His subjects can be aggressive, absurd, grotesque and vulnerable in equal measure. Yet beneath the provocation lies a serious engagement with human frailty. Cullen recalled being transfixed as a child by Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son, describing the experience as proof that even works that are “repulsive, or demonic or black” can be profoundly inspiring. That tension between repulsion and fascination became central to his own practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA multi-time 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 the story of Australian contemporary art, distinguished by its punk sensibility, dark humour and fearless examination of Australian identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHand-signed and exceptionally scarce, this final impression from an edition of only ten is a compelling addition to a collection of Australian contemporary art — particularly for collectors drawn to Cullen’s uncompromising vision and his irreverent reimagining of the Ned Kelly legend.\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'Republican ' 2001\u003cbr\u003eEtching on paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 7 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\u003ethree separate images - 1 - 7x5cm ; 2 - 6x4.5cm; 3 - 7 x 5cm Another impression of this work is represented at the National Gallery of Australia, accession number: 2007.1549.76\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":46501517066310,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/cullen-adam-republican-18371.jpg?v=1788588008","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/cullen-adam-republican-18371","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}