Adam Cullen 'The Grey Lactating Cloud' cool tones 'Fable I' 1977

'Fable I' 1977

Newcastle Regional Art Gallery

this scene observes all the hope and danger entwined in this sublime vine

For fans of Merrett and the 1980s aesthetic

This experience of landscape suffuses his work

Adam Cullen 'The Grey Lactating Cloud' cool tones 'Fable I' 1977Adam Cullen merges social satire with technicolour excess. An enfant terrible of the art world, he launched onto the Australian art scene by chaining a pigs 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. Enigmatically titled, The Grey Lactating Cloud is an original limited edition etching. In scratchy lines Cullen presents the head