You entered the wrong email. Do you feel you are watching the subject or is the subject watching you? It has primarily black on one side and has an image of his wife Wendy in a bathtub, seen from behind. The illustration in this publication is a detail of this image. The balcony 2 Brett Whiteley 1975 116.1981. Signed and dated upper c. verso, black fibre-tipped pen "/ brett whiteley/ 1975-76/ ". 13: Brett Whiteley 'Self portrait in the studio' 1976. Ewen McDonald, AGNSW Collections, 'From Colonialism to late Modernism', pg. 1975: Kevin Connor - The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE; 1976: Brett Whiteley - Self Portrait in the Studio; 1977: Kevin Connor - Robert Klippel; 1978: Brett Whiteley - Art, Life and the other thing; 1979: Wes Walters - Portrait of Phillip Adams; 1980: No award; 1981: Eric Smith - Rudy Komon; (age36in1975). The famed author Mishima had committed seppuku in 1970 and the literary mythology that arose of his apparent final vision of enlightenment in the form of the exploding sun, as he pressed the knife into his body, inspired and became the basis for this work. This work is such a significant piece it was an essential inclusion for the curator of this exhibition. Critique of Whiteley. cat.no. [6] His first impression of New York was shown in the painting First sensation of New York City, which showed streets with fast moving vehicles, street signs, hot dog vendors, and tall buildings. Self portrait in the studio, 1976 Brett Whiteley Oil, collage, hair on canvas 773 x 600 cm, AGNSW Brett whiteley's self portrait in the studio was a realism painting and stretch the definition of portraiture. [27] The documentary was made with the approval of Wendy Whiteley, and was received with critical acclaim. unknown author., Adelaide News, 'Two top art prizes to Whiteley', Adelaide, 21 Jan 1977. This is an advertisement for an art book titled `Brett Whiteley' by Sandra McGrath. His reference to art history, including an image of the famous 1943 William Dobell portrait of Joshua Smith, won a court case against accusations that it was a caricature, not a portrait. Alchemy is the mythical ancient process of turning ordinary compounds into gold. This clip shows Brett Whiteley's artworks in his studio intercut with black-and-white photographs of him as a child. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons. Jane Scott, Barry Pearce and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Connections, 'Brett Whiteley: Connections', Healesville, 2010, (colour illus.). Born in Sydney, Whiteley was sent to boarding school in Bathurst in 1948. As it turned out, he could be neither scared nor shamed into giving up heroin. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. The Brett Whiteley Studio (Editor), Big blue: the painted harbour (list of works), Sydney, 1997. In 1964, while in London, Whiteley became fascinated by the murderer John Christie, who had committed murders in the area near where Whiteley was staying in Ladbroke Grove. The 44-year-old Hele's winning entry was a portrait of Mr Robert Campbell, South Australian National Art Gallery director.'. His farewell to abstraction, Summer at Sigean, was a record of his honeymoon in France. Photo David Christian, Brett Whiteley, 'Self portrait at 16', 1955, Brett Whiteley Studio Collection Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, 'Self portrait in the studio', 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Yet he would survive for another 14 years, fatally succumbing to his drug addiction in a motel room at Thirroul on the south coast of New South Wales in 1992. Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1995-19 Nov 1995. . Portraiture shouldnt just be paint and canvas. They had borrowed the money, using their car as collateral. He remembers the artist as vital and engaging, definitely one of the most imaginative and energetic individuals I have known. ), 16 (colour illus.). Discusses how alcohol opens up circus of the imagination which Whiteley feared he would not be able to reach otherwise. (1939 - 1992) SELF PORTRAIT, 1977. oil and hair on canvas. Almost too brutally honest, it seemed like the final flaring of a dying star. Published in Deutscher and Hackett: IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN + INTERNATIONAL FINE ART, Braving Time: Contemporary Art in Queer Australia. He makes no attempt to hide the fact that he is somewhere else He was trying silently to say, stay away, this is not what it might seem. The editor of this section was Geraldine Pascall. The room is a veritable salon hang of the artists sculptures and drawings. 176-181, Sydney, 1984, 176, 177 (colour illus.). How does it make you feel? Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian', pg. Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1977. This painting won the Archibald Prize in 1976 and was acquired by the Gallery in 1977. Nancy Borlase., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Whiteley's year', Sydney, 27 Jan 1977, (illus.). [23], The book was longlisted for a Walkley Book Award and Australian Book Industry Award, and shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards and the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. . Back in Sydney at the end of 1969, Whiteley moved to Lavender Bay and became involved in the Yellow House artists collective in Kings Cross. Appearing in the 'Salesroom' section of the Australian Financial Review, with regards to the sale of `The Balcony 2', acquired by AGNSW. 'Review' magazine. Were not looking at a would-be genius or a sinful penitent. His ink drawings and paintings are accompanied by works of other Australian and Asian artists selected from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This approach was intended to allow Whiteley to speak "in his own words" about his life and art. His rock-star status and his popularity in secondary school art rooms may have eroded his street cred in the art world, but Lou Klepac's book Brett . Saturday 29 April to Sunday 20 August 2006. [1] He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. Review of 'WARNING: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century' exhibition, held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. He then gifted it to the current owner who had it reassembled. In the late 1970s, Brett Whiteley won the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes several times. Nicolas Brasch, The arts in Australia: Visual arts, 'Brett Whiteley', pg. Whitely started working as a artist in the studio of the Lintas Advertising Agency in Sydney and participated in John Santry's . The National Portrait Gallery respects the artistic and intellectual property rights of others. card no. (This same article appears in 'The Daily Telegraph Mirror', 20 June, 1992. 86. 7-106, Sydney, 1994, 80 (colour illus. See opening hours It features in all three self-portraits from 1976-78, acting as a signature or trademark. Further information can be found at http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio/, Thirty-six looks at four sights on three themes: recent paintings, drawings and carvings, Bonython Art Gallery [Sydney], Paddington, 24Oct197515Nov1975, Three years on: acquisitions 1978-81, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15Oct198101Dec1981, Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 19Apr198615Jun1986, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16Sep199519Nov1995, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13Dec199528Jan1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22Feb199608Apr1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09May199616Jun1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02Jul199626Aug1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18Sep199617Nov1996, Big Blue - the painted harbour (1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21Jun199729Mar1998, Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04Aug200003Dec2000, Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees (2001), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 10Feb200108Jul2001, Whiteley & Rees: more affinities (2006), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 03Dec200510Apr2006, Whiteley & Rees: more affinities (2006), New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 29Apr200602Jul2006, 9 shades of Whiteley, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 12Jul200807Sep2008, 9 shades of Whiteley, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, 13Sep200815Nov2008, 9 shades of Whiteley, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 22Nov200808Feb2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 14Feb200926Apr2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 01May200914Jun2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 02Jul200923Aug2009, Iconic Whiteley (2009-2010), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 12Sep200922Aug2010, Brett Whiteley - Connections (2010-2011), TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 06Nov201019Mar2011, Blue (2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 09Jul201108Jul2012, Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 05Dec201514Feb2016, Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 25Oct201915Mar2020, Brett Whiteley: Blue and White, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 30Apr202227Nov2022, Barry Pearce et al., Brett Whiteley education pack, 'Return to Sydney and Lavender Bay', Sydney, 1995, (colour illus.). It was first publicly exhibited at the Bonython Art Gallery in Paddington, Sydney in February 1972 as part of an exhibition titled Portraits and other emergencies. 9 Shades of Whiteley is a mini-retrospective exhibition tracing the artist's life and career from his earliest work in 1955, with Self Portrait at Sixteen, to just a few months before his death, with Port Douglas, Far North Queensland 1992.. Jill Sykes, Look, 'McCulloch's Encyclopedia', pg. [25], In August 2018, Opera Australia announced that it had commissioned an opera to be based on the life of Brett Whiteley. It has been regarded as a self-portrait, a giant outpouring of energy and ideas brought forth over a long period of time. Consider the gaze of Whiteley in each of these works. [4] He also spent time with friends including Mark Knopfler and John Illsley from the band Dire Straits. On one level TheCompanion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. The artist destroyed this work after completion, finding it both disturbing and confronting. He won all three prizes in 1978 (the first artist to do so) and the Wynne a third time in 1984. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Abstract: `Prizes, Rivers and More Prizes' by Sandra McGrath, pg. . That year he won the trifecta, being awarded all three prizes including the Wynne and Sulman. Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, Detail of 'Self Portrait in the Studio' on cover page of book, Pymble, 1992, cover (colour illus.). ), 23. [28], This article is about the artist. It was the cage of his interior, his addiction, the window or a glimpse of possible escape into paradise: the escape from one's psyche. He lived in the northern suburb of Longueville and attended Chatswood Primary School, then Scots College in Bathurst. As with other works, there is evidence of Whiteley's love for Matisse, ultramarine blue, the Sydney Harbour location and for collected objects. Brett Whiteley AO, artist, displayed a brilliant talent for drawing as a Sydney private schoolboy. It premiered at the Sydney Opera House on 15 July 2019. For the Australian politician, see, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, "Brett Whiteley painting smashes Australian art auction record", "Self portrait after three bottles of wine", "How Whiteley Bay view became Selling Point", "Whiteley art auctions for nearly $3.5-million", "Whiteley painting sells for record price", "The Fourth Veil: Whiteley's Works on Paper, Brett Whiteley Studio", "Figure retoriche: Figures of speech. Review of 'WARNING: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century' exhibition, held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. SELF-PORTRAIT, 1977 Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. Zo Ross (Editor), Eyewitness travel guides: Australia, 'Botanic gardens and the Domain', pg. 47-49, Sydney, Nov 2008, 47 (colour illus.). Purchased by the New South Wales State Government 1994, transferred to the Gallery 1998 Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, 'Self portrait drawing calligraphically', 1975, Brett Whiteley Studio Collection Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, 'Self portrait', Brett Whiteley Studio Collection Wendy Whiteley. After studying desultorily at art school he travelled to Europe on ascholarship. It took a great deal of his time and effort, taking about a year of full-time work. 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. ), 145 (colour illus.). It shows Brett Whiteley looking at himself intently in the mirror and recording exactly what he sees. plate no. His last studio and home at 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills in Sydney is now a museum managed by the Art Gallery of NSW. signed lower right: BRETT WHITELEY, [1] Wilson, Ashleigh, Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing, Text Publlishing, Melbourne, 2016, p.272, [2] Berg, Charles, The Unconscious Significance of Hair, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1951, [3] Whiteley, Brett, quoted in Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1979, p.219, [4] Kandinsky, Wassily, On the Spiritual in Art, 1910 (mutiple editions). 'Self Portrait in Studio' was created in 1976 by Brett Whiteley in Fauvism style. ), 257 (colour illus., detail), 302. Self Portrait in Studio Brett Whiteley 1976. Look at these paintings and examine how Whiteley has given us clues to his identity. Charles Green, Peripheral vision: Contemporary Australian art 1970-94, Drummoyne, 1995, 7. 9, Sydney, 07 Sep 2013, 9. This article was edited by Sally White. Brett Whiteley: van Gogh self portraits, Greenhill Galleries, , 27 Jan 1987-22 Feb 1987. Robert Hughes, art critic for 'Time' magazine was quoted several times throughout this article. He had many shows in his career, and lived and painted extensively in Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. The glamorous Whiteleys marriage was fiery, and their inevitable separation added to the artists problems with substances and self-doubt. He won the Wynne Prize again, in 1984, with The South Coast after rain. Christine Bates, Making art connections: Visual arts years 7 & 8, 'Lets make an artwork: Staying in/going out', pg. 81-82, Port Melbourne, 1998, 82 (colour illus.). One includes Australian artists John Olsen, and John Coburn examining Whiteley's Archibald prize-winning entry. It might be argued that the hair is an affectation Whiteley used too frequently for comfort. How would the space be divided and what objects of inspiration would be around you? Excerpt from the film 'The Australian Londoners' directed by Stefan Sargent. Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, 'Lavender Bay: Optical Ecstasy', pg. He was very much influenced by the peace movement at the time and came to believe that if he painted one huge painting which would advocate peace, then the Americans would withdraw their troops from Vietnam. Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.16EDT, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every Peoples personalities are reflected in the things they collect and the environments in which they live. Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. An unconventional triptych, it consists of a small, coloured photo of Whiteleys face; a distorted full-length portrait of him drawing a copy of Dobells Joshua Smith, the controversial Archibald winner of 1943; and a panel that features a screaming baboon in handcuffs, staring helplessly at a hand offering a hypodermic. and their inevitable separation added to the artist's problems with substances and self-doubt. Whiteley became the youngest artist to be purchased by the Tate Gallery when it acquired his only two works at the time, Red . He painted a series of paintings based on these events, including Head of Christie. The sculpture depicted on the right and others in the . The Australian artist is often celebrated for his painting but all his works had drawing at their core. Open daily Terry Ingram., The Australian financial review, 'Market may see "secret" paintings', Sydney, 14 May 1993, 7 (illus.). This is the same article that appeared in `The Saturday Mercury', titled `Whiteley gone but his great spirit lingers on', 20 June, 1992. In terms of media, it used everything from feathers and part of a bird's nest to a glass eye, as well as shell pieces, plugs and brain in a work that becomes a transmutation of sexual organic landscapes and mindscapes. Typically, the viewer is led deeper into the picture by means of minute detail. 1946) a Sydney- based photographer, opened his own studio in 1968, taking advertising and magazine photographs and working with the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet. 232-243, Sydney, 2000, 232 (colour illus.). Why does he reference these artists in his self-portraits? In the former, Whiteleys face appears in a hand-held mirror, as one small feature on a large, luxuriant ground of deep blue. Whiteley loved painting Sydney Harbour views in the 1970s such as in his paintings, Henri's Armchair (1974)[10] The balcony 2 (1975)[11] and Interior with time past (1976),[12] which show an interior and exterior view starting with a room that leads through open windows to the harbour full of boats outside. All Rights Reserved. Barry Pearce, Brett Whiteley Art & Life, 'Persona and the Painter', pg. Alivea Goncalves Stevenson told of her family's relief that a suspect is in custody for her sister, Kaylee's, brutal murder on November 13. BRETT WHITELEY (1939 - 1992) SELF PORTRAIT, 1977 oil and hair on canvas 30.5 x 25.5 cm signed lower. 9. For further information please contact NPG Copyright. Unlike 'Self portrait in the studio, critics were divided about 'Art, life and the other thing, perhaps because of its sensationalism and lack of subtlety compared to the earlier work. Signed and dated l.l. (1974) The balcony 2 (1975) and Interior with time past (1976 . Brett Whiteley - Artist (1939 - 1992) After winning a grant from the Art Gallery of NSW at the age of 22, Brett Whiteley set up residence in London where he amazed art collectors with his highly sophisticated paintings. Whiteley appears as a character in the book Falling Towards England by Clive James under the name Dibbs Buckley. Barry Pearce, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, 'Australian Art', pg. At the time of print Olsen and Coburn were board members of the Art Gallery of NSW. Find more prominent pieces of self-portrait at Wikiart.org - best visual art database. Jennifer Phipps, Members Magazine of the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 'Brett Whiteley Self Portrait and Other Intimacies', pg. 15, Sydney, 29 Jun 1997, 15 (illus.). ), 235. Melissa Phegan., Daily telegraph mirror, 'The passion and pain of Brett Whiteley', Sydney, 21 Jul 1992, (illus.). I think he has done this to make the place seem more realistic because if he had . 36. [26], In 2017, a feature-length biographical documentary about Whiteley was released in Australian cinemas. 1975 It was hanging beside a wonderful John Olsen, Five Bells (oil on hardboard, 1963) on the day i visited, which i thought most apt for the two were good friends. Brett Whitely (Australian 1939-1992) Bio. High quality Art Print. Provenance: private collection NSW (gift from the artist c.1975). Laurie Hergenhan (Editor), The Australian Short Story: A Collection 1890s - 1990s, St. Lucia, 1986, cover page (colour illus.). The painting is set in Brett Whiteley's studio with his furniture and includes his other artworks around him. Brett Whiteley. Brett Whiteley is one of Australias most celebrated artists. 28-29, Sydney, Mar 2012, 28, 29 (illus.). The work experimented with warping and manipulating a straight self-portrait, incorporating his pictorial sense of addiction. Part of his work Alchemy (197273)[9] was featured on the cover of the Dire Straits live album Alchemy although it had the addition of a guitar with lips held by a hand. Another in the series was a more abstracted Woman in the bath II, which owed a debt to his yellow and red abstract paintings of the early sixties. He won the international prize at the second Paris Biennale for Young Artists in 1961, and married his lovely muse, Wendy Julius, the following year. The Hotel Chelsea displayed several of Whiteley's paintings from the time he lived there, including Portrait of New York which was hung behind the reception desk.[7]. The Brett Whiteley Studio, Whiteley & Rees: More affinities, Sydney, 2005, (illus.). Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early Access Release or a General Availability Release. Ink on Torn Reassembled Paper 65x60cm Terry Smith, Australian cultural history, 'Populism and Privilege in Australian Painting', pg. Get the best deals on Brett Whiteley Art. And now perhaps just a bit taken with her own image', pg. Philip McIntosh. It was, at the very least, a way of exposing his own dark obsessions to the widest possible audience and the full glare of publicity. Archibald Retrosepctive Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1985-1985. He was the youngest living artist to have work purchased by the Tate, a record that still stands. Inspired principally by Matisse, but also by his house at Lavender Bay on Sydney Harbour's north shore, he created a series of large scale paintings of expansive interiors and views evoking the marine beauty of the harbour. Jill Sykes, Look, Barry Pearces next book-call it segueing with intent, pg. Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1995-19 Nov 1995 Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of . This article analyses art prizes and their judges, and this year's entries in the Archibald, Sulman, and Wynn competition. 'Brett Whiteley 1975. In 1972-73 Whitley produced another monumental work "Alchemy", described by Pearce as another self-portrait but without the fierce political agenda of its predecessor. The artist's face reflected in a tiny mirror suggests the influence of Eastern art in the portrayal of man as merely a small part of a much larger . Brett Whiteley - Portrait 2, 1975. photographer: Greg Weight. He . We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. He won the Art Gallery of NSW Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes several times, and his artistic career was bolstered by his celebrity status in Australia and overseas. A detail of Whiteley's self portrait is accompanied with a photograph of the artist. Robert Walker, Gift of the Robert Walker family 2008, Brett Whiteley, 'Art, life and the other thing', 1978, Art Gallery of New South Wales. List of journal articles on the topic 'Stanley Press (Firm)'. See opening hours During this time, Whiteley also painted works based on the animals at the London Zoo, such as Two Indonesian giraffes, which he found sometimes difficult. Michael Bowden, Art-isan: studio arts for VCE units 1-4, 'Analysis of an unseen artwork', pg. Jane Hampson, Look, 'wwwhiteley.com', pg.

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