Adam Cullen 'Joe Byrne (Kelly Gang)' heide circle

Adam Cullen 'Joe Byrne (Kelly Gang)' heide circleAdam 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. The subject of Joe Byrne (Kelly Gang) is Joe Bryne, a member of Ned Kellys gang of bushrangers. Byrne was a tragic figure, meeting

street life

Considered the heir of the Heidelberg school

Flowers cascade around her

showcasing Hensley's artistic prowess

'Yellow Angel'

She considers how art can be experienced by the visually impaired

evoking “the things we look through when we think we should be looking somewhere else

Rosendale sifts through hundreds of film stills

accession number: DA35

where the surrounding gardens teamed with native flora and fauna

The spider’s walk - thin limb by thin limb - is distilled

What can be recognised in these patterns