Brett Whiteley Recent w o rk
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Brett W hiteley
1939 1957 1960 1961
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1967 1968
Born Sydney, Australia Studied at the Julian Ashton Art School until 1959 Awarded the Italian Travelling Scholarship for Australia Exhibited in 'Survey of Recent Australian Painting', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Exhibited in the Wolgram von Eschenbach International, Germany Awarded Prix International at the Paris Biennale Represented Australia at the Young Painters' Convention, held by UNESCO, Paris Exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Berlin World Fair in the Stuyvesant Collection First One-Man Show, Matthiesen Gallery, London One-Man Show, Komon Gallery, Sydney Exhibited in 'Australian Painting', Tate Gallery, London Exhibited in 'British Painting in the 60s', Whitechapel Gallery, Lcfndon, the Provinces, and Switzerland Exhibited in the Dunn International, Fredericton, Canada, and Tate Gallery, London Exhibited in 'The New Generation', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Awarded Travelling Grant by the Stuyvesant Foundation One-Man Show, New London Gallery, London Exhibited in 'Documenta III', Kassel, Germany Exhibited in 'I Internationale der Zeichnung', Darmstadt, Germany; awarded International Drawing Prize Awarded the Perth Festival Art Prize, Australia Exhibited in the Commonwealth Festival Exhibition, Burlington Plouse, London Exhibited in 'The English Eye', Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Marlborough Prints, New London Gallery, London One-Man Show, The Australian Galleries, Melbourne Exhibited in the British Graphics Exhibition, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam One-Man Show, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney and Adelaide Marlborough Graphics, New London Gallery, London Awarded Flarkness Foundation scholarship, Pittsburgh International, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh One-Man Show, New London Gallery, London One-Man Show, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
Represented in the following collections The Tate Gallery, London The Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Contemporary Art Society, London The National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney The Stuyvesant Collection, Amsterdam The Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales The Eastbourne Art Gallery, England The National Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Museed'Art Moderne, Paris The Manchester Institute of Contemporary Art, England Pembroke College, Oxford The National Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide The National Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Musee des Beaux Arts, Brussels Sao Paulo Museum, Brazil Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
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The Grin and the Hymn 1968
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Shankar 1966 Charcoal and ink on paper 8 4 x 8 0 i n / 21 3-3 x202-2 cm 2
The End and the Beginning (or the Beginning of the End ?) 1968 Double-sided object Oil, fiberglass, photography, steel, barbed wire, grenade and ... rice 8 2 i x 146 x 20 in / 209-6 x 370-8 x 50-8 cm
The Grin and the Hymn 1968 Oil on ply 58^ x 48 in / 148-6 x 121-9 cm
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3 Vincent 1968 Oil, ink, mirror and razor on ply 87 x 65J x 15 in / 220-9 x 164-4 x 38-1 cm 4 Gauguin 1968 Oil, photograph and poison on ply 60 x 104 x 2 in / 1 52-4 x 264-1 x 5-1 cm
5 D ylan-A ttem pt 2 1968 Oil and photograph on ply 20 x 27 in / 50-8 x 68-6 cm
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D ylan-A ttem pt 1 1967 Oil, photography, electricity and piano keys on ply 84 x 11 2 x 2 in / 213-3 x 284-2 x 5-1 cm 7 D ylan-A ttem pt 3 1968 Slightly altered photograph 6 x 5 in / 15-2 x 12-7 cm
. . . N o ! 1968 Oil and photograph on ply 20 x 23 in / 50-8 x 58-4 cm 13 Indefinable 1968 Oil, photography and plastics on ply 92 x 72 x 2 in / 233-6 x 182-9 x 5-1 cm 14 Kiss 1967 Charcoal on paper 54 x 63 in / 137-2 x 160 cm 15 . . . Y e s . . . 1968 Oil and ink drawing on ply 48 x 6 6 i in / 121-9x168-9 cm 16 Mindlessness! 1967 Oil, fiberglass and photography 64 x 22 x 5 in / 162-6 x 55-8 x 12-7 cm 17 Sailor on Leave 1968 Wood, chrome and perspex 54 x 11 x 11 in / 137-2 x 28 x 28 cm
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N ew York 1 1968 Oil, photograph, chrome and taxi 7 9 i x 92 x 46 in / 201 -9 x 233-6 x 11 6-8 cm 9 New York 2 1968 Oil, plastic and red blinking light 55 x 36 in / 139-7 x 91 -4 cm 10
New York 3 1968 Charcoal, pencil and ink on paper 4 8 x 5 2 in / 1 2 1-9x132 cm
18 The No in Yes 1968 Fiberglass and perspex 97 x 24 x 12 in / 246-3 x 61 x 30-5 cm 19 Y e a h ... T hat's H e r! 1968 Fiberglass, steel, fur and flower 67J x 34 x 23 in / 171 -4 x 86-4 x 58-4 cm
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The Infinity Machine 1967 Oil and fiberglass 4 3 i x 9 x 4 i in / 110-5 x 22-9 x 11 -3 cm Note: The spectator is invited to stand directly in front of the machine at a distance of three to four feet. Then, look at the rotating black and white disc, not allowing the eyes to wander, looking directly into the 'tunnel' created there. After two minutes, look at the egg below .. .W OW !
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Blackness-Version 1 1968 Photograph and shade 20 x 20 in (approx.) / 50-8 x 50-8 cm 22 . . .True 1968 Oil and opal 20 x 8 x i in / 50-8 x 20-3 x 0-6 cm 23 Just Recently . . . 1968 Oil, ink and photographs 53 x 7 3 i x 13 in / 134-6 x 186-8 x 33 cm
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V in c e n t 1968
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G auguin 1968
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D ylan-A ttem pt 2 1968
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D ylan-A ttem pt 1 1967
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The End and the Beginning (or the Beginning of the End ?) 1968
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9 N e w Y o r k 2 1968
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. . . N o ! 1968
13 Indefinable 1968
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The Infinity Machine 1967
16 Mindlessness! 1967
17 Sailor on Leave 1968
18 The No in Yes 1968
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19 Y e a h . . . T h a t's H e r! 1968
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Just Recently . . . 1968
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changed photographs 6" x 12"
To Martin Luther King 1968 Oil, photography, aluminium, perspex and fresh care 82" x 84" x 72"
ucifixion 1968 ood, fiberglass, jrspex, rubber band, jls and St. Matthew. 3 " x 72" x 24"
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