Adam Cullen 'Constable Fitzpatrick with Ned Kelly in his Night Attire' photography Jimmy Nerrimah

Jimmy Nerrimah

finding moments of allegory

Diana ORINDA BURNS (1954 - )

Image Size: 28 x 35 cm

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Adam Cullen 'Constable Fitzpatrick with Ned Kelly in his Night Attire' photography Jimmy NerrimahAdam 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, all captured with a pop art twist. In Constable Fitzpatrick with Ned Kelly in Night Attire, Cullen depicts an infamous confrontation. In 1878, when attempting to