(Not Just) a Suburban Boy
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Author: Preston Edwina
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 262
Howard Arkley's neon airbrush paintings of Australian suburban houses and their interiors represented this country at the 1999 Venice Biennale. Arkley's work has been compared to a visual equivalent of the monologues of Barry Humphries.This is the first biography of Arkley, and covers his beginnings as an artist in high school through his relationships with the Punk scene in Melbourne including Nick Cave, his art contemporaries and his four wives.One week after the Biennale he married his fourth wife in the Elvis Presley Chapel in Las Vegas. Three weeks later he was dead.This is a fascinating story about art and excess, and the pleasures and perils of the Australian art world.
Author: Preston Edwina
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 262
Howard Arkley's neon airbrush paintings of Australian suburban houses and their interiors represented this country at the 1999 Venice Biennale. Arkley's work has been compared to a visual equivalent of the monologues of Barry Humphries.This is the first biography of Arkley, and covers his beginnings as an artist in high school through his relationships with the Punk scene in Melbourne including Nick Cave, his art contemporaries and his four wives.One week after the Biennale he married his fourth wife in the Elvis Presley Chapel in Las Vegas. Three weeks later he was dead.This is a fascinating story about art and excess, and the pleasures and perils of the Australian art world.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Preston Edwina
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 262
Howard Arkley's neon airbrush paintings of Australian suburban houses and their interiors represented this country at the 1999 Venice Biennale. Arkley's work has been compared to a visual equivalent of the monologues of Barry Humphries.This is the first biography of Arkley, and covers his beginnings as an artist in high school through his relationships with the Punk scene in Melbourne including Nick Cave, his art contemporaries and his four wives.One week after the Biennale he married his fourth wife in the Elvis Presley Chapel in Las Vegas. Three weeks later he was dead.This is a fascinating story about art and excess, and the pleasures and perils of the Australian art world.
Author: Preston Edwina
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 262
Howard Arkley's neon airbrush paintings of Australian suburban houses and their interiors represented this country at the 1999 Venice Biennale. Arkley's work has been compared to a visual equivalent of the monologues of Barry Humphries.This is the first biography of Arkley, and covers his beginnings as an artist in high school through his relationships with the Punk scene in Melbourne including Nick Cave, his art contemporaries and his four wives.One week after the Biennale he married his fourth wife in the Elvis Presley Chapel in Las Vegas. Three weeks later he was dead.This is a fascinating story about art and excess, and the pleasures and perils of the Australian art world.
(Not Just) a Suburban Boy