Art ATAR Units 3 & 4: Brett Whiteley
FEATUREIMAGE
Brett Whiteley - Self portrait in the studio (1979)
Source: Art Gallery NSW (retrieved 2 May, 2017)
Quote
"A necessary process for the artist is one which begins with a point of view, a reaction to the environment, to people to whatever it is one is concerned with."
- Jacques Lipchitz
Art Gallery NSW : Brett Whiteley Studio
Art Gallery NSW : Education Materials
- Brett Whiteley : Alchemy Art Gallery NSW. (2006). Education Collection Notes : Brett Whiteley Alchemy. Retrieved from http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?sort_by=date&artist_name=Brett+Whiteley&images=y
- 9 Shades of Whiteley Art Gallery NSW. (2007). 9 Shades of Whiteley. Retrieved from http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?sort_by=date&artist_name=Brett+Whiteley&images=y
Australian Government : Brett Whiteley
- Australian Government : Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley - external site is one of Australia's most revered artists. His lyrical expressionism and lack of inhibition placed him at the forefront of Australia's avant-garde art movement. He won many prizes and awards and his work hangs in numerous galleries, including the National Gallery of Australia - external site in Canberra, the Tate Gallery - external site in London and the Museum of Modern Art - external site in New York. Whiteley was born 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in Longueville, a harbourside suburb in north Sydney. By the age of seven had won his first art competition. He was sent to boarding school at Scots College, Bathurst and in 1956 was awarded first prize in the Young Painters' section of the Bathurst Show. He left school mid-year and took night classes in drawing at the Julian Ashton Art School - external site in Sydney while holding down a job at an advertising agency.
National Film and Sound Archive
- Difficult Pleasure: A Portrait of Brett Whiteley (Clip 1)This clip shows Brett Whiteley’s artworks in his studio intercut with black-and-white photographs of him as a child. As the camera pans through the studio and over the works, Whiteley describes the challenges of being gifted and of overcoming his addictive tendencies.
- A Difficult Pleasure : A Portrait of Brett Whiteley (Clip 2)Australian artist Brett Whiteley is drawing in the back of a London taxi, explaining that this is his image of London. He draws his view from the back seat, including the legs of his companion Janice Spencer, seated in the cab next to him. As it is a sunny day, he has arranged for a hose to provide the effect of rain on the windscreen to help produce London’s ‘zen melancholia’.
- A Difficult Pleasure : A Portriat of Brett Whiteley (Clip 3)Australian artist Brett Whiteley is asked how to paint. He advises young artists to buy the materials and just do it.
Brett Whiteley's The American Dream on Display in Perth
- Brett Whiteley's The American Dream on Display in PerthBrett Whiteley's vast 1968 painting The American Dream is about to go on show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), following a painstaking three-month restoration last year.
The Australian Review : Chelsea Warning
- The Australian Review : Chelsea Warning Wilson, A. (2016, July 30-31). Chelsea Warning. Weekend Australian Review, p.6-8.
The Weekend Australian
- Chelsea WarningCover story on The Weekend Australian newspaper: July 30th 2016
Wendy Whiteley on "Self Portrait in the Studio" 1976
Brett Whiteley in his London Studio at the age of 26
Podcast
Image source: Overnights - ABC Local
- Brett Whiteley - Overnights | ABC LocalABC Local Overnights host Trevor Chappell speaks with Ashleigh Wilson, author of "Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing."
ArtLex Art Dictionary
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
- Harper's Bazaar magazine (May 2017)Article of Brett Whiteley as featured in the Culture section of Harper's Bazaar magazine.