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Writers Live - Ashleigh Wilson introduces Brett Whiteley
15th Sep '16 @ Berkelouw Mona Vale


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You are invited to meet Ashleigh Wilson when he introduces Brett Whiteley - Art, Life and the Other Thing.

When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley was an international superstar of the art world. As infamous as he was famous, he left behind decades of ceaseless activity - including many masterpieces - and the other great loves of his life, wife Wendy and daughter Arkie.

Whiteley had arrived in Europe in 1960 determined to make an impression. He was the youngest artist to have work acquired by the Tate. Then, with his wife and daughter, he immersed himself in bohemian New York.

Back in Sydney, he soon became Australia's most celebrated artist. He won the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes in the same year - his prices soared as did his fame. Yet addiction was taking its toll: Whiteley struggled in vain to separate his talent from his disease, and an inglorious end approached.

Ashleigh Wilson's definitive, authorised biography is written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access and is the first full portrait of a mercurial artist and Australian icon.

Join us when Ashleigh Wilson is our guest at 6.30pm on Thursday September 15th, 2016

Bookings are essential and can be made online by following this link or by phone on 9979 2112.

Cost is $ 12.00, $ 5.00 of which will be credited against any purchases made on the evening.

 

About the author:

Ashleigh Wilson began his journalism career at The Australian in Sydney before spending several years in Brisbane. He then became the paper's Darwin correspondent, a position bookended by the Falconio murder trial and the Howard government's intervention in remote Aboriginal communities. During that time he won a Walkley Award for reports on unethical behaviour in the Aboriginal art industry, a series that led to  Senate inquiry. He returned to Sydney in 2008 and has been the paper's Arts Editor sine 2011.

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Where: 12-14 Park Street, Mona Vale, 2103, Sydney, AU
When: Thu, 15th Sep
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

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