Anne Ryan: Occasionally an artist or a picture will come along that really
Anne Ryan: strikes a chord with how people feel about a place.
Fenella Kernebone: Who was Brett Whiteley? Considered to be one of Australia's most
Fenella Kernebone: original artists, known for his unique paintings capturing iconic landscapes
Fenella Kernebone: like Sydney Harbour.
Anne Ryan: The lyricism of it, the poetry of it is the
Anne Ryan: sense of evoking the feeling of what it is to
Anne Ryan: see and to experience this place and this subject.
Fenella Kernebone: He was known for his confident style and abstract sensibilities
Fenella Kernebone: as well as paintings about his own inner demons.
Wendy Whiteley: Painting can have that dark side effect. But with heroin it was a struggle, you know, and
Wendy Whiteley: a complete moral dilemma.
Fenella Kernebone: In this podcast, we're exploring the universe of Brett Whiteley,
Fenella Kernebone: the man, his art and his legacy.
Anne Ryan: A lot of his work really was about trying to
Anne Ryan: work out where he fitted in.
Wendy Whiteley: Life was always intense for him, he had set himself very high
Wendy Whiteley: goals. He loathed the feeling of failure in himself,
Anne Ryan: And I'll be talking with some of Australia's most celebrated
Anne Ryan: contemporary artists to find out what Brett has meant to
Anne Ryan: them and their own careers.
Abdul Abdullah: There's also that dangerous legacy of this is what an
Abdul Abdullah: Australian artist is. This sort of tortured genius a nd this
Abdul Abdullah: is what you have to be to be an artist,
Abdul Abdullah: which I think is pretty archaic.
Anne Ryan: I'm Fenella Kernebone and this is 'Art, life and the other thing'.
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