Acute Misfortune
Subtitle: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen
Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781760640873
Description: Acute Misfortune" is a riveting account of the life and death of one of Australia's most celebrated artists, the man behind the Archibald Prize-winning portrait of David Wenham. Jensen follows Cullen through drug deals and periods of deep self-reflection, onwards into his court appearance for weapons possession and finally his death in 2012 at the age of forty-six. The story is by turns tender and horrifying: a spare tale of art, sex, drugs and childhood, told at close quarters and without judgement.