Brett Whiteley 'Chimp: Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney' impressionism

Brett Whiteley 'Chimp: Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney' impressionismWhiteley first exhibited images of the zoo in 1965 London alongside his famed Christie series, a confronting body of work about the serial killer John Christie. In contrast to the violent imagery of Christie, his images of zoo life were palette cleaners, encapsulations of immediacy, energy and character. When Whiteley returned to Australia, he lived within walking distance of Taronga Zoo and would often go there to draw. His 1979 etching 'Chimp:

the wide-eyed ingénue

Dimensions: 43 x 53 x 5 cm

monumental geometry of the earth-built dwellings

Image Size: 29 x 76 cm

composition and the viewers interpretation

These configurations – elegant and stylish – recall Australia’s lineage of boundary-pushing female printmakers Margaret Preston

to the world around him

distinguished by its own variations in colour and tone

Never dwelling on life on the rails

(c) Sylvia Ken / Copyright Agency

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