Brett Whiteley 'Swinging Monkey 2 ' the field revisited 'Mambo Etymology - The Origins

'Mambo Etymology - The Origins of Crude Sexual Terms' 1996

let ‘Too Big Too Small’ amplify your life

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painting is a process of ‘becoming’ through aesthetic perception”

Brett Whiteley 'Swinging Monkey 2 ' the field revisited 'Mambo Etymology - The OriginsAt just 26, newly a father and immersed in the cultural intensity of London, Brett Whiteley stood at a formative threshold when he created Swinging Monkey 2 (1965). This work marks his first sustained engagement with screenprinting, developed in collaboration with master printer Chris Prater, who was concurrently working with David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Bridget Riley placing Whiteley directly within a moment of radical experimentation in