Martin Sharp

Martin Sharp
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Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Total Pages : 435
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ISBN-10 : 9781925575019
ISBN-13 : 1925575012
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Book Synopsis Martin Sharp by : Joyce Morgan

Download or read book Martin Sharp written by Joyce Morgan and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Martin wore tight pants that were striped red, white and blue, like a Union Jack, and an embroidered Afghan vest. In front of his face he carried, like a lollipop, a smile on a stick. As he went, he bowed to passers-by. Even on King's Road, he stood out.' Martin Sharp's art was as singular as his style. He blurred the boundaries of high art and low with images of Dylan, Hendrix and naked flower children that defined an era. Along the way the irreverent Australian was charged with obscenity and collaborated with Eric Clapton as he drew rock stars and reprobates into his world. In this richly told and beautifully written biography, Joyce Morgan captures the loneliness of a privileged childhood, the heady days of the underground magazine Oz as well as the exuberant creativity of Swinging London and beyond. Sharp pursued his quixotic dream to realise van Gogh's Yellow House in Australia. He obsessively championed eccentric singer Tiny Tim and was haunted by Sydney's Luna Park. Charismatic and paradoxical, he became a recluse whose phone never stopped ringing. There was no one like Martin Sharp. When he died, he was described as a stranger in a strange land who left behind a trail of stardust.


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