Portrait of a dickhead – Andy Wear

Andy Wear made headlines this week when he battered and fried a Sydney Nolan sketch to raise money for a Brunswick Gallery. Kristian Pithie tells us exactly why this is not on.
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I am not here to batter and fry artist Andy Wear for his poor tasting (no pun intended) attempt at a good hearted act.

If you have been sitting too long on the beach you might have missed the recent story of artist Andy Wear who had taken it upon himself to batter and fry up an average portrait of Andy’s grandfather by the iconic artist Sidney Nolan. He then listed it on eBay hoping to raise some money for a Brunswick Gallery whose bar had been robbed.

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Kristian Pithie
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Kristian Pithie is a writer on the arts. You can follow him @kristianpithie.