{"product_id":"9781760640873","title":"Acute Misfortune","description":"Author: Jensen, Erik\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781760640873\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Black Inc\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Apr 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching portrait of talent and addiction, now an award-winning feature film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2008, the artist Adam Cullen invited journalist Erik Jensen to stay in his spare room and write his biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat followed were four years of intense honesty and a relationship that became increasingly claustrophobic. At one point Cullen shot Jensen, in part to see how committed he was to the book. At another, he threw Jensen from a speeding motorbike. The book contract Cullen used to convince Jensen to stay with him never existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcute Misfortune\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter much critical acclaim, \u003ci\u003eAcute Misfortune\u003c\/i\u003e was developed into a feature film, winning \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e Critics Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story is by turns tender and horrifying- a spare tale of art, sex, drugs and childhood, told at close quarters and without judgement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Erik Jensen is a Boswell or Vasari for our baffled, fractured, fucked-up times. \u003ci\u003eAcute Misfortune\u003c\/i\u003e is the most intimate, revealing, and original take on an artist's life I know of.' -\u003cb\u003eSebastian Smee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Erik Jensen gives us that ingenious place where biography is also art.' -\u003cb\u003eJennifer Clement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is supposed to be about an artist, a wild man, his lifetime, and it is; but Jensen has written such a beautiful window that all art and life is shining through. I'm supposed to be an artist but I cannot put this down.' -\u003cb\u003eDBC Pierre\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181169979550,"sku":"UBD-9781760640873","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781760640873.jpg?v=1787399666","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781760640873","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}