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'Martin Sharp was not merely an artist of renown but a celebrity. His fame began in the early 60s with the launch of OZ magazine, followed by his time in the epicentre of Swinging London where he created internationally popular posters and record covers (mainly for Cream, for whom he also wrote a song). On his return to Sydney, he helped create the Yellow House, an artists' colony inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, and threw himself into renovating Luna Park. Based on extensive interviews with Martin and his peers during the last decade of his life, Martin Sharp captures Martin's charismatic character and unconventional lifestyle. It also celebrates some of his most striking images to provide a lively visual account of an unusual life.' (Publication summary)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2017 .
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      Extent: 344p.
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      • Published February 2017
      ISBN: 9781760111755

Works about this Work

Oz Magazine to Luna Park Kosmas Tsokhas , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 2 2018; (p. 387-389)

— Review of Martin Sharp : His Life and Times Joyce Morgan , 2017 single work biography

'Martin Ritchie Sharp was born into a wealthy Sydney family in 1942. He was educated at Cranbrook School and went on to study at the East Sydney National Art School. In 1963, Richard Neville, Sharp, Richard Walsh and some of their friends launched the satirical Oz magazine. The first issue carried cartoons by Sharp that lampooned the monarchy and ridiculed sexual taboos. As if this was not enough, another cartoon by Sharp depicted the Christian God as a tycoon smoking a cigar at his desk with trays marked Heaven, Purgatory and Hell. Other subjects avoided by the mainstream press that were now voiced in Oz included suburban customs and habits caricatured in Sharp’s dull and tedious ‘Norman Normal’; misogynistic abuse of women as parodied in his The Word Flashed round the Arms; publication of the names of organised-crime bosses with links to the police; and condemnation of laws against abortion and homosexuality that created opportunities for blackmail and extortion.' (Introduction)

Martin Sharp, His Life and Times by Joyce Morgan Sama Hugo , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2017;

— Review of Martin Sharp : His Life and Times Joyce Morgan , 2017 single work biography

'A captivating new biography places Martin Sharp’s art in context.'

Joyce Morgan : Martin Sharp: His Life and Times. Jeannette Delamoir , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , June 2017;
'Joyce Morgan’s version of Martin Sharp presents an important portrait of the man and his times.'
Portrait of a Serial Collaborator Patricia Anderson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18 February 2017; (p. 19)
'As Joyce Morgan points out in her spirited and incisive biography of Martin Sharp, “biography does not take shape without great generosity, surprising encounters, memorable conversations and a dash of good luck”. She might have added ‘‘coincidence’’.' (Introduction)
Oz Magazine to Luna Park Kosmas Tsokhas , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 2 2018; (p. 387-389)

— Review of Martin Sharp : His Life and Times Joyce Morgan , 2017 single work biography

'Martin Ritchie Sharp was born into a wealthy Sydney family in 1942. He was educated at Cranbrook School and went on to study at the East Sydney National Art School. In 1963, Richard Neville, Sharp, Richard Walsh and some of their friends launched the satirical Oz magazine. The first issue carried cartoons by Sharp that lampooned the monarchy and ridiculed sexual taboos. As if this was not enough, another cartoon by Sharp depicted the Christian God as a tycoon smoking a cigar at his desk with trays marked Heaven, Purgatory and Hell. Other subjects avoided by the mainstream press that were now voiced in Oz included suburban customs and habits caricatured in Sharp’s dull and tedious ‘Norman Normal’; misogynistic abuse of women as parodied in his The Word Flashed round the Arms; publication of the names of organised-crime bosses with links to the police; and condemnation of laws against abortion and homosexuality that created opportunities for blackmail and extortion.' (Introduction)

Martin Sharp, His Life and Times by Joyce Morgan Sama Hugo , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2017;

— Review of Martin Sharp : His Life and Times Joyce Morgan , 2017 single work biography

'A captivating new biography places Martin Sharp’s art in context.'

Portrait of a Serial Collaborator Patricia Anderson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18 February 2017; (p. 19)
'As Joyce Morgan points out in her spirited and incisive biography of Martin Sharp, “biography does not take shape without great generosity, surprising encounters, memorable conversations and a dash of good luck”. She might have added ‘‘coincidence’’.' (Introduction)
Joyce Morgan : Martin Sharp: His Life and Times. Jeannette Delamoir , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , June 2017;
'Joyce Morgan’s version of Martin Sharp presents an important portrait of the man and his times.'
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