Wendy Whiteley: “I want to be remembered with affection” | LindaMorrissmh
Wendy and Arkie Whiteley at 2 Raper St, Surry Hills, which became the Brett Whiteley Studio, circa 1992-93.That same discerning curatorial eye oversees every rehang at the Brett Whiteley Studio. Thirty years after his death, Wendy believes there is still “so much to say” about Whiteley.
Wendy has many qualities. Stoicism is one of them. Pragmatism is another. She settled her affairs some time ago and was busy sorting her personal papers for the gallery archives during Opera Australia’s 2019 production ofNow that she has announced her intentions, focus will briefly land on the flawed genius of Brett Whiteley, the drugs and his turbulent relationship with Wendy.
Kindred spirits: Arkie and Wendy at the opening of the Brett Whiteley Retrospective at AGNSW in 1995.“If I had zillions of grandchildren and if Arkie had survived and she’d had children, there would have been a whole different structure [for the estate],” Wendy said. With a common purpose, mother and daughter had consolidated artworks from Arkie’s inheritance along with those in Wendy’s ownership to form the collection that is core to today’s Wendy and Arkie Whiteley Bequest.
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