Martin Sharp archive

Martin Sharp, Self portrait, 1968.

The following is a listing of the various blogs, webpages, articles and presentations written and complied by Michael Organ since 2013 relating to the Australian artist Martin Sharp (1942-2013). It is arranged chronologically and comprises 38 items. Collaborators are noted where applicable.

2013 

* Sixties Sharp - the pop and psychedelic art of Martin Sharp, 29 June 2013. An introduction to the art of Martin Sharp.[Blog]

* OZ Posters - OZ Magazine 1964-1971, 26 September 2013. OZ magazine poster inserts and promotional material by Martin Sharp and other artists, from 1964 through to 1973. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp Record Covers, 13 December 2013. Record cover illustrations featuring the art of Martin Sharp, from 1967 through to 2014. [Blog]

* Sunshine Superman - Martin Sharp's Donovan Poster 1967, 29 December 2013. An account of Martin Sharp's 1967 poster. [Blog]

2014

* Waymouth, Sharp and OZ, London 1966-69, 1 March 2014. Discussion of the relationship between British artist Nigel Waymouth and Martin Sharp. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp and the Sweet Shop, World's End, London, 1968, 10 March 2014. Account of Sharp's painting of a London shop front. [Blog]

* Legalise Cannabis, 1967, 5 April 2014. Account of Martin Sharp's poster. [Blog] 

* Blowing in the Mind - Martin Sharp's 1967 Bob Dylan poster, 7 May 2014. Account of Sharp's most famous poster, being of Bob Dylan. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp's Jimi Hendrix - posters and paint, 9 May 2014. Account of Martin Sharp's Jimi Hendrix 1968 poster. [Blog]

* Michael Organ and Rebecca Daly, OZ magazine goes digital - and the party continues, The Conversation, 31 July 2014. [Article]

* Live Give Love 1968 - Martin Sharp meets Michelangelo, 10 September 2014. Account of Martin Sharp's Michelangelo-influenced poster from 1968. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp posters - a chronological list 1962-2009, 28 September 2014. A comprehensive listing of Martin Sharp posters, with illustrations where available. [Blog]

* King Kong and the Birdman - SEX!, Surrealism and Sharp's psychedelia, 18 October 2014. An article on aspects of Martin Sharp's SEX! and Max Ernst posters. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp's Tarot Cards - the major arcana, 12 December 2014. A description of Martin Sharp's tarot card illustrations from 1967. [Blog]

2015 

* OZ Archive - University of Wollongong Library Collections, 19 January 2015. Material relating to OZ magazine and the art of Martin Sharp at the University of Wollongong Library. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp's Yellow House - Timeline, 31 May 2015. A history of the Sydney art installation the Yellow House. [Blog]

 * Martin Sharp and Vincent Van Gogh, 17 June 2015. A discussion around Martin Sharp's relationship with the art and life of Vincent Van Gogh. [Blog]

* High Times OZ magazine 1971, 28 July 2015. [Blog]

* Vincent 1968 - Martin Sharp poster, 29 August 2015. A description of Martin Sharp's Vincent Van Gogh poster and its variants. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp @ Picasso Cafe, June 1967, 3 September 2015. A discussion around  some photographs of Martin Sharp at a cafe in London during 1967. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp's Roundhouse UFO poster 1967, 18 October 2015. A description of Martin Sharp's most iconic, and psychedelic poster. [Blog]

* Yellow House poster 1972, 7 December 2015. The original Earthworks Poster Collective poster by Axel Sutinen and Colin Little. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp - A Chronology, 22 December 2015. A chronology of the life and times of Martin Sharp.[Blog]

2016 

* Big O Posters - A Preliminary Listing 1967-70, 6 January 2016. This listing includes a number of posters by Martin Sharp. [Blog]

* Psychedelic and counterculture posters in situ 1967-71, 20 March 2016. A collection of photographs from the UK and US of posters, including some by Martin Sharp. [Blog]

* Surfing Roundabout 1965, 3 May 2016. A satirical Australian film featuring Richard Neville, Martin Sharp and Richard Walsh of OZ magazine. [Blog]

* People, Politics and Pop - Australia in the Sixties: Martin Sharp's Drawings, 13 May 2016. A listing of Martin Sharp's black and white drawings from 1966 as published. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp's Phantasmagorical Yellow House, 12 June 2016. An account of the Sydney Yellow House art environment created by Martin Sharp and friends. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp, LSD and UFOs, 7 July 2016. A commentary on the relationship between Martin Sharp's fascination with UFOs and the possible use of LSD during 1967-8. [Blog]

2017

* Martin Sharp's Art Book 1972, 23 March 2017. Discussion of the works included in this 1972 publication, along with variants thereof. [Blog]

 2018 

* Roger Foley Fogg and Michael Organ, Abraxas 1968 and Abraxas Redux - the story, 18 February 2018. Account of a work of art by Martin Sharp. [Blog]

* Fusion 72, 8 March 2018. Account of the Wollongong Arts Festival of 1972 from the perspective of artist David Humphries. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp's Clune Galleries Exhibition 1965, 6 June 2018. An account of Sharp's first solo exhibition. [Blog]

* Countercultural enclave: Martin Sharp's Yellow House, Counterculture Studies, 1(1), 2018, 6-34. [Refereed journal article]

* Confrontational Continuum: Modernism and the psychedelic art of Martin Sharp, The Sixties: A journal of history, politics and culture. 16 October 2018. [Refereed journal article]

2020

* Birgitta Bjerke - At the Pheasantry 1968, 4 May 2020. Account of the work of the counterculture crochet artist. [Blog]. 

* Love Me This Year 1968, 2 December 2020. Description of a little known Splash poster by Martin Sharp. [Blog]

* Madonna of the Napalm 1967, 30 December 2020. Description of the poster artwork by Martin Sharp from the London OZ magazine number 1 of February 1967. [Blog] 

2021

* Tales of Brave Ulysses - Martin Sharp and Eric Clapton 1967, 25 June 2021. A brief history of the famous Cream song, co-written by Sharp and Clapton. [Blog]  

* Yellow House Archive, 28 November 2021. An updated copy of the University of Wollongong Yellow House Archive compiled between 2015-2016. [Blog]

2023

* "Come here, child": the sexual abuse of Dorothy Hewitt's daughters, 3 June 2023.  A compilation of material relating to the 2018 revelations concerning Kate and Rozanna Lilley, daughters of Australian author, playwright and poet Dorothy Hewitt, and her husband Merv Lilley. [Blog] 

* Martin Sharp Archive, 15 June 2023. A listing of blogs, webpages, articles and presentations by Michael Organ relating to the life and times of the Australian artist Martin Sharp. [Blog]

* Wheels of Fire 1968, 15 July 2023. Listing of the various versions of Martin Sharp's Cream Wheels of Fire LPs cover. [Blog]

* The faerie realm of Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock, 24 July 2023. Includes reference to Martin Sharp's work on the 1975 film directed by Peter Weir. [Blog]

* Martin Sharp - Exhibitions and Reviews, 14 September 2023. [Blog]

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Last updated: 21 September 2023

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