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'Oli Darling is a queer artist from the country - it says so right at the top of every press release. His art has brought him fame, money, fashionable substance abuse issues and only a little imposter syndrome. But then he goes on live TV and says the one thing that can get a rich white guy cancelled.
'With his reputation in tatters, nobody is buying Oli's schtick or his art. That's a problem for all the people who've invested millions in him. Powerful, dangerous people. To save his own skin, Oli will need to restore his public image. Together with a ghostwriter, he must do the most undignified thing imaginable- he will have to write a memoir.
'So begins a journey through the underbelly of modern celebrity that sees Oli confront the consequences of his own ruthless mythmaking - lies he's told others, lies he's told himself. Perhaps he was right to feel like an imposter. And maybe the only way out is to take a good hard look at himself.
'Outrageous satire of the highest order, Appreciation sets its sights on the question of authenticity in a time where image trumps talent, narcissism rules, and no canvas is so tarnished it can't be painted over.' (Publication summary)
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Critics, Cancellation and Cleanskin Wine : the Australian Novels Satirising the Art World
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 April 2024;
— Review of The Work 2024 single work novel ; Appreciation 2024 single work novel'New books from Bri Lee and Liam Pieper reach into the frictions and follies of the art industry. But are they fact or fantasy?'
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Show Your Working : Liam Pieper
2024
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column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , March 2024; -
Appreciation by Liam Pieper Review – a Tart Satire of Cancel Culture and the Art World
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 March 2024;
— Review of Appreciation 2024 single work novel'This comedy centred on an artist who loses everything after a drug-fuelled rant about Aussie myth-making is let down by its narcissistic protagonist'
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Liam Pieper Appreciation
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 March 2024;
— Review of Appreciation 2024 single work novel 'As it is totally unregulated, fine art can be a serious business for international money launderers. But what happens when the art in question is produced by an unstable, drug-addled painter prone to saying the wrong thing to the maximum number of people? Enter Oli Darling, a “queer artist from the country” and the antihero of Liam Pieper’s satirical novel Appreciation. Having made an art of self-publicity, he is swiftly cancelled after an outburst on a television panel in which he not only appropriates Indigenous culture but insults Anzacs as well.' -
Vanity, Money and ‘angry Masculine Impastos’ : Liam Pieper’s Appreciation Is a Mordant Tale of a Tragically Flawed Artist
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 March 2024;
— Review of Appreciation 2024 single work novel'A nuanced exploration of the value and personal cost of art-making runs through Melbourne writer Liam Pieper’s jaunty new satirical novel Appreciation.' (Publication summary)
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Bold’, ‘extremely Fun’, ‘luminously Written’ : The Best Australian Books Out in March
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 March 2024;
— Review of 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem 2024 selected work poetry ; The Silver River 2024 single work autobiography ; One Another 2024 single work novel ; Appreciation 2024 single work novel ; Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband 2024 single work autobiography ; Servo : Tales from the Graveyard Shift 2024 single work autobiography ; The Cancer Finishing School : Lessons in Laughter, Love and Resilience 2024 single work autobiography ; Thanks for Having Me 2024 single work novel ; Lead Us Not 2024 single work novel ; Always Will Be : Stories of Goori Sovereignty from the Futures of the Tweed 2024 selected work short story -
Vanity, Money and ‘angry Masculine Impastos’ : Liam Pieper’s Appreciation Is a Mordant Tale of a Tragically Flawed Artist
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 March 2024;
— Review of Appreciation 2024 single work novel'A nuanced exploration of the value and personal cost of art-making runs through Melbourne writer Liam Pieper’s jaunty new satirical novel Appreciation.' (Publication summary)
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Liam Pieper Appreciation
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 March 2024;
— Review of Appreciation 2024 single work novel 'As it is totally unregulated, fine art can be a serious business for international money launderers. But what happens when the art in question is produced by an unstable, drug-addled painter prone to saying the wrong thing to the maximum number of people? Enter Oli Darling, a “queer artist from the country” and the antihero of Liam Pieper’s satirical novel Appreciation. Having made an art of self-publicity, he is swiftly cancelled after an outburst on a television panel in which he not only appropriates Indigenous culture but insults Anzacs as well.' -
Appreciation by Liam Pieper Review – a Tart Satire of Cancel Culture and the Art World
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 March 2024;
— Review of Appreciation 2024 single work novel'This comedy centred on an artist who loses everything after a drug-fuelled rant about Aussie myth-making is let down by its narcissistic protagonist'
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Critics, Cancellation and Cleanskin Wine : the Australian Novels Satirising the Art World
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 April 2024;
— Review of The Work 2024 single work novel ; Appreciation 2024 single work novel'New books from Bri Lee and Liam Pieper reach into the frictions and follies of the art industry. But are they fact or fantasy?'
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Show Your Working : Liam Pieper
2024
single work
column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , March 2024;