It's Archibald time again

[cosmosgrove]

The 2014 Archibald Prize finalists have been announced, Tim Storrier's painting of Sir Les Patterson has won the Packing room prize, who's your pick for the big one? I can never choose just one.

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/

[bluecat*dancing]

Jandamarra Cadd

Fiona Lowry

Jude Rae

Qiang Zhang

Mathew Lynn

[cherry*135]

Putney wrote: "the Archibald is supposed to be of a person of note in the Arts, Science, Education or Politics etc..."

That isn't specified in the rules though?

The Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (the Gallery) invite artists to submit paintings in competition for the Archibald Prize 2014.

The work

Must be a painting.

Must be a portrait painted from life, with the subject known to the artist, aware of the artist’s intention and having at least one live sitting with the artist.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/enter/

Previous winner - "This year, Fantauzzo entered a painting of his four-year-old son Luca, a kind of self-portrait titled All that’s good in me."

[cherry*135]

Nicolee Payne - Fuifui Moimoi

Joanna Braithwaite - Bright Spark

Natasha Bieniek - Isola

[mtnlane]

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@am*3 wrote:

Putney wrote: "the Archibald is supposed to be of a person of note in the Arts, Science, Education or Politics etc..."

That isn't specified in the rules though?

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It is specified actually:  

'The prize will be awarded, in the terms of the will of the late JF Archibald dated 15 March 1916, to the best portrait ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in the pictures’.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/enter/

The use of the word 'preferentially' does, however, give artists some latitude. 

[cosmosgrove]

I recently heard on a news broadcast of other guidelines for this year, almost like a prompt that changes each year, but I can't find any referance to it online.

[cherry*135]

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@mtnlane wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

Putney wrote: "the Archibald is supposed to be of a person of note in the Arts, Science, Education or Politics etc..."

That isn't specified in the rules though?

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It is specified actually:  

'The prize will be awarded, in the terms of the will of the late JF Archibald dated 15 March 1916, to the best portrait ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in the pictures’.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/enter/

**The use of the word 'preferentially' does, however, give artists some latitude.

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** Obviously, goes without saying. Doesn't preclude an artist from entering a painting of a not well known miner either.

2014 finalist - Artists young son

[mtnlane]

Exactly!

My point was that it is actually mentioned in the rules and I was merely responding to your question to putney32 - 'That isn't specified in the rules though?'

Perhaps you did not intend that to be a question.

No matter ........

[mtnlane]

Cosmo I would be interested to read about that if you were able to locate the information.

Thanks for the thread by the way - I have come to look forward to your Archibald threads.

Perhaps we can also look forward to one on the Salon Des Refusés?

[cosmosgrove]

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@mtnlane wrote:

Cosmo I would be interested to read about that if you were able to locate the information.

Thanks for the thread by the way - I have come to look forward to your Archibald threads.

Perhaps we can also look forward to one on the Salon Des Refusés?

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 I've been looking but haven't found it yet, I am finding lots of other interesting stuff though.

I found this kind of mesmerising, all the winners morphed into each other

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-10/archibald-prize-morph/5586912

And I didn't know there was a Young Archies award as well, these are wonderful

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-10/the-young-archies/5569452

Oh and my claim to fame is I went to art school with Archibald finalist (2007 & 2011) and winner of the 2009 Salon des Refusés People's Choice Award, Zhong Chen, we were in the same exhibiting group at the end of year. I remember he spoke very little english and was painting very large wonderful landscapes at the time and I was exhibting portraits 😄 the irony! 

http://www.isiiad.com.au/index.php/arts/yarra-valley/205-zhong-chen

[mtnlane]

Thanks for sharing those links!

That 'morphing' is an art form in itself isn't it?  Mesmerising is the perfect word for it - I have had to go back a few times for a second and third look ..... and will go back again!

So many familiar faces and winning portraits - like a trip down memory lane.

Some amazing talent very evident in those Young Archies .... I had never heard of them either but what a great idea.

Ahhhhh I have often wondered about your training as your subjects, colour and placement in the picture challenges have always appealed - if you have mentioned your training before I must have missed it. Would love to see some of your work with a brush