Female sitters outnumber the men although that is not a first. It is also the first time there have been more works by women than men in the combined Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes exhibition. In the centenary year of the Archibald, a portrait by Peter Wegner of year-old artist Guy Warren himself an Archibald winner in took out the prize.
The Archibald Prize will spread through three Gallery spaces while at Gippsland. Complementing the exhibition will be a range of special events and activities unique to Gippsland, including regular weekend talks by the finalists and opportunities to create your own masterpiece.
The Friends of the Gallery will host an exclusive Saturday night cocktail party and a screening of Looby , a new documentary about past Archibald Prize winning artist Keith Looby. In the early years, all entries were hung. The Packing Room Prize was first awarded in and is chosen by the gallery staff who receive, unpack and hang the entries. However, 52 per cent of the vote goes to the head of the packing room, Brett Cuthbertson. Archibald was a passionate supporter of a distinctly Australian style of nationalism, journalism and the arts.
In establishing the prize his aim was to foster portraiture as well as support artists and perpetuate the memory of great Australians.
Portraits must have been painted in the previous year from at least one live sitting with the artist. For more information, visit artgallery. The Gippsland Art Gallery is situated at the Port of Sale, overlooking stunning waterways and parkland. Every year the Gallery hosts around twenty exhibitions of local, national and international significance, in addition to ongoing and evolving displays of the permanent collection.
The Gallery was the first public art venue to open east of Melbourne. It continued to operate as a community gallery until , when it came under the management of the newly formed Wellington Shire Council.
The redevelopment has dramatically enhanced the visitor experience, with increased exhibition spaces and improved access to the Gallery collection. Arranged thematically, Archie delves into the controversies and the commonplace, the triumphant and the thwarted, and honours the artists who have made the Archibald Prize the most sought-after accolade in Australian art today.
Exhibition curator and curator of Australian and Pacific art at the Art Gallery of NSW Natalie Wilson said Archie includes portraits by a wide range of artists from across Australia and New Zealand and from every decade of the prize.
First awarded in , the Archibald Prize was established following a bequest from former Art Gallery of NSW trustee and founder of The Bulletin magazine, JF Archibald , whose aim was to foster portraiture, support artists and perpetuate the memory of great Australians.
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes ticket holders can use the same ticket to see Archie A Century of the Archibald Prize any day and time during the exhibition period. Tickets are now on sale on the Gallery website.
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