Brand New!! Review: The Columbia Threadneedle Prize Tenth Exhibition
Sunday, 3 February 2019
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This is the terminal calendar week of the exhibition of the The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018 at the Mall Galleries. If you've non yet been it's definitely worth visiting.
To my withdraw heed it's 1 of the amend exhibitions inward the history of the prize.
Visitors to the exhibition likewise larn to determine who to vote for The Visitors’ Choice Award, a farther prize worth £10,000 to the winning artist. The Visitors’ Choice Award winner volition endure announced at the halt of the exhibition.
I wrote every bit the exhibition opened almost the shortlisted artists too the winner Ana Schmidt wins Threadneedle Prize 2018
This postal service is almost the exhibition itself. The exhibition is on until 1pm on 7 Feb 2018, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. It's opened upwardly daily 10am to 5pm too admission is free.
Interestingly this exhibition is dominated past times petroleum paintings - including around really large petroleum paintings. I discovered this past times using the card selector for the online exhibition. Why is it that petroleum is seen every bit the media that must endure used for fine art competitions?
There were very few acrylic paintings - although 1 of them worn First Prize.
More positively, at that spot are a meaning number of really impressive plant inward monochrome - using graphite, charcoal and/or pen too ink - although around are on oil.
I've right away been extremely impressed inward 2 dissimilar exhibitions by Dominic Keshavarz's pen too ink drawings. They are really complex - comprising really fine dots of ink - too are really impressive. I'm a large fan of artists who convert their ink into tonal ranges to heighten the gamut of tonal variation. (For around argue it's categorised nether Pencil too Charcoal)
I couldn't determine whether I liked Amanda Cornish's charcoal drawing on newspaper - every bit half dozen panels - to a greater extent than or less than the pen too ink drawing past times Dominic Keshavarz.
There seemed to endure fewer sculptures too installations compared to previous exhibitions. Maybe that's because the ones that were inward the exhibition tended to endure much smaller. Apart from one.
Micks deed past times Bryden is large, uncompromising too a really prominent locomote inside the exhibition. It's worth reading the narrative which goes alongside the locomote - which explains it - too yet this has non been included on the website. Also the creative individual is non included inward the listing of names of selected artists provided to me.... Click the 'i' attain correct of this page to larn at the explanation
Also at that spot are very few fine fine art prints too only 1 really innovative instance of novel media - one of the shortlisted works which is a digital collage of photographic cloth reproduced every bit a transparency on a bespoke LED lightbox. (I'm hoping this 1 wins the Visitors Choice Award!)
The keen sadness for me was that at that spot are exclusively 2 watercolour paintings selected for the exhibition. I can't locomote out whether that's because the watercolour paintings submitted failed to impress or the Judges only aren't fans of watercolour.
Normally if an exhibition is going to endure themed this is announced at the outset. It's oft the instance that prizes are therefore linked to the themes. Not therefore alongside this exhibition at the Call for Entries phase - where at that spot was absolutely no call of themes
This exhibition has been divided into 4 dependent acre categories:
The links are to the virtual exhibition of each category online.
I call back having themes truly helps alongside the work of curating what has e'er been a really various exhibition of contemporary figurative art. It truly presented every bit a to a greater extent than coherent exhibition every bit a result.
What's fascinating is which themes were chosen too what these inward plough say almost the preoccupations of figurative artists today.
Might I propose that side past times side fourth dimension it's worth thinking along the lines of having a winner for each category every bit good every bit an overall winner.
Larger portraits are hung inward the Threadneedle Space. Few were what 1 mightiness telephone band a conventional portrait - therefore to a greater extent than on the 'figurative fine art' side of the equation.
Interestingly people who were "doing something" receive got oft been categorised inside their context - either Urban or Landscape. i.e. the figure has seen every bit beingness subservient to the context.
Portraits were distinctly unflashy - the jury for this prize were clearly non trying to replicate the BP Portrait Award inward whatsoever way.
That said, I could receive got done alongside seeing to a greater extent than narrative paintings involving figures and/or grouping portraits. Those who tin delineate off an impressive grouping portrait seem to endure a dying breed of painter!
Smaller paintings hung close the entrance to the North Galleries. I especially liked this department - lots to aspect at!
I call back I'd receive got had the icon below inward the Still Life department - since they were endure too right away they are still. But it's been categorised every bit "Nature".
This category was every bit much almost the interior / domestic scenes every bit it was almost conventional however life. Often almost making the mundane aspect interesting - oft through selection of subject, crop too composition too color palette.
The North Galleries has, inward my opinion, 1 of the best hung walls inward the exhibition. I only loved the way the orangish color popped therefore rested therefore echoed upwardly too downwards the wall.
The interesting aspect of the exhibition for me was the authorization of Urban too City Life every bit a theme.
There was something fairly stark almost a number of the paintings of urban metropolis life. However piece around were distinctly monochrome, others were really definitely total of colour
It likewise included 2 of the most impressive too shortlisted plant including the winner (top left inward the inward a higher identify photograph).
I idea around of the prices were absolutely crackers. Prices should relate to
Quite apart from anything else, potential buyers are quite capable of checking out an artist's runway tape online.
By all means, add together on a pocket-size premium, but don't aspect to accuse thousands too sell your locomote unless it's evident that yous receive got a runway tape of sales at that score and/or a really impressive locomote of art.
Use the online exhibition on the website to runway which paintings receive got sold too which receive got not. Then checkout the artist/media/size etc.....
Posts on this spider web log almost the get-go decade of the Threadneedle Prize.
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| Preview/Awards Night - The Columbia Threadneedle Award 2018 |
Visitors to the exhibition likewise larn to determine who to vote for The Visitors’ Choice Award, a farther prize worth £10,000 to the winning artist. The Visitors’ Choice Award winner volition endure announced at the halt of the exhibition.
I wrote every bit the exhibition opened almost the shortlisted artists too the winner Ana Schmidt wins Threadneedle Prize 2018
This postal service is almost the exhibition itself. The exhibition is on until 1pm on 7 Feb 2018, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. It's opened upwardly daily 10am to 5pm too admission is free.
About The Columbia Threadneedle Exhibition 2018
The submission too the selection
- It's the production of the selection of locomote from 4,118 submissions via the opened upwardly entry - from 2,097 artists.
- Just 104 artworks past times 95 artists were selected for the exhibition.
- In pct terms that's 2.5% of the artwork too 4.5% of the artists
- The average number of plant submitted were 1.96
- Compared to 2016, the number of entries grew past times 7.5% too the number of artists submitting locomote grew past times 6.2% - therefore the contest remains an attractive proffer for figurative artists despite it right away beingness a biennial.
Media
Interestingly this exhibition is dominated past times petroleum paintings - including around really large petroleum paintings. I discovered this past times using the card selector for the online exhibition. Why is it that petroleum is seen every bit the media that must endure used for fine art competitions?
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| (Left) Duff by Ruth Murray, Oil on canvas, 210 x 150 cm £27,000 (Right) Shallows by Helen Flockhart, Oil on linen, 105 x 155 cm £15,000 [SOLD] |
More positively, at that spot are a meaning number of really impressive plant inward monochrome - using graphite, charcoal and/or pen too ink - although around are on oil.
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| (Left) The Final Stages by Polly Townsend, Charcoal, graphite, too ink, 44 x 58 cm £1,200 (Right) Abbeyfields by Dominic Keshavarz, Pen too ink, 80 x 120 cm £3,500 |
I've right away been extremely impressed inward 2 dissimilar exhibitions by Dominic Keshavarz's pen too ink drawings. They are really complex - comprising really fine dots of ink - too are really impressive. I'm a large fan of artists who convert their ink into tonal ranges to heighten the gamut of tonal variation. (For around argue it's categorised nether Pencil too Charcoal)
I endure inward Kent, UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland too brand ink drawings on newspaper that explore the relationships betwixt fourth dimension too infinite too line too tone.
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| (Left) Fragmented past times Amanda Cornish, Charcoal on paper; 107 x 157 cm £4,300 (Right) I'm a long way from home past times Jamie Routley Oil on canvas, 95 x 140 cm £12,000 |
- Both are of nature - which I love,
- both are drawings - really much my get-go love
- and consequently both are in my attain 10!
There seemed to endure fewer sculptures too installations compared to previous exhibitions. Maybe that's because the ones that were inward the exhibition tended to endure much smaller. Apart from one.
Micks deed past times Bryden is large, uncompromising too a really prominent locomote inside the exhibition. It's worth reading the narrative which goes alongside the locomote - which explains it - too yet this has non been included on the website. Also the creative individual is non included inward the listing of names of selected artists provided to me.... Click the 'i' attain correct of this page to larn at the explanation
Also at that spot are very few fine fine art prints too only 1 really innovative instance of novel media - one of the shortlisted works which is a digital collage of photographic cloth reproduced every bit a transparency on a bespoke LED lightbox. (I'm hoping this 1 wins the Visitors Choice Award!)
The keen sadness for me was that at that spot are exclusively 2 watercolour paintings selected for the exhibition. I can't locomote out whether that's because the watercolour paintings submitted failed to impress or the Judges only aren't fans of watercolour.
The exhibition themes
Normally if an exhibition is going to endure themed this is announced at the outset. It's oft the instance that prizes are therefore linked to the themes. Not therefore alongside this exhibition at the Call for Entries phase - where at that spot was absolutely no call of themes
This exhibition has been divided into 4 dependent acre categories:
The links are to the virtual exhibition of each category online.
I call back having themes truly helps alongside the work of curating what has e'er been a really various exhibition of contemporary figurative art. It truly presented every bit a to a greater extent than coherent exhibition every bit a result.
What's fascinating is which themes were chosen too what these inward plough say almost the preoccupations of figurative artists today.
Might I propose that side past times side fourth dimension it's worth thinking along the lines of having a winner for each category every bit good every bit an overall winner.
Portrait too Figure
Larger portraits are hung inward the Threadneedle Space. Few were what 1 mightiness telephone band a conventional portrait - therefore to a greater extent than on the 'figurative fine art' side of the equation.
Interestingly people who were "doing something" receive got oft been categorised inside their context - either Urban or Landscape. i.e. the figure has seen every bit beingness subservient to the context.
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| The patchwork quilt number of this corner of the exhibition was curiously mesmirising - I kept coming dorsum for around other look. |
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| Figures appear to endure somewhat incidental inward around of the larger paintings - beingness a really pocket-size usage of the whole. |
Portraits were distinctly unflashy - the jury for this prize were clearly non trying to replicate the BP Portrait Award inward whatsoever way.
That said, I could receive got done alongside seeing to a greater extent than narrative paintings involving figures and/or grouping portraits. Those who tin delineate off an impressive grouping portrait seem to endure a dying breed of painter!
 |
| Quiet portraits |
Smaller paintings hung close the entrance to the North Galleries. I especially liked this department - lots to aspect at!
 |
| A brusk wall of smaller paintings - around are portraits too around paintings involving figures |
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| Tempus past times Layla Rose Mixed media, acrylic, petroleum pigment too pastel, 110 x 88 cm £5,000 |
Landscape too Nature
Below is a icon inward my attain 10 alongside the exhibition - a really painterly 'exhibit' of moths by Jane Gardiner (Facebook Page) who spends iii days each calendar week every bit a GP seeing her patients too the residual of the calendar week inward her studio painting portraits or researching her side past times side museum painting. Her paintings are right away seen regularly inward the to a greater extent than prestigious fine art competitions.I call back I'd receive got had the icon below inward the Still Life department - since they were endure too right away they are still. But it's been categorised every bit "Nature".
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| Maybe More Moths by Jane Gardiner Oil on linen, 92 x 92 cm £3,700 [SOLD] |
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| Landscape paintings |
Still Life too Domestic
This category was every bit much almost the interior / domestic scenes every bit it was almost conventional however life. Often almost making the mundane aspect interesting - oft through selection of subject, crop too composition too color palette.
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| Still Life too Domestic inward the North Gallery |
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| A wall inward the North Galleries |
Urban & City Life
The interesting aspect of the exhibition for me was the authorization of Urban too City Life every bit a theme.
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| A combination of urban too Landscape|Nature paintings |
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| Urban too City Life: Monochomatic too large on shapes |
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| Urban too City Life: the forgotten places which larn decoration |
Pricing
I idea around of the prices were absolutely crackers. Prices should relate to
- the creative individual too their career history / runway tape to date
- what score the creative individual usually sells at (as opposed to asks!)
- whatever tendency is beingness established for motility on prices for their portfolio
- the media they are using
- the size of the painting
Quite apart from anything else, potential buyers are quite capable of checking out an artist's runway tape online.
By all means, add together on a pocket-size premium, but don't aspect to accuse thousands too sell your locomote unless it's evident that yous receive got a runway tape of sales at that score and/or a really impressive locomote of art.
Use the online exhibition on the website to runway which paintings receive got sold too which receive got not. Then checkout the artist/media/size etc.....
ARCHIVE - The First 10 Years of the Threadneedle Prize
Posts on this spider web log almost the get-go decade of the Threadneedle Prize.
2018 Threadneedle Prize
- Columbia Threadneedle Prize returns
- The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018 - Call for Entries
- Selected artists for Columbia Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2018
- Ana Schmidt wins Threadneedle Prize 2018
2016 Threadneedle Prize
- The Columbia Threadneedle Prize - Call for Entries
- Selected Artists - The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016
- The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016: Shortlisted Artists
- Lewis Hazelwood-Horner wins £20000 Threadneedle Prize 2016
- Threadneedle Exhibition 2016 - my favourites
2014 Threadneedle Prize
- Review: Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2014
- Tina Jenkins wins Threadneedle Prize 2014
- Threadneedle Prize 2014 - The Shortlist
- The Threadneedle Prize 2014 - what's changed too how to enter
2013 Threadneedle Prize
- Clare McCormack too Lisa Wright win Threadneedle Prize 2013
- Threadneedle Prize 2013 Exhibition - Review
- Threadneedle Prize 2013 - Shortlist announced
- One calendar month left to larn into £30000 Threadneedle Prize
- Threadneedle Prize 2013 - Selected Artists
2012 Threadneedle Prize
- Call for Entries for £30000 Threadneedle Prize 2012
- Threadneedle Prize 2012: Analysis of entries
- Threadneedle Prize 2012: names of selected artists
- Threadneedle Prize 2012 - Exhibition right away Online
- Threadneedle Prize 2012 - Shortlisted Artists
- Review: Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2012
- Threadneedle Prize 2012: The Making a Mark Select Six - An choice shortlist for the Threadneedle Prize 2012.
- Threadneedle Prize 2012 - the Award Winners - Ben Greener wins Threadneedle Prize 2012. Robert Truscott wins People's Choice Award 2012.
2011 Threadneedle Prize
- Threadneedle Prize 2011 - a novel selection process
- Shortlist for Threadneedle Prize 2011 dominated ...
- Threadneedle Prize: The Making a Mark Select ...
- Review: Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2011
- Henriette Simson wins Threadneedle Prize 2011
2010 Threadneedle Prize
- Patricia Cain wins £25,000 Threadneedle Prize 2010
- Threadneedle - only around other fine art prize inward 2010?
- Shortlist for £25000 Threadneedle Prize 2010 announced
- Threadneedle Prize 2010 Exhibition opens today
- My Threadneedle Prize shortlist
2009 Threadneedle Prize
2008 Threadneedle Prize
- Nina Murdoch wins the Threadneedle Figurative Prize 2008 - which I picked out every bit the winner at the press preview too was the really get-go individual to cast the "people's vote" for the winner!
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