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  • Read near my review of the BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition in which I highlight the portraits I especially liked  and focus on fundamental themes in addition to points to greenback for those aspiring to enter.
  • View my latest walkabout celluloid of the exhibition inwards the gallery. 

A walk around the BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition


Followers of my previous videos of the BP Portrait Award exhibitions (see a listing of those from previous years at the terminate of this post) will greenback a much lighter brighter ameliorate moving-picture present inwards this year's video BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition.  That's because I instantly video using my iPad Mini in addition to I'm getting a much ameliorate lite residue - hence long equally I'm using HD! It's also an awful lot simpler. However you lot nonetheless larn the "walking around effect" since that is literally what I'm doing....

This twelvemonth I also managed to do my walk circular simply after the Wolfson Gallery - where the exhibition is held - had been cleared. I've got special permission to do this from the NPG but cannot hang near because the safety people demand to lock upwards hence they tin direct maintain their dejeuner - hence apologies if I don't linger on your favourite portrait.

The wonderful matter near doing it inwards an empty gallery is I tin walk backwards without having to lookout adult man where I'm going!

Here's the video - A walk around the BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition

Overall Impressions

BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition opened concluding week
This is my favourite corner! 
I dear the juxtaposition of the monocromatic portraits
- dissimilar sizes, dissimilar approaches, dissimilar subjects
    I wrote downwards my impressions in addition to and then tried to form them out.  I'm going to write a split upwards postal service later on this calendar week near the statistics relating to the entry in addition to who all the selected artists are.

    Themes this twelvemonth include:

    • all the "big heads" (there were iii actually large ones this year) had levels of involvement inwards the nature of the agency they had been painted - none of them were trying to hold upwards photorealistic inwards the agency some portraits direct maintain done inwards the past.
    • a expose of portraits of artists inwards their studio (I counted 3 artists inwards their studio in addition to 1 portrait of a married adult woman inwards the artist's studio). I also loved the portrait of the artist's domestic dog inwards 1 such painting!
      • Vulkan Baga amongst his portrait of Markus
      fossil oil on panel, 240mm x 300mm
    • there are fewer groups of people. Only 1 creative someone (Lantian D) submitted a grouping in addition to he submitted iii paintings equally a triptych of people on a train. It worked real good in addition to was hung on its ain on a curt wall - in addition to looked real good.
      • Passers past times Lantian D
      fossil oil on canvas
    • There are inwards fact three triptychs this year

    • Plus iii nudes

    • Hair is all the to a greater extent than interesting when it's a fleck different - in addition to at that topographic point were some practiced 'hair' paintings this year.  Such equally the icon of Engels Souffrant a.k.a. EngelsInBrooklyn past times Patrik Graham. Of to a greater extent than involvement was how a Haitian born creative someone living inwards Brooklyn came to hold upwards painted past times a Swedish born creative someone who trained inwards Florence.  Plus it's a real striking portrait in addition to was chosen for the banner exterior the National Portrait Gallery (see photograph at orbit of post).
    Engels is a remarkable creative someone in addition to nosotros met inwards 2006 when I started renting a studio inwards an old industrial expanse called Gowanus named after the local Gowanus canal. Our studios where a few doors apart in addition to nosotros chop-chop became unopen friends. Though coming from real dissimilar backgrounds inwards art, Engels from the 80's New York fine art scene in addition to me a classical realist schoolhouse inwards Florence, nosotros flora that nosotros had a peachy affinity in addition to understanding. We ended upwards oftentimes spending fourth dimension inwards each other's studios discussing in addition to critiquing each other's work. Over the years I ended upwards on Engels wall of fame which is 1 of his ongoing projects, he takes snap shots of all the people that come upwards through his studio in addition to and then covers the entire walls of his studio amongst this ever growing photograph collage of friends. I direct maintain ever painted friends, their friends in addition to who ever excites me that would drift inwards to my life, unusually though, it took me 5 years to realise my wishing to pigment Engels in addition to that he would brand an especial portrait.
    Engels past times Patrik Smith - peachy hair!
    fossil oil on canvas, 762 x 457mm
    • quite a few artists chose to direct maintain a apparently background. It's apparent quite a few of them were careful to either create an understated texture or selected a color which would elevate the overall acquit upon of the portrait
    Portraits past times (left to right) Isabella Watling, Benjamin Sullivan in addition to Ignacio Estudillo Perez
    Portrait of Jean Yves, a human being looking similar Vincent Van Gogh past times Gauthier Hubert
    fossil oil on canvas, 700 x 610mm
    It was impossible to ignore this portrait past times this contemporary Belgian creative someone amongst a potent style
    indeed it needed to hold upwards hung on its ain equally it had such a large impact
    Eddy inwards the Morning - a icon of his sone past times Geoffrey Beasley
    fossil oil on canvas, 500mm x 500mm
    (I overheard somebody maxim this was their favourite!)
    • I also saw portraits which expanded the portrait into the context for the sitting. I do similar detailed contexts when they're both interesting in addition to painted well. My man child Adam is a peachy portrait of a teenager (note all the trainers!) past times Melissa Scott Miller. Melissa tin hold upwards commissioned in addition to specialises inwards portraits amongst lots of interesting background detail.
    Melissa Scott Miller amongst her portrait of her boy 'My Boy Adam'
    oil on canvass 1020mm x 770mm
    Turning upwards amongst your model to the preview is usually guaranteed to generate a photograph past times somebody! This is John Williams with his model Edward Lucie Smith - a British writer, poet, fine art critic, curator, broadcaster in addition to author of exhibition catalogues. It also demonstrates that choice of sitter tin sometimes hold upwards astute.

    Edward Lucie Smith in addition to John Williams
    fossil oil on canvas, 655mm x 500mm
    We also direct maintain the real outset hubby in addition to married adult woman independently selected for the exhibition.  This is James Martin past times Henrietta Graham. She's currently icon a serial of portraits of Great British Chefs

    James Martin past times Henrietta Graham

    in addition to this is a portrait of Henrietta inwards her studio - amongst her pug Ollie - past times her hubby Tim Hall.  She's painting René Redzepi, whose eating seat Noma has been named the world’s best for the quaternary time.

    (centre) Henrietta in addition to Ollie past times Tim Hall, fossil oil on canvas, 2032mm x 1422mm
    - I dear the fact the portrait includes all the icon paraphernalia in addition to the purpose dog
    (left) Astrid past times Robin L Muller acrylic on board, 431 x 381mm
    (right) Northern Bather past times former BP Travel Award winner)

    Still to come


    Still to come upwards are:
    • a postal service near the ii other winners of the Young Artist Award in addition to the BP Travel Award 2014
    • a postal service near the BP Travel Award twelvemonth in addition to exhibition past times Sophie Ploeg, winner of the BP Travel Award 2013
    • a postal service near the statistics in addition to the selected artists - including links to their websites.  I've also worked out an analysis of what type of portrait got selected this year.
    I'm nonetheless pondering on my favourites - I'll comment farther inwards the Statistics in addition to Selected Artists post

    More videos


    You tin view all the related videos on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Video Channel - BP Portrait in addition to Travel Awards

    More near the BP Portrait Award


    BP Portrait Award 2014

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    BP Portrait Award 2011


    BP Portrait Award 2010

    BP Portrait Award 2009

    BP Portrait Award 2008



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