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Brand New!! Bp Portrait Accolade 2014 Exhibition - Review As Well As Video

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  • Read virtually my review of the BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition in which I highlight the portraits I peculiarly liked  and focus on cardinal themes in addition to points to Federal Reserve annotation for those aspiring to enter.
  • View my latest walkabout cinema 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 Federal Reserve annotation a much lighter brighter amend motion-picture present inwards this year's video BP Portrait Award 2014 Exhibition.  That's because I similar a shot video using my iPad Mini in addition to I'm getting a much amend low-cal relaxation - therefore long every bit I'm using HD! It's also an awful lot simpler. However you lot all the same larn the "walking around effect" since that is literally what I'm doing....

This yr I also managed to do my walk circular merely 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 virtually because the safety people demand to lock upwards therefore they tin conduct maintain their dejeuner - therefore apologies if I don't linger on your favourite portrait.

The wonderful matter virtually doing it inwards an empty gallery is I tin walk backwards without having to sentinel 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 final week
This is my favourite corner! 
I honey the juxtaposition of the monocromatic portraits
- dissimilar sizes, dissimilar approaches, dissimilar subjects
    I wrote downwards my impressions in addition to and therefore tried to kind them out.  I'm going to write a divide post service later on this calendar week virtually the statistics relating to the entry in addition to who all the selected artists are.

    Themes this yr include:

    • all the "big heads" (there were 3 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 out photorealistic inwards the agency some portraits conduct maintain done inwards the past.
    • a discover 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 alongside his portrait of Markus
      crude 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 3 paintings every bit a triptych of people on a train. It worked really good in addition to was hung on its ain on a brusk wall - in addition to looked really good.
      • Passers yesteryear Lantian D
      crude on canvas
    • There are inwards fact three triptychs this year

    • Plus 3 nudes

    • Hair is all the to a greater extent than interesting when it's a fight different - in addition to at that topographic point were some practiced 'hair' paintings this year.  Such every bit the icon of Engels Souffrant a.k.a. EngelsInBrooklyn yesteryear Patrik Graham. Of to a greater extent than involvement was how a Haitian born creative someone living inwards Brooklyn came to hold out painted yesteryear a Swedish born creative someone who trained inwards Florence.  Plus it's a really striking portrait in addition to was chosen for the banner exterior the National Portrait Gallery (see photograph at exceed 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 surface area called Gowanus named after the local Gowanus canal. Our studios where a few doors apart in addition to nosotros chop-chop became closed friends. Though coming from really 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 swell affinity in addition to understanding. We ended upwards often 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 therefore covers the entire walls of his studio alongside this ever growing photograph collage of friends. I conduct 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 v years to realise my wishing to pigment Engels in addition to that he would brand an particular portrait.
    Engels yesteryear Patrik Smith - swell hair!
    crude on canvas, 762 x 457mm
    • quite a few artists chose to conduct 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 heighten the overall touching on of the portrait
    Portraits yesteryear (left to right) Isabella Watling, Benjamin Sullivan in addition to Ignacio Estudillo Perez
    Portrait of Jean Yves, a human looking similar Vincent Van Gogh yesteryear Gauthier Hubert
    crude on canvas, 700 x 610mm
    It was impossible to ignore this portrait yesteryear this contemporary Belgian creative someone alongside a rigid style
    indeed it needed to hold out hung on its ain every bit it had such a large impact
    Eddy inwards the Morning - a icon of his sone yesteryear Geoffrey Beasley
    crude on canvas, 500mm x 500mm
    (I overheard somebody proverb 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 swell portrait of a teenager (note all the trainers!) yesteryear Melissa Scott Miller. Melissa tin hold out commissioned in addition to specialises inwards portraits alongside lots of interesting background detail.
    Melissa Scott Miller alongside her portrait of her boy 'My Boy Adam'
    oil on sheet 1020mm x 770mm
    Turning upwards alongside your model to the preview is usually guaranteed to generate a photograph yesteryear 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 alternative of sitter tin sometimes hold out astute.

    Edward Lucie Smith in addition to John Williams
    crude on canvas, 655mm x 500mm
    We also conduct maintain the really showtime hubby in addition to married adult woman independently selected for the exhibition.  This is James Martin yesteryear Henrietta Graham. She's currently icon a serial of portraits of Great British Chefs

    James Martin yesteryear Henrietta Graham

    in addition to this is a portrait of Henrietta inwards her studio - alongside her pug Ollie - yesteryear her hubby Tim Hall.  She's painting René Redzepi, whose eatery Noma has been named the world’s best for the 4th time.

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

    Still to come


    Still to come upwards are:
    • a post service virtually the 2 other winners of the Young Artist Award in addition to the BP Travel Award 2014
    • a post service virtually the BP Travel Award yr in addition to exhibition yesteryear Sophie Ploeg, winner of the BP Travel Award 2013
    • a post service virtually 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 all the same pondering on my favourites - I'll comment farther inwards the Statistics in addition to Selected Artists post

    More videos


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

    More virtually the BP Portrait Award


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    BP Portrait Award 2011


    BP Portrait Award 2010

    BP Portrait Award 2009

    BP Portrait Award 2008



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