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Brand New!! A Video Interview Amongst Thomas Ganter, Winner Of The Bp Portrait Accolade 2014

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Thomas Ganter, winner of the BP Portrait Award 2014
alongside his winning portrait "Man alongside a Plaid Blanket"
petroleum on vanvas 1600mm x 600mm
Thomas Ganter kindly gave me a video interview almost winning the BP Portrait Award 2014, the morn after the Awards Ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery

I'm real grateful to Thomas for giving me an interview when English linguistic communication is non his kickoff linguistic communication - as well as to Neil Evans at the NPG for letting us rest on to acquire a quieter gallery for the Interview.



About the portrait

Man alongside a plaid blanket
past times Thomas Ganter
petroleum on sail 1600mm x 600mm
The portrait selected equally the best of the locomote submitted inwards 2014 for the BP Portrait Award  is called Man alongside a Plaid Blanket. It's painted using petroleum on sail as well as it measures 1600mm x 600mm.

This is what the judges thought almost it


Judges’ comments - Man alongside a Plaid Blanket

‘All the judges were struck past times the intensity of the sitter’s gaze as well as how every texture as well as surface was rendered inwards intricate item - from the icon-like gilt chain ground to the rose inwards the crumpled newspaper cup’.
I stimulate got to country this epitome does non homecoming good at less than high resolution thence if you lot disagree alongside the comments I tin solely refer you lot to the comments of both the other prizewinners who both agreed you lot had to reckon it inwards someone to appreciate why it won.

This is what Thomas had to say
"Most of my canvases attempt to capture to beauty of visual appearances acre including a message, whether it's the touching on of globalisation or the social inequality."
His aim it to acquire us to reframe how nosotros reckon the world.  His prizewinning portrait does merely that. He invites us to consider the juxtaposition of wealth as well as poverty as well as the worth of the ordinary human being.

It is a consummate original. It starts from him seeing a homeless man.......
‘After existence inwards a museum, I saw a homeless homo as well as was stunned past times a similarity: the clothes, the pose, as well as other details resembled what I merely saw inwards diverse paintings. However, this fourth dimension I was looking at a homeless someone wrapped inwards a blanket as well as non at the epitome of a saint or noble inwards their elaborate garment. By portraying a homeless homo inwards a way reserved for nobles or saints, I tried to emphasise that everyone deserves honour as well as care. Human dignity shouldn’t hold out relative or theme on socio-economic status’.
The museum he had been visiting on a rainy afternoon was The Städel. One of the most of import collections of Old Master paintings tin hold out seen inwards the fine art museum called the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie in Frankfurt am Main. This includes masterpieces past times Dürer, Grünewald, Holbein, as well as Elsheimer, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Brueghel, Rubens, Mantegna, Botticelli, Tiepolo as well as Batoni, Poussin as well as Chardin - see examples on the website. I'm left wondering whether the Altar retable 'Mio da Siena' was an of import influence.  A pointer for those submitting inwards hereafter years - do accept a await at the real many ways inwards which people stimulate got been portrayed inwards days long gone. There is rarely anything completely novel but in that place is for certain an awful lot to larn from.

Thomas spent ii months working out his ideas as well as how to stand upwards for them inwards price of visual linguistic communication on the canvas. Three artists he has identified equally influential to that procedure are Velazquez, Hans Holbein as well as Jan van Eyck.  He as well as thence spent 3 months epitome the portrait.

His model for the locomote was a local homeless homo called Karel Strnad who earned coin past times washing machine windows.

The confront of Man alongside a Plaid Blanket past times Thomas Ganter
It's for certain a locomote which repays seeing inwards someone as well as closer inspection. Suzanne du Toit, the 1013 winner, admired his epitome of the plaid blanket real much.  I especially similar both confront as well as hands. I recollect aspiring entrants to this contest should greenback that even thence i time again nosotros stimulate got a consummate upper torso.  In fact all 3 shortlisted paintings had both confront as well as hands.

This is what I had to country almost it when the industrial plant were shortlisted. Bear inwards withdraw heed I had the tremendous do goodness of having seen the high resolution photos of each work.
My gut says Ganter volition win. There's something real penetrating as well as even thence enduring almost that portrait as well as themes it raises. Plus I've never always seen some other epitome similar it inwards the BP as well as originality counts for a lot.
Which agency I'm officially real delight to stimulate got even thence i time again spotted the winner! I must do a countback sometime to locomote out my strike rate!

About Thomas Ganter

Thomas industrial plant inwards the fine art concern - but his concern is illustration. He cofounded Kawon, an animation as well as illustration agency inwards 2001. It has a seriously impressive website showcasing their locomote - but it's a real unlike sort of locomote to this award-winning portrait.

His illustration locomote helps him alongside his painting
"Being an illustrator helps my past times the daily practise of drawing, epitome as well as thinking inwards concepts"
He was born inwards 1974 inwards Limburg - thence twoscore this twelvemonth - as well as equally you lot tin hear inwards the cinema he heard his locomote had been selected the solar daytime earlier his 40th birthday.

Thomas studied illustration at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany as well as inwards 2001 got a Diploma: Trailer Animation as well as Character Expressions. Thomas equally good used to grip a Lectureship for Life Drawing as well as simple drawing.

He refers to his epitome equally a passion as well as it's i which equally good allows him to follow his ain ideas rather than those relating to his clients' needs or projects.

Painting powerfulness non hold out what he does total fourth dimension but he for certain position a lot of thought as well as endeavor into this painting.

I liked the thought that he continued to prepare his techniques when his kickoff submissions did non succeed.  It's a message which should convey promise to those who stimulate got submitted inwards the past times as well as are thinking almost submitting i time again inwards the future.

TOMORROW - I'll hold out posting video interviews alongside the instant as well as 3rd prizewinners - Richard Twose and David Jon Kassan - as well as after that it's my video review of the exhibition as well as and thence it's on to the BP Travel Award!

Other reviews

BP Portrait Award - previous years


I've been roofing the BP Portrait Award for some years as well as stimulate got an extensive archive of posts relating to previous competitions which I know are much studied past times those contemplating an entry!

BP Portrait Award - Shortlisted artists on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark:

BP Portrait Award 2012

BP Portrait Award 2011


BP Portrait Award 2010

BP Portrait Award 2009

BP Portrait Award 2008

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