José Luis Corella Wins Bp Portrait Accolade 2015 Visitors' Alternative Award
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
art,
artists,
BP Portrait Award,
exhibition,
national portrait gallery,
portrait,
portraiture,
prizewinners
Edit
Juanito' past times José Luis Corella has won the BP Portrait Award 2015 Visitors' Choice together with continues the public's obsession amongst "big head" paintings amongst lots together with lots of detail.
Corella's large portrait of his uncle received 1,860 votes (9.15% of the amount vote) together with was the clear winner past times to a greater extent than or less margin.
José Luis Corella studied sculpture together with drawing at Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos de Valencia together with the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia. He previously exhibited inwards the BP Portrait Award inwards 2008 together with 2009.
This is his blog
When you lot induce got a icon inwards an exhibition which gets to a greater extent than than 0.25 ane G one thousand visitors (the visitors inwards 2014 totalled 281,717) you lot tin forcefulness out live on certain that getting a Visitors' Choice Award counts for something.
Of course of written report non everybody votes. Between eighteen June together with seven September, 20,312 votes were form during the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. People could vote via screens exterior the exhibition together with on the website.
The irony is that Michael Gaskell has taken withal to a greater extent than or less other instant place! I voted for Eliza together with hoped he mightiness win the prize outright this fourth dimension - only it was non to be..... The portrait got 1,293 votes (6.3% of the amount vote)
So that's iv BP Portrait Award instant places together with one(?) instant house inwards the Visitors' Choice Award....
Third Place went to third house inwards the 2014 BP Portrait Award. His portrait got 1,156 votes ( 5.7% of the amount vote)
The exhibition unopen at the NPG yesterday together with straight off moves to:
(Note: I plead bereavement equally an excuse. June was a chip much this yr - amongst the decease of a much loved truthful cat happening on 1st June following iii months of illness)
Corella's large portrait of his uncle received 1,860 votes (9.15% of the amount vote) together with was the clear winner past times to a greater extent than or less margin.
‘I wanted to present the depth of the frustration of growing erstwhile together with the solitude of the interior life he straight off lives.’You tin forcefulness out run across to a greater extent than drawings of his elderly relative on his website together with persuasion a video of the portrait existence painted below
José Luis Corella studied sculpture together with drawing at Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos de Valencia together with the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia. He previously exhibited inwards the BP Portrait Award inwards 2008 together with 2009.
This is his blog
The Vote
When you lot induce got a icon inwards an exhibition which gets to a greater extent than than 0.25 ane G one thousand visitors (the visitors inwards 2014 totalled 281,717) you lot tin forcefulness out live on certain that getting a Visitors' Choice Award counts for something.
Of course of written report non everybody votes. Between eighteen June together with seven September, 20,312 votes were form during the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. People could vote via screens exterior the exhibition together with on the website.
Second together with Third Places
The irony is that Michael Gaskell has taken withal to a greater extent than or less other instant place! I voted for Eliza together with hoped he mightiness win the prize outright this fourth dimension - only it was non to be..... The portrait got 1,293 votes (6.3% of the amount vote)
So that's iv BP Portrait Award instant places together with one(?) instant house inwards the Visitors' Choice Award....
Eliza and Michael Gaskell at the Awards Ceremony - where he won the Overall 2d Prize straight off besides winner of the Visitors Choice 2d Prize Acrylic on board © Michael Gaskell | Photocopy © Katherine Tyrrell |
Portrait of Sam Goldofsky, Survivor of Auschwitz (2015) by David Jon Kassan Oil on acrylic mirror © David Jon Kassan | Photo © Katherine Tyrrell |
The BP Portrait Award Tour
The exhibition unopen at the NPG yesterday together with straight off moves to:
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (10 October 2015 – 28 February 2016)
- Ulster Museum, Belfast (11 Mar –12 Jun 2016)
BP Travel Award Exhibition
The BP Travel Award exhibition besides travels to Edinburgh together with Belfast. I've rattling witting that I've non withal edited a rattling long video interview amongst Edward Sutcliffe, the winner of the BP Travel Award 2014 - together with volition live on sorting this out this week, laid upwards for the tour of the exhibition to Scotland together with Northern Ireland.
(Note: I plead bereavement equally an excuse. June was a chip much this yr - amongst the decease of a much loved truthful cat happening on 1st June following iii months of illness)
0 Response to "José Luis Corella Wins Bp Portrait Accolade 2015 Visitors' Alternative Award"
Post a Comment