Threadneedle Prize 2013 Exhibition - Review
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One affair close the Threadneedle Prize 2013 Exhibition prompts a query which won't live answered yesteryear this postal service - but does demand to live addressed yesteryear others.
If a major fine art competition, based on totally anonymous entries - all the way through to the destination - tin make together with hence many women artists equally winners, what on earth is going on inward some of the other major juried fine art competitions?
(Note: Up until this twelvemonth 4 of the get-go five winners of the Threadneedle Prize were women together with this twelvemonth nosotros i time to a greater extent than own got 2 woman somebody winners)
It makes y'all think. It also makes me think perhaps I'll compaction some numbers together with practise some comparisons..........
Anyway dorsum to my review of the Threadneedle Exhibition 2013. Here's my views close the exhibition interspersed yesteryear some images of parts of the exhibition. Finally I'm hazarding a guess at some of the entries which volition live shortlisting themselves for the Public Choice Award - valued at £10,000. The populace larn to vote for this - but alone if they see the exhibition!
ORIGINALITY: It's got fewer "knock-out" pieces which y'all recollect for years afterwards. However, it's also got fewer "what were the judges thinking?" pieces - although in that place are some.
So overall character has improved but to a greater extent than originality together with genuine excogitation unopen to how to create figurative fine art even together with hence required. There's even together with hence range to own got an behavior on side yesteryear side year!
I own got absolutely no dubiousness inward my ain hear that also existence a fine slice of art Clare McCormack's screenprint together with woodcut on scaffolding planks Dead Labour / Dead Labourer (185cm x 100cm) got pulled out of the melee of c. 3,700 entries early because of its originality. It's already been sold to an fine art collector.
AUDIENCE APPEAL: This is an exhibition which gets a lot of visitors together with it's also an exhibition which artists brand a indicate of visiting - to depository fiscal establishment tally out what everybody else is upward to and/or to detect out why their entry wasn't selected! My photos together with the images on the website give some sense of what the artwork selected for the lastly is similar - but y'all can't trounce truly visiting to justice the behavior on "in the flesh" equally it were.
One of the things I similar to practise when visiting an exhibition is scout to encounter which pieces people linger over.
There were an awful lot of people lingering over Clare's winning artwork yesterday. I wouldn't live inward the to the lowest degree surprised if she also wins the £10,000 Public Choice Award equally well. It's accessible, it has meaning, it's good executed together with it's different. (Plus the hanging squad did a fine project inward suspending the planks inward mid air!). Given that she alone graduated this summer, that should larn her career off to a fine start.
MEDIA FORMAT: I know it's an exhibition that says it's close ikon together with sculpture but it's truly an exhibition which also allows entries which include original prints, drawings together with mixed media installations.
However in that place are precious few drawings together with fine fine art prints inward the exhibition. It's possible that this laid of judges don't charge per unit of measurement drawing or printmaking that much. However I think it's far to a greater extent than probable that non plenty skillful character fine fine art (handmade) prints together with drawings were submitted equally entries. Those prints that were included were excellent.
Maybe worth placing to a greater extent than emphasis on the make of media formats allowed together with less on the ikon together with sculpture side yesteryear side year?
ART MEDIA: There's a really broad make of media together with size of artwork - although almost all the paintings were painted inward petroleum on canvass or board.
I own got to remark upon the fact it's absolutely amazing what people brand fine art amongst when non express to traditional materials.
In this exhibition the next are examples of media inward purpose inward artworks inward the exhibition: embroidery, scaffolding planks, stormy atmospheric condition blankets together with wood, preparation shoes, wild rose thorns; vino corks, together with wool on canvas.
Other contest organisers mightiness similar to ponder on the wisdom of existence overly prescriptive close media.
JUDGES CHOICE: Each selector could also invite an creative somebody of their alternative to exhibit a work. Let's state they were "different"! I liked the industrial plant yesteryear artists invited yesteryear Laura Gasgoigne together with Barnaby Wright the best.
To live honest I think I'd rather encounter some other 4 industrial plant yesteryear people who own got taken the problem to larn inward - specially since i of the judge's invited industrial plant occupied the whole of i of the small-scale due north galleries.
I think I'd rather encounter which were the maverick choices - the entry each justice continued to sponsor despite the others non existence quite together with hence persuaded.
The exhibition is at the Mall Galleries until 12 Oct together with is good worth a visit. The galleries are opened upward 10am to 5pm every twenty-four hr catamenia - together with entrance is free.
If y'all desire to detect out to a greater extent than close the Threadneedle Prize either consult the website http://www.threadneedleprize.com or review my posts at every phase of this year's exhibition which y'all tin detect below.
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| Joint Winner of the Threadneedle Prize 2013 Lisa Wright Lisa sold both her industrial plant equally good equally winning one-half the prize. |
(Note: Up until this twelvemonth 4 of the get-go five winners of the Threadneedle Prize were women together with this twelvemonth nosotros i time to a greater extent than own got 2 woman somebody winners)
It makes y'all think. It also makes me think perhaps I'll compaction some numbers together with practise some comparisons..........
Anyway dorsum to my review of the Threadneedle Exhibition 2013. Here's my views close the exhibition interspersed yesteryear some images of parts of the exhibition. Finally I'm hazarding a guess at some of the entries which volition live shortlisting themselves for the Public Choice Award - valued at £10,000. The populace larn to vote for this - but alone if they see the exhibition!
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| Threadneedle Prize 2013: Harriet White - i of the shortlisted artists You may own got seen to a greater extent than of her travel inward the BP portrait exhibition. Her travel is non a portrait per se; the model's woman nurture didn't fifty-fifty recogniser her amongst wig together with make-up. |
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| Threadneedle Prize 2013: Some of the larger works |
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| Threadneedle Prize 2013: Some of the smaller works |
Observations on the exhibition - inward no special order
I think this is the best demo together with hence far.ORIGINALITY: It's got fewer "knock-out" pieces which y'all recollect for years afterwards. However, it's also got fewer "what were the judges thinking?" pieces - although in that place are some.
So overall character has improved but to a greater extent than originality together with genuine excogitation unopen to how to create figurative fine art even together with hence required. There's even together with hence range to own got an behavior on side yesteryear side year!
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| Joint Winner of the Threadneedle Prize 2013 Dead Labour/ Dead Labourer yesteryear Clare McCormack Scaffolding Plank Woodblock 185cm x 100cm Woodblock £2,500 (sold) Woodcut Print £720 (Edition of 6) |
AUDIENCE APPEAL: This is an exhibition which gets a lot of visitors together with it's also an exhibition which artists brand a indicate of visiting - to depository fiscal establishment tally out what everybody else is upward to and/or to detect out why their entry wasn't selected! My photos together with the images on the website give some sense of what the artwork selected for the lastly is similar - but y'all can't trounce truly visiting to justice the behavior on "in the flesh" equally it were.
One of the things I similar to practise when visiting an exhibition is scout to encounter which pieces people linger over.
There were an awful lot of people lingering over Clare's winning artwork yesterday. I wouldn't live inward the to the lowest degree surprised if she also wins the £10,000 Public Choice Award equally well. It's accessible, it has meaning, it's good executed together with it's different. (Plus the hanging squad did a fine project inward suspending the planks inward mid air!). Given that she alone graduated this summer, that should larn her career off to a fine start.
MEDIA FORMAT: I know it's an exhibition that says it's close ikon together with sculpture but it's truly an exhibition which also allows entries which include original prints, drawings together with mixed media installations.
However in that place are precious few drawings together with fine fine art prints inward the exhibition. It's possible that this laid of judges don't charge per unit of measurement drawing or printmaking that much. However I think it's far to a greater extent than probable that non plenty skillful character fine fine art (handmade) prints together with drawings were submitted equally entries. Those prints that were included were excellent.
Maybe worth placing to a greater extent than emphasis on the make of media formats allowed together with less on the ikon together with sculpture side yesteryear side year?
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| Works inward the North Gallery |
I own got to remark upon the fact it's absolutely amazing what people brand fine art amongst when non express to traditional materials.
In this exhibition the next are examples of media inward purpose inward artworks inward the exhibition: embroidery, scaffolding planks, stormy atmospheric condition blankets together with wood, preparation shoes, wild rose thorns; vino corks, together with wool on canvas.
Other contest organisers mightiness similar to ponder on the wisdom of existence overly prescriptive close media.
JUDGES CHOICE: Each selector could also invite an creative somebody of their alternative to exhibit a work. Let's state they were "different"! I liked the industrial plant yesteryear artists invited yesteryear Laura Gasgoigne together with Barnaby Wright the best.
To live honest I think I'd rather encounter some other 4 industrial plant yesteryear people who own got taken the problem to larn inward - specially since i of the judge's invited industrial plant occupied the whole of i of the small-scale due north galleries.
I think I'd rather encounter which were the maverick choices - the entry each justice continued to sponsor despite the others non existence quite together with hence persuaded.
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| Plot I / Anglo Persian (£13,000) yesteryear Ghazaleh Avarsamani |
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| Just a tiny department of the travel by Ghazaleh Avarsamani (the leaves are all embroidered) |
The Public Choice Award
Here's what I think volition live the contenders for the Public Choice respect - assuming it's a mix of artists, contemporary fine art fans, trad. fine art fans together with the full general public!- Plot I / Anglo Persian (£13,000) yesteryear Ghazaleh Avarsamani - it's embroidery together with patchwork on a quilt together with it's huge together with it's amazing! See to a higher house together with right. There's an awful lot of travel inward this together with y'all tin hold looking for ages together with even together with hence hold finding novel images inside it
- Plague Season yesteryear Nicola Bealing (see my previous post) is some other i where people stand upward together with gaze. For me it has i human foot inward the military camp of contemporary fine art together with i human foot inward to a greater extent than traditional fine art together with could pick upward votes from both. Great to encounter there's to a greater extent than of that ilk inward her portfolio together with that it's non simply a i off.
- Aung Sang Suu Kyi by Conrad Englehardt - it's a human face upward of a famous somebody made out of vino stained corks. I'm non sure if it's fine art but it's for sure dissimilar together with fountain to appeal to some - but non me. Judging yesteryear his website he manifestly also industrial plant difficult at his marketing. I really dislike the residual of his artwork - it's simply cork p*rn. Which way I promise he doesn't win - despite the marketing.
- Home thoughts from abroad yesteryear Hugo Grenville (Hugo Grenville) - encounter below - suggests to me John Ward does Bonnard together with Vuillard! (I don't know if anybody agrees?) Which truly way I similar it a lot. I similar blueprint together with am specially envious of people who tin position lots of patterns together with colours together together with they simply await right! Obviously when you're an creative somebody y'all tin position together anything y'all like! There's some corking paintings together with details of his workshops on his website - addition links to articles he's written (e.g. A Theory of Colour 2) - addition interesting photos of his studio on his blog
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| Home thoughts from abroad (sold) by Hugo Grenville petroleum together with golden leafage on canvas, 107 x 152cm |
- X-Ray yesteryear Donna McLean. I liked both her industrial plant which were selected but this really large ikon of the caput of a daughter grabbed my oculus equally presently equally I saw it.
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| The entrance to the Threadneedle Space X-Ray yesteryear Donna McLean is on the left I bet that Canis familiaris - on the correct - gets a lot of votes! |
- Sicilian Man by James Neubert. This is simply together with hence strange - it demands that y'all halt together with stare at a caput made of rose thorns. Very memorable.
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| Sicilian Man (6,000) by James Neubert Handpicked wild rose thorns on dark mask, 23 x 17 x 10cm |
- Summer Trees yesteryear Bob Rudd is i for those who similar their watercolour rather brushy together with a niggling on the wild side! I'm a large fan of Bob Rudd paintings together with I'd live surprised but really pleased if this i won the People's Choice Award. I'd similar to encounter to a greater extent than watercolours inward the contest side yesteryear side year. It is a serious fine art medium together with deserves to live seen to a greater extent than - if the character of the travel warrants it.
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| Summer Trees (£4,000) yesteryear Bob Rudd Watercolour, 79 x 115cm it of course of educational activity does non consummate amongst reflections of people! |
- Malkovich yesteryear Stuart Wiggins - This is almost unsettling together with absolutely riveting at i together with the same time. Maybe existence larger than life size does non help. I own got a feeling this mightiness live a potent contender for the People's Choice Award.
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| Malkovich yesteryear Stuart Wiggins Mixed media 52 x xl x 27cm |
The exhibition is at the Mall Galleries until 12 Oct together with is good worth a visit. The galleries are opened upward 10am to 5pm every twenty-four hr catamenia - together with entrance is free.
If y'all desire to detect out to a greater extent than close the Threadneedle Prize either consult the website http://www.threadneedleprize.com or review my posts at every phase of this year's exhibition which y'all tin detect below.
More close the Threadneedle Prize 2013
- One calendar month left to larn inward £30000 Threadneedle Prize 03 Jun 2013 Overview of the Call for Entries for the £30000 Threadneedle Prize (2013) for Figurative together with Representational Art - deadline 4 July 2013.
- Threadneedle Prize 2013 - Selected Artists 08 Aug 2013 List of the artists (+ websites) selected to demo their paintings together with sculpture inward the Threadneedle Prize 2013 Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
- Threadneedle Prize 2013 - Shortlist announced - a review of the artists together with their industrial plant shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize
- Clare McCormack together with Lisa Wright win Threadneedle Prize 2013 - a slow nighttime postal service close the winners - which I think to update this calendar week amongst to a greater extent than close the fine art they produced. Stay tuned!
Previous Threadneedle Prizes
2012 Threadneedle Prize
- Call for Entries for £30000 Threadneedle Prize 2012 03 Mar 2012
- Threadneedle Prize 2012: Analysis of entries / selected artists fourteen Jun 2012
- Threadneedle Prize 2012: names of selected artists 21 Aug 2012 - this includes links to the websites 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
2011 Threadneedle Prize
- Threadneedle Prize 2011 - a novel selection process 26 April 2011
- Shortlist for Threadneedle Prize 2011 dominated ...08 Sep 2011
- Threadneedle Prize: The Making a Mark Select ...26 Sep 2011
- Review: Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2011 22 Sep 2011
- Henriette Simson wins Threadneedle Prize 2011 06 Oct 2011
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