Tim Storrier Wins The $75,000 Archibald Prize 2012

WINNER OF THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2012
The histrionic wayfarer (after Bosch)
yesteryear Tim Storrie

The judges reduced 839 entries downward to 41 finalists in addition to and then ane winner of Finalists for The Archibald Prize 2012 + The Packing Room Prize and this was the one.

...looks similar a potential winner to me except I'm left wondering well-nigh the portrait of a distinguished someone aspect

Now I know that the ikon is a pastiche self-portrait everything is explained (Storrie is a old winner of The Sulman Prize).


Here's the annunciation of the Prize in addition to an interview amongst Storrier inward which he talks well-nigh the painting,

The self-portraits has no confront - instead it records everything that is meaningful to the creative someone - including his domestic dog Smudge.  The 'accoutrements' are those which belong to an artist.  Smudge also attended the prizegiving in addition to received a fair chip of attention.

John Singer Sargent famously said that the portrait is a ikon amongst something incorrect amongst the mouth.  I thought I'd endeavour in addition to avoid that. 

Tim Storrie - inward an interview on World News Australia

The Archibald Prize is for the Best Portrait Painting preferably of some homo or adult woman distinguished inward Art, Letters, Science or Politics. 

This yr the prize coin that Storrie won was $75,000 (up from $50,000 inward 2011).  For non-Aussies this equates to £48,778 or US$77,900 - which agency it's a really large prize.  However don't larn equally good excited because it's exclusively opened upward to Australian artists.

The 5 paintings which made it to the lastly 5 are

• Jenny Sages - Tim Storrier - Western Plains Cultural Centre
• 7 Dec 2012 – twenty Jan 2013   Grafton Regional Gallery
• 25 Jan 2013 – 10 March 2013   Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
• 15 March 2013 – 28 Apr 2013   New England Regional Gallery

Bosch's ikon - The wayfarer

Storrier took the thought of a traveller - of somebody going somewhere - in addition to and then made it himself.  He describes it equally existence well-nigh a pilgrim who has to attain upward one's quest heed betwixt skilful in addition to evil in addition to highlights the Bosch painting.  He also references Robert Frost's poetry form The Road Less Taken.  (the championship is genuinely 'The Road Not Taken')

This is the ikon which prompted Storrier's paintings - The Wayfarer yesteryear Hieronymus Bosch painting. It is currently inward Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen inward Rotterdam. This ikon is circular in addition to is 71.5 cm inward diameter. The master copy is an allegorical ikon - the Web gallery of Art provides a detailed analysis of The Wayfarer. There's also an fifty-fifty before ikon - only about 1500 - of Triptych of Haywain. The Wayfarer

It's an first-class example of how skilful master copy fine art tin live influenced yesteryear other art.  There's no religious copying, the figure faces the other way in addition to lacks a background.

The Wayfarer yesteryear Hieronymus Bosch
Oil on panel, diameter 71,5 cmcourtesy of: Quistnix! - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen - De Marskramer, Jeroen Bosch, met lijst.jpg

Links to previous posts well-nigh The Archibald Prize

• Finalists for The Archibald Prize 2012 + The Packing Room Prize 20 Mar 2012
• Ben Quilty's portrait of Margaret Olley wins 2011 Archibald Prize nineteen Apr 2011
• 15th March 2009 - Who's made a grade this week? 15 Mar 2009
  

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