And I only just managed to fit in a visit to this year's Archibald Prize for Portrait Painting.
It finished last week.
Arriving at the Art Gallery of NSW always feels like an event in itself.
It's such a beautiful, grand structure, especially on a lovely Spring morning.
I felt rather underwhelmed by many of this year's entrants, so I only have a few pics to share this year of my favourites.
Nicholas Harding - self portrait - Treatment, day 49 (sorbolene soak)
Julian Meagher - portrait of Richard Flanagan - Herb and Flan
James Powditch - self portrait - Narcissist, the anatomy of melancholy
Kathrin Longhurst - portrait of her daughter, Maia - Self: past, present and future
Paul Jackson - Alison Whyte, a mother of the renaissance
Anne Middleton - Guy
The exhibition also includes the Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting.
Yalanba Wanambi - Trial Bay (detail)
Sylvia Ken - Kungkarangkalpa tjukurpa (Seven Sisters story)
John Olsen - The Tree of Life
Wawiriya Burton - Ngayuku ngura (my country)
Nellie Coulthard - Tjuntala ngurangka (country with acacia wattle)
Robert Malherbe - Arcadia Road, Blackheath
This post is part of Saturday Snapshot.
I love to see exhibits. I’m sorry you were a little disappointed. I thank you for sharing those works you did like.
ReplyDeleteI especially like your photo out front. Very nice.
It's a truly beautiful building Deb. The bricks have such a lovely warm glow to them on a sunny day.
DeleteBeautiful photos! Isn't it great that we can photograph art (no flash though)?! Thank you for sharing your "snapshots".
ReplyDeleteI love being able to photograph exhibitions. I see so many, it's easy to forget them. This way helps me remember them and the blog helps me to have somewhere to track them and share them as well :-)
DeleteLooks like you had a beautiful day for an outing. Thank you for sharing photos of the artwork. Looks like there was quite a bit of variety.
ReplyDeleteMy Saturday Snapshot post features magnificent views of Mount St. Helens.
Well the ones you have picked to show are really good, portraits and landscapes. A shame you are not a judge.
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