Last year I talked about my favourite piece in the Archibald Prize (national portrait prize); a painting by Del Kathryn Barton. I spoke about how thrilled I was to see her work in the exhibition, and how I'd always considered her work to be more along the lines of illustration. This lead me to talk about my thoughts on the definitions between illustration and high "art", and to look further into this phenomenon we seem to be witnessing at the moment (especially in America it seems) where illustration is forming a whole art movement of it's own.
I keep trying to talk to people about this, telling them about this exciting surge that's occurring, but I'm not sure the people I talk to really understand. People seem to define illustration as strictly what you find in children's books... Come to think of it, maybe I need to try and define exactly what I think illustration is, because it obviously differs from many people's idea. What do you think?
Anyway, I was thrilled today when the winner of this years Archibald Prize was announced. She won! Del Kathryn Barton won the Archibald Prize. Here's a link to her winning work (make sure you click to see it a bit bigger).
This time next week I'll be in Sydney, and I'll definitely be going to get a closer look. I'll try and get some photo's, if I'm able, because the line detail in her works are gorgeous. Plus the work is BIG, and I want to see it in all it's glory! I can't wait.
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2 comments:
i love her work, its a great piece!!
i agree about illustration being recognised as 'high art'!
should be a good exhibition...
I have just started and arts course and we spent much of one lesson discussing the question "What is Art?" It certainly got a conversation going!
Love the Archibald and the way it gets people thinking and talking. Enjoy.
I will be visiting it in Melbourne. Thanks for the link!
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