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18/7/2014

Two exhibitions

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2014 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman winners

Fiona Lowry first saw architect Penelope Seidler about six years ago at a gallery opening. ‘I was really struck by her beauty and her presence and asked someone who she was. I decided then that I would like to paint her,’ says Lowry.

‘It is important to me when I am making a work that I take the subject to a place that has memory and history attached to it because I am interested in exploring the subject’s interaction with that landscape. We went to Penelope’s iconic house in Killara, which she designed with her late husband Harry Seidler in the 1960s. It’s an incredible space architecturally but it is also loaded with history and memories of life very well lived. We spent some time in the bush at the back of the property looking at the waterfall. At one point, Penelope looked back at the house towering over us and reflected that it had been some time since she had seen it from this angle. It was that reflection that I wanted to explore with this portrait.’

Born in Sydney in 1974, Lowry makes her paintings using an airbrush and a limited palette of soft, pastel colours. She won the 2008 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. This is her third time in the Archibald Prize. Last year she was highly commended and was a finalist in both the Wynne and Sulman prizes. This year she is also a Sulman finalist.

'On behalf of ANZ, I congratulate Fiona Lowry as a worthy winner of the 2014 Archibald Prize,’ said David Gonski, Chairman, ANZ. 'Fiona’s work along with all this year’s finalists show the rich diversity of Australia’s artistic talent and I encourage everyone to take the opportunity to view the works as they make their way around regional Australia.’

This year, the 93rd year of the Archibald Prize, there were 884 Archibald, 669 Wynne and 534 Sulman entries.

The Archibald and Wynne Prizes were judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The judge for the Sulman Prize was Jenny Watson.

2014 winners

Archibald Prize winner is Fiona Lowry for her portrait of Penelope Seidler
Wynne Prize winner is Michael Johnson for his work Oceania high low
Sulman Prize winner is Andrew Sullivan for his work T-rex (tyrant lizard king)
Watercolour Prize winner is John Webb for his work Near Mildura
ring Prize for watercolour is GW Bot for her work Glyphs – three trees (homage to Rembrandt)

Archibald Prize 2014 regional tour

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery – 4 October – 16 November 2014
Gosford Regional Gallery – 22 November 2014 – 4 January 2015
Maitland Regional Art Gallery – 16 January – 22 February 2015
Lismore Regional Gallery – 28 February – 12 April 2015
Coffs Harbour City Gallery – 18 April – 31 May 2015
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery – 5 June – 19 July 2015
Griffith Regional Art Gallery – 24 July – 6 September 2015

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are major art prizes run by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The Archibald Prize is a portrait painting prize, with $75,000 going to the winning artist. It is Australia’s oldest art award and entries must be painted in the past year, from at least one live sitting with the artist. The $35,000 Wynne Prize is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figure sculpture, while the $30,000 Sulman Prize is given to the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project in oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media. The winners of the Trustees’ Watercolour Prize and the John & Elizabeth Newham Pring Memorial Prize (both part of the Wynne Prize) receive $2000 and $250 respectively.

Join the conversation on social media: #archibald2014

At Art After Hours this Wednesday 23 July, join us for a special celebrity event at 6.30pm when ABC Classic FM presenter Margaret Throsby will interview Fiona Lowry, the 2014 Archibald Prize winner.

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Tim Storrier wins Packing Room Prize 2014

Artist Tim Storrier has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the Archibald Prize 2014 for his portrait of Dr Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KCB AO.

Tim Storrier said: After years of requesting a portrait sitting with Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KCB AO, a suitable gratuity was transacted through his long-time manager, Barry Humphries. Access was granted.

Saville Row tailors say ‘certain men are moving targets’ and Sir Les is no exception. During our long sittings, I attempted to keep him engaged with his tipple and cigarettes. To paint such a dynamic, thrusting personality with the sensitivity that a personage of his flamboyance deserves, I drew on my knowledge of historic portraits of great men of destiny. In portraying our revered elder statesman, retired politician, former chairman of the Cheese Board and our most celebrated cultural ambassador, I found a strange resemblance to Sir Leslie’s manager Humphries.

There were subtle technical difficulties in arranging the deportment of Sir Les’s trousers. His pretty, young assistant often strutted into the room and I would have to rearrange the lights so his enthusiasm in her presence was not as pronounced. After the final sitting, his parting words to me were: ‘You are probably not a bad little dauber Timbo but not in the league of the great Pro (Hart).’

Born in Sydney in 1949, Storrier studied at the National Art School and now lives and works in Bowral. Renowned for his mysterious Australian landscapes, he was awarded an Order of Australia (AM) for services to art in 1994. He won the 2012 Archibald Prize with a faceless self-portrait.

The Packing Room Prize gives the Gallery staff who receive the entries for the Archibald a chance to vote for their favourite Archibald portrait. This is the Gallery head storeman Steve Peter’s 32nd Archibald and his 23rd Packing Room Prize.

Tim Storrier receives $1000 and a $500 ANZ Visa gift card.

Art is a vital part of society that opens the mind, encouraging a different way of thinking, and it’s competitions like the Archibald Prize that play an important role in broadening the appeal of the arts.

On behalf of ANZ I congratulate Tim Storrier on winning the Packing Room Prize. It’s a worthy winner and I hope many more people are able to enjoy the artist’s work and the rest of the Archibald finalists as they make their way around regional Australia, said David Gonski, Chairman, ANZ.

This year there were 884 Archibald, 669 Wynne and 534 Sulman entries.

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are major art prizes run by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In 2014 this exhibition runs from Saturday 19 July to Sunday 28 September at the Gallery.

The Archibald Prize is a portrait painting prize, with $75,000 going to the winning artist. It is Australia’s oldest art award and entries must be painted in the past year, from at least one live sitting with the artist. The $35,000 Wynne Prize is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figure sculpture, while the $30,000 Sulman Prize is given to the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project in oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media.

Image: Fiona Lowry Penelope Seidler, Archibald Prize 2014 winner

Media contacts

Susanne Briggs
Tel +61 2 9225 1791
Mob 0412 268 320
susanne.briggs@ag.nsw.gov.au

Claire Martin
Tel +61 2 9225 1734
Mob 0414 437 588
claire.martin@ag.nsw.gov.au

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