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Oracle of Delphi2006 Archibald Prize: A Respose
March 31st 2006 23:39
Marcus Wills has won the 2006 Archibald Prize for his painting The Paul Juraszek monolith (after Marcus Gheeraerts). The Archibald Prize is now in its 85th year. Marcus receives a prize of $35,000.
The Paul Juraszek monolith was inspired by an etching called Allegory of iconoclasm by Marcus Gheeraerts the elder, a Flemish engraver, illustrator and painter best remembered as the illustrator of the 1567 edition of Aesop's fables. Wills saw the etching in a book whilst researching some paintings he was making based on the apocalypse and thought would like to do something with it.
Labelled a 'controversial' winner, the painting challenges conventional form of portraiture. In this way, like its progenitor, Wills' painting is also iconoclastic. Instead of focussing on the physiognomy of a single face or figure the work profers hundreds of small Juraszek figures engaged in all manner of activities. An enigmatic work, Wills' painting nonetheless evokes a fragmented Juraszek. In this way the work is perhaps a more accurate depiction of the heterogeneity of human identity than that achieved by the coherent form of traditional portraiture.
The Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes and the Photographic Portrait Prize runs from Saturday 25 March - 28 May 2006 at the
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Paul Juraszek monolith was inspired by an etching called Allegory of iconoclasm by Marcus Gheeraerts the elder, a Flemish engraver, illustrator and painter best remembered as the illustrator of the 1567 edition of Aesop's fables. Wills saw the etching in a book whilst researching some paintings he was making based on the apocalypse and thought would like to do something with it.
Labelled a 'controversial' winner, the painting challenges conventional form of portraiture. In this way, like its progenitor, Wills' painting is also iconoclastic. Instead of focussing on the physiognomy of a single face or figure the work profers hundreds of small Juraszek figures engaged in all manner of activities. An enigmatic work, Wills' painting nonetheless evokes a fragmented Juraszek. In this way the work is perhaps a more accurate depiction of the heterogeneity of human identity than that achieved by the coherent form of traditional portraiture.
The Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes and the Photographic Portrait Prize runs from Saturday 25 March - 28 May 2006 at the
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Comment by amy
Perhaps it's ironic that you're using possibly the cheapest, trashiest form of media to comment on the more culturally valued forms, but that assumes we can all agreeon cultural value.
Keep up the arty farting around.
Comment by Sara