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March 8th 2008 00:07
Del Kathryn Barton wins the Archibald Prize
“You Are What Is Most Beautiful About Me.”
Theage.com reports that Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton has won the coveted Archibald Prize for her family portrait. Depicting the Mother and her two children, the painting is titled “You Are What Is Most Beautiful About Me.”
The Archibald Prize is the most prestigious artistic merit in the Australia Art community. Aside from the honour and instant industry respect Archibald also rewards financially with $50,000 going to the winner.
Talking about her inspiration, 35 year old Ms Barton said "both my children have taken my world by storm, very little compares to the devotion I feel for both of them.” "The intensity of this emotion is not something I could have prepared myself for."
From the official press release on Archibald.com Del shares some more about the piece and her muse:
“This painting celebrates the love I have for my two children and how my relationship with them has radically informed and indeed transformed my understanding of who I am,” she says.
“The title of the work – you are what is most beautiful about me – alludes to that utterly profound ‘in-loveness’ that all mothers have for their children. Both my children have taken my world by storm and very little compares to the devotion I feel for them both. The intensity of this emotion is not something that I could have prepared myself for. The alchemy of life offered forth from my inhabitable woman's body is perhaps the greatest gift of my life.”
Known for its vibrant, figurative imagery, Barton’s work combines traditional painting techniques with contemporary design and illustrative styles. Although she does a lot of figurative work, much of it self-referential, she doesn’t do a great deal of portraiture though she was represented in last year’s Archibald Prize with a painting of art dealer Vasili Kaliman.
Born in Sydney in 1972, Barton has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, where she taught for three years until 2003. She has had regular solo exhibitions since 2000 and has participated in national and international group shows including the Helen Lempiere Travelling Art Scholarship, the Blake Prize for Religious Art and the Sulman Prize. She was a finalist in the 2007 Dobell Prize for Drawing.
To see the other contenders for the trophy please visit thearchibaldprize.com.au
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