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Oracle of DelphiDobell Exhibition on at AGNSW
November 20th 2006 22:48
The controversial appointment for judge of the 2006 Dobell Prize is Irena Zdanowicz, former Head Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Victoria, now an independent writer/curator. This a record year 612 entries were received from around Australia, of which 45 are included in the exhibition.
The Dobell Prize for Drawing has always been the subject of discussion and debate about the nature of drawing. What constitutes a drawing is however deliberately not outlined in the conditions of entry. That has been left for competing artists to define by their practice and for each individual judge, annually appointed by the trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, to determine in the process of looking at all the entries. This flexible, open-minded approach has ensured that the greatest variety of drawings is submitted each year.
A condition of the Dobell Prize for Drawing is that the Art Gallery of New South Wales automatically acquires the prize-winning drawing each year. Last year Kevin Connor won the prize for his drawing Le Grand Palais, Clémenceau, de Gaulle and me. There are thirteen prize-winning drawings in the collection acquired as a result of the prize, which now form part of a growing collection of contemporary Australian drawings at the gallery.
Nick Mourtzakis is the winner of the 2006 Dobell Prize for Drawing for his work, nature. insects plants flowers. shell fish corals. the microscopic creatures. dreams.
Date: 28 Sep 2006 - 03 Dec 2006
Gallery: AGNSW
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