Have these Archibald Prize painters brought anything more than skill and energy to their portraits? Do they capture a likeness of their sitter?...or should we turn to photography for more revelation and insight? Some splendid work in this year’s Photographic Portrait Prize suggests it is a more vigorous contemporary medium. Bette Mifsud’s “Anzac Day Morning, 2005” disarmingly captures her unsure elderly sitters holding hands by their front door.
– John McPhee, Bold Archies, The Bulletin and Newsweek 4.
– John McPhee, Bold Archies, The Bulletin and Newsweek 4.
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1. The Chess Game, 1984, silver gelatin print, 61 x 52 cm
2. Portrait of a Portrait 1, 1984 silver gelatin print, 40 x 50 cm 3. Portrait of a Portrait 2, 1984 silver gelatin print, 40 x 50 cm 4. The Art Student, 1984, silver gelatin print, 61 x 52 cm 5. Ninette Dutton OAM, 2004, 119 x 110 cm, archival print dry-mounted to aluminium, French-polished timber slip frame 6. Mick Dark, Environmentalist and Philanthropist, 2004, 80 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 7. Writer, Trevor Shearston, 2005, chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, 82 x 113 cm, unique print 8. Anzac Day Morning, 2005, chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper print, 120 x 80.5 cm, unique print 9. Peter Spilsbury, Artist 2005, 33 x 50 cm, Fuji Crystal Archive photographic paper 10. Peter Rushforth AM, 2005, 57.5 x 66.5 cm, framed photo rag, unique print 11. Professor Clive Hamilton AM FRSA, 2014, 47 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 12. Dr Wyn Jones, ecologist, 2014, 47 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 13. Self Portrait (burnt, 2014), 44 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 14. Lauren, 2015, 40 x 68 cm, rag paper, photo rag unique print 15. Danced Out, 2018, 44 x 60 cm, photo rag unique print 16. Self portrait (groundless), 2018, 35 x 100 cm, photo rag, unique print 17. Mid-life Self-portrait, 2019, 65 x 200, photo rag, unique print 18. Self-portrait (age care), 2019, 76 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 19. Peter Bishop writer, mentor, 2017, 40 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 20. Peter Bishop writer, mentor 2, 2017, 40 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 21. Survival and Surrender, John Mifsud (Dad at 99), 2019, photo rag, unique print 22. Gilberto Nova, artist, musician 2023, 42 x 60 cm, photo rag, unique print 23. Dave Griffiths' Soul Side, 2024, framed archival prints, plywood, steel, unique work 24. Dave Griffiths' Soul Side, installation view 25. Ida at Narrow Neck, 2024,170 x 98 cm, photo rag, unique print |