Monday, April 11, 2011
quicko: the archibald
Not to be confused with the illustrious Arty award of the Calvin Theatre Company, the Archibald is Australia's premier award for the best painted portrait of the year. It actually has quite a few juicy controversies in its past (was it technically a "portrait" or was it perhaps a "caricature"?), but I'll leave you to wikipedia those on your own.
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Oooh! Pick me, pick me - "it was a caricature!" goes to William Dobell's portrait of Joshua Smith (you can see it in the gallery near the big window). There's also the "there's too much drawn line in that "painting" to be a painted portrait" controversy a few years back too. Hope you're well dear Kimmy!
Personally, I prefer the Bald Archies where the winner is picked by a cockatoo. I kid you not.
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