Portia Geach Memorial Award 2013
Celebrate contemporary female artists from across Australia.
Overview
The names of 32 painters, sculptors and architects sit bronzed on the exterior walls of the Art Gallery of NSW — all of them male. Nice. Fortunately, the nearby S.H. Ervin Gallery in Millers Point knows better and each year plays host to the annual Portia Geach Memorial Award. Since it began in 1961, the initiative stands to celebrate contemporary female artists in all their glory.
The most prestigious of its kind, the Portia Geach Memorial Award exhibits the portraits of distinguished arts, letters or science players. This year saw 267 entries narrowed down to a mere 58 by judges Jane Watters (Director of S.H. Ervin Gallery), Dr Lindy Lee (Sydney College of the Arts) and artist Ben Quilty. The works — each in the running for $30,000 — will hang on the S.H. Ervin Gallery walls from Friday, October 4, until Sunday, November 17. Pop in to cast a vote for the People’s Choice Award.
Image: Lovesick 3 by Celeste Chandler.
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