BALD ARCHY PRIZE 2010
"BALD ARCHY PRIZE 2010
Created in 1994 as a spoof of that more serious competition, the Bald Archy Prize provides artists of all styles and standards with a genuine opportunity, ranging from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar, to create portrait paintings of humour, dark satire, light comedy or caricature.
Winning subjects over the years have included Kerry Packer, Amanda Vanstone, Edmund Capon, Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everidge, John Howard and Pauline Hanson, Robbie and Gai Waterhouse, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Kennett, Cardinal George Pell, Tony Abbott, and Ian Thorpe.
"the best collection of comic portraits ever seen in Sydney...."
Sunday Telegraph
Now known internationally as the only art competition in the world to be judged by a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Maude. The satirical side of this event has its basis in the irreverent, larrikin Australian comic comment, with great appeal to people from all walks of life, the reason why the exhibition of finalists keeps breaking attendance records wherever it is shown.
Celebrating its 17th year in 2010, the exhibition begins in Canberra before going on tour throughout Eastern Australia.
5 October to 7 November
10am - 5pm Daily"
Created in 1994 as a spoof of that more serious competition, the Bald Archy Prize provides artists of all styles and standards with a genuine opportunity, ranging from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar, to create portrait paintings of humour, dark satire, light comedy or caricature.
Winning subjects over the years have included Kerry Packer, Amanda Vanstone, Edmund Capon, Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everidge, John Howard and Pauline Hanson, Robbie and Gai Waterhouse, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Kennett, Cardinal George Pell, Tony Abbott, and Ian Thorpe.
"the best collection of comic portraits ever seen in Sydney...."
Sunday Telegraph
Now known internationally as the only art competition in the world to be judged by a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Maude. The satirical side of this event has its basis in the irreverent, larrikin Australian comic comment, with great appeal to people from all walks of life, the reason why the exhibition of finalists keeps breaking attendance records wherever it is shown.
Celebrating its 17th year in 2010, the exhibition begins in Canberra before going on tour throughout Eastern Australia.
5 October to 7 November
10am - 5pm Daily"
I went to see this gallery right after seeing craig hills performance at chapel off chapel. these paintings were great, my housemates and i really wanted to buy then and stick them allthrough the house.
My favourite was the bert newton painting of his killer smile and his wandering hand over his nipple to cover up his naked body.
and the painting of the wiggles who are rockign out to a mosh pit full of drunks and druggos who are enjoying their rockign perfomance haha.
these artists have some great imaginations and very talented!
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