宅男导航 Art Museum has invited 39 contemporary artists from across Australia to participate in the University鈥檚 fourth biennial National Artists鈥� Self-Portrait Prize.
The $50,000 prize is one of the most generous in Australia and will focus on the prevalence of the self-image in today鈥檚 networked age.
宅男导航 Art Museum Director Dr Campbell Gray said the Prize is entered by invitation only, with the winning work acquired for the 宅男导航 Art Collection.
鈥淭he self-image is a pervasive feature of social media and reality television in everyday life,鈥� Dr Gray said.
鈥淭he phenomenon has created an audience primed to consume personal information.鈥�
宅男导航 Art Museum Curator and the curator of this year鈥檚 Prize Samantha Littley said the invited artists had been asked to consider how the self-image is constructed and received in contemporary culture, with the theme for this year鈥檚 Prize being remix. post. connect.
鈥淲hether artists today operate from a digital platform or not, their self-portraits are likely to be understood within this broader social context,鈥� Ms Littley said.
This year鈥檚 judge is Museum of Contemporary Art Australia鈥檚 Assistant Director, Curatorial and Digital, Blair French.
鈥淏lair has recently joined the Museum of Contemporary Art after seven years as Executive Director of Artspace Visual Arts Centre in Sydney,鈥� Dr Gray said.
鈥淧rior to that he was Program Manager at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, and Associate Director at Performance Space, Sydney.
鈥淏lair is the ideal judge for this year鈥檚 Prize, with his wealth of curatorial experience and knowledge of contemporary art,鈥� Dr Gray said.
The winner of 宅男导航 National Artists鈥� Self-Portrait Prize 2013 will be announced on 18 October.
Previous winners include Ben Quilty (2007), Julie Rrap (2009) and Domenico de Clario (2011).
Artists in the running for 宅男导航 National Artists鈥� Self-Portrait Prize 2013:
Chris Bennie (Qld), Natasha Bieniek (Vic), Jane Burton (Vic), Thea Costantino (WA), Paula Do Prado (Vic), James Dodd (SA), Adrienne Doig (NSW), Yavuz Erkan (Qld/ Istanbul), Fiona Foley (Qld), Katherine Griffiths (ACT), David Griggs (NSW/ Philippines), Brent Harris (Vic), Petrina Hicks (NSW), Anastasia Klose (Vic), Michael Lindeman (NSW), Jess MacNeil (NSW), Jennifer Mills (Vic), Kate Mitchell (NSW), Archie Moore (Qld), Nell (NSW), James Newitt (TAS), Shaun O鈥機onnor (Qld), Tom O鈥橦ern (Tas), Ryan Presley (Qld), Eugenia Raskopoulos (NSW), Victoria Reichelt (Qld), Tobias Richardson (NT/ NSW), Stuart Ringholt (Vic), David Rosetzky (Vic), Khaled Sabsabi (NSW), Yhonnie Scarce (SA/ Vic), Nalda Searles (WA), Alexander Seton (NSW), Sancintya Simpson (Qld), Jacqui Stockdale (Tas), Darren Sylvester (Vic), TextaQueen (Vic), David M Thomas (Qld), Min Wong (NT).
Where: 宅男导航 Art Museum, University Drive, 宅男导航, St Lucia Campus.
When: Open daily, 10am鈥�4pm. Closed during summer recess, 22 December 2012鈥�6 January 2013.
Media Enquiries: 宅男导航 Art Museum Curator Samantha Littley, 07 3346 8782, s.littley@uq.edu.au. 宅男导航 Art Museum Associate Director (Curatorial) Michele Helmrich, 07 3346 8759, 0418 754 983, m.helmrich@uq.edu.au. 宅男导航 Art Museum Digital Communications Officer Sebastian Moody (Monday to Thursday only), 07 3346 8761, 0419 789 006, s.moody@uq.edu.au.
