Glover Prize
| Glover Prize | |
|---|---|
| Description | "the work judged the best contemporary painting of the Tasmanian landscape" |
| Country | Tasmania, Australia |
| Presented by | John Glover Society |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Currently held by | Rodney Pople, 2012 |
| Website | www.johnglover.com.au |
The Glover Prize is an Australian annual art prize awarded for paintings of the landscape of Tasmania[1] The prize was inaugurated in 2004 by the Evandale, Tasmania, based John Glover Society in honour of the work of British-born landscape painter John Glover.[1][2] The current prize amount of A$ 40 000 is the highest for landscape painting in Australia.[3][4][5] The 2012 award was controversial: the winning picture included a depiction of convicted Port Arthur massacre spree killer Martin Bryant in the landscape of Port Arthur.[4]
History
John Glover lived the last 19 years of his life in northern Tasmania. In 2001, "Mount Wellington and Hobart Town with Natives Dancing and Bathing", one of his many landscape works that were sent beck to England, was sold for more that $1.5 million.[clarification needed][6] The Glover Prize has been described as "a little heart beat, a funny little committee that had a little bit of money and had an idea".[6] By 2010, the prize attracted 270 entrants.[6]
Conditions for the prize
The John Glover Society has specified that the prize is limited to works depicting Tasmanian landscapes.[1][2]
Winners
2004
The winner of the inaugural Prize was Longford based artist Michael McWilliams, for the painting Bandicoot on a Log[7] Bandicoots are small to medium-sized terrestrial marsupials endemic to Australia. The painting now hangs in the departure lounge of Launceston Airport.[7][8] His acrylics on linen work Bush Blankets was awarded the $ 3 000 "People's Choice" 2012 award.[9]
2005
In the second year of the contest, there were more than 130 entries. The winner was Stephen Charles Lees for the painting Wishbone Ridge. Lees, who was born in Sydney, had lived in Tasmanian since 1992.[8][10][11]
2006
Hobart artist David Keeling was awarded the third Glover Prize for 45 Minute Walk - Narawntapu. The winning work was of orthodox oils on canvas medium.[1] The landscape depicted is part of the Narawntapu National Park[1][8]
2007
The winner of the Prize in 2007 was Raymond Arnold, a Queenstown-based printmaker.[12] The painting in acrylics, entitled Western Mountain Ecology, depicts stacks of freshly-sawn Huon pine. The prize amount was then $ 30 000.[8][12]
2008
Hobart Art teacher Neil Haddon was awarded the 2008 Glover Prize for his work Purblind (opiate)[13] The work is enamels on aluminium, and references the cultivation of opium poppies in Tasmanian poppy farming industry.[8][13]
2009
Hobart-based artist Matthew Armstrong was awarded the 2009 Prize for the work Transformed at Night ahead of more than 250 other entrants. Armstrong's work depicted Mellifont Street, Hobart.[14]
2010
Queensland-based artist Ian Waldron was selected from among 272 entries to become the first Indigenous Australian to win the Prize with his work Walach Dhaarr (Cockle Creek), a piece created on Tasmanian oak.[15][16] "Walach Dhaarr" in the language of the Aboriginal Tasmanians of that region means "Cockle Creek",[17] a location in Tasmania that Waldron described as significant, both archaeologically and as a "site of positive exchange" between indigenous people and French mariners during the late 18th century.[15]
2011
The 2011 prize was awarded to Launceston artist Josh Foley for Gee’s Lookout.[3][18] The oil painting included pumice in its media.[18] The painting depicts a disused building on the hill overlooking Cataract Gorge in Launceston.[19]
2012
The 2012 winner was awarded to Launceston born Sydney resident artist Rodney Pople for the work Port Arthur.[20]
2012 award controversy
The 2012 award winning painting depicted Port Arthur and included a representation of Martin Bryant holding a gun.[21] The award received criticism. A former police officer who attended the scene of the Port Arthur Massacre described the work as insensitive and outrageous.[20] The CEO of the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority was reported as stating that depictions of the massacre were unhelpful to those it affected.[21] Pople addressed the criticism, arguing that the depiction of Byant was a reminder of the brutality of the Port Arthur Prison Colony within a green "surreal beauty" landscape.[21]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Tasmanian wins Glover landscape prize". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b "The John Glover Society". John Glover Society. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b Walker, Tim (22 September 2011). "The path of a Glover Art Prize winner". ABC Local Radio. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Martin Bryant painting wins Glover prize". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 Match 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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- ^ a b c Perry, Bronwyn (4 March 2010). "Record entries for Glover Prize". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ a b Kearney, Annie (10 January 2012). "Longford artist in brush with the past". The Examiner. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Glover Prize - former winners". John Glover Society. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Machen, Mary (14 March 2012). "More popular, less controversial art winner". The Examiner. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Southern Tas painter wins art honours, ABC News, 12 March 2005
- ^ "Stephen Lees", Tasmanian Life, retrieved 10 April 2012
- ^ a b "Glover prize to best in West". The Advocate. Fairfax Media. 10 March 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Hobart teacher wins prestigious art prize". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Reluctant entrant wins Tas art prize". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Queensland landscape artist wins Glover Prize". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Perry, Bronwyn (5 March 2010). "Indigenous man takes out Glover Prize". Lateline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Boland, Michaela (8 March 2010). "History resonates in winning island landscape". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ a b Richards, Blair (12 March 2011). "Wild take grabs Glover Prize". The Mercury. News Limited. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Scott, Luke (May 2011). "Glover win for UTAS landscape artist" (PDF). UniTas. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Martin Bryant painting causes controversy". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Clark, Nick (10 March 2012). "Bryant painting prize outrage". The Mercury. News Limited. Retrieved 12 March 2012. Cite error: The named reference "The Mercury - 10Mar2012 - Bryant painting prize outrage" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).