The team at Orange Regional Gallery are preparing to install three exciting new exhibitions – ‘Archibald Prize 2018’, ‘Young Archie Central West’ and ‘Anatye: Margaret Loy Pula’ which will open in a combined, family friendly event on Friday 8 February, 2019.
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Prestigious and controversial, the Archibald Prize is Australia’s foremost portraiture prize awarding $100,000 prize money for the best painting of a notable Australian. Now in its 97th year, the Archibald Prize has been held annually since 1921 with finalists exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales before embarking on a year-long regional tour.
Orange Regional Gallery is pleased to welcome five-time finalist and winner of the 2018 Archibald Prize, Yvette Coppersmith who will discuss her winning work ‘Self-portrait, after George Lambert’ in a conversation with Richard Morecroft at 5.30pm on Friday 8 February – prior to the exhibition opening.
The gallery will also present the very first Young Archie Central West portrait competition with budding artists from the Central West invited to submit a portrait of someone who is special to them and plays an important role in their life.
Shortlisted entries from each age category (5-8 year olds, 9-12, 13-15 and 16-18) will be exhibited alongside the Archibald Prize from 8 February – 22 April 2019. Visit the Gallery website for more information – entries close at 4pm Monday 28 January.
The gallery is also pleased to present the first public gallery exhibition of Margaret Loy Pula’s extraordinary paintings in her exhibition ‘Anatye’.
Hailing from the remote community of Utopia in Central Australia, Margaret Loy Pula continues a legacy that dates back millennia. Painting traditional stories handed down from her father she depicts homelands, bush foods and ceremonial designs using a patternation of intricate dot work.
An integral part of her culture, Pula’s primary subject matter is ‘Anatye’, the bush potato or yam. Her paintings are an aerial view of the growth pattern of the plant. More than just a source of sustenance, the yam holds a deep spiritual significance to the Anmatyerre people of Central Australia.
All three exhibitions will be opened by Richard Morecroft on Friday February 8 from 6pm for 6:30pm. This is a free, family friendly event with art-making activities for children (K-6) from 5.30 -7.30pm. To book children’s activities call 6393 8133. Please note that the Gallery will be closed from 4pm Monday 28 January until 10am Saturday February 2. Gallery one and three will remain closed until 5.30pm on Friday February 8.
