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My favourite art show is back! The Archibalds!
Jul 10th, 2014 at 3:00pm
 
(Ok, so it's the only art show I pay any attention to).

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Each year it's a guarantee that the chardonnay luvvies who do the judging will never pick what the average person in the street would choose.

For them it's the hallmark of professional excellence and elitism that they'll choose the painting that could have been done by a chimpanzee rather than a genius with a brush.



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Reply #1 - Jul 10th, 2014 at 3:07pm
 
Lord Herbert wrote on Jul 10th, 2014 at 3:00pm:
(Ok, so it's the only art show I pay any attention to).

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Each year it's a guarantee that the chardonnay luvvies who do the judging will never pick what the average person in the street would choose.

For them it's the hallmark of professional excellence and elitism that they'll choose the painting that could have been done by a chimpanzee rather than a genius with a brush.




You got some serious problems mate!

Saying the luvvies are airheads who go for convoluted artisitic solution compared to the conservatives is way out of the universe on the messed up scale... ya saying lefties pay 50 million plus for francis bacon and exploratory cubist visual philosophy of picasso are ya: well back it up then bro!

Yeh, pie hole like we all thought  Wink Wink Wink Wink Wink Wink Cheesy Cheesy
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*Sure....they're anti competitive as any subsidised job is.  It wouldn't be there without the tax payer.  Very damned difficult for a brainwashed collectivist to understand that I know....  (swaggy) *
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 10th, 2014 at 10:15pm
 
See Wendy Sharpe is a finalist again. Did she paint another portrait of herself?

there are a few interesting ones in the mix like the one where the artist's reflection is in the balloons.
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Reply #3 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 3:35am
 
I don't suppose Rolf would have any chance this year. Wink
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Reply #4 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 7:16am
 
sherri wrote on Jul 11th, 2014 at 3:35am:
I don't suppose Rolf would have any chance this year. Wink


sherri! You wicked girl!  Grin ... (I'm groping for words ... )

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So many clever artists to choose from.

My Final Four:

'Wendy' by Mariola Smarzar
'Here' by Qiang Zhang
Patterson by Tim Storrier
Balloons by Peter Churcher

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Reply #5 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 7:56am
 
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Reply #6 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 8:00am
 
..wow: not bad at all!  Wink Wink

I think Aussie art aint in a bad place at all  Shocked Shocked
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Reply #7 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 12:15pm
 
The thing about the Archibald is that it is an exercise in presenting understandable art, as opposed to other venues where the object may very well be to suspend a bucket of cows**t from the ceiling and demand $40,000 for it.
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Reply #8 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 1:00pm
 
BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jul 11th, 2014 at 7:56am:


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Who is he

I thought this was one of the best few as well.

A lot of them seem very good but for me nothing stands out from the rest this year anyone of them could win. I suspect that many of them would be a lot more impressive to see in real life.

About my favourite and only as well.
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Reply #11 - Jul 13th, 2014 at 1:18pm
 
they dont all look like portraits to me ..but it must be wonderful to paint and leave so much interest behind...

glad I am not a judge...I think they had 800....
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Reply #12 - Jul 18th, 2014 at 12:55pm
 
How's this for talent?

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Reply #13 - Jul 18th, 2014 at 1:21pm
 
its wonderful all right... tell me who has won the Archi.? its so long drawn out I bet I wont like it I rarely do.
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Reply #14 - Jul 18th, 2014 at 4:33pm
 
cods wrote on Jul 18th, 2014 at 1:21pm:
its wonderful all right... tell me who has won the Archi.? its so long drawn out I bet I wont like it I rarely do.


I have a suspicion that a lot of cashed-up people in Australia and probably Asia bet thousands each year on which is going to win the prize.
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