Post by Willow on Jun 10, 2016 14:57:35 GMT 9.5
A TRIO of different-coloured chicks nesting in a bent antique spoon created by Melbourne taxidermist and jeweller Julia deVille has won the SA Museum’s $30,000 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize.
Called Neapolitan Bonbonaparte, the work is designed to question the unlabelled used of caged eggs in such products as ice-cream.
“It’s like a Neapolitan ice-cream.’ Ms deVille, 34 said.
“I think that when you are talking about serious issues, it is better to be a bit lighthearted … it makes it more approachable for people.’’
Waterhouse Emerging Artist winner Dan Power’s work G[RAZED].
Canberra artist Dan Power won the $10,000 Emerging Artist category for his pen and ink work G[RAZED], which features endangered species drawn on a bull’s skull.
Both winning pieces are concerned with the impact that animal farming has on the environment
“Most people these days actively want to purchase ethical products like free-range eggs but there’s a lot of products, like ice-cream and mayonnaise and wine, that contain eggs and they are generally factory farmed and they don’t have to label them as such,’’ Ms deVille said.
“Animal agriculture is one of the biggest causes of environmental devastation, so I am interested in the environmental and the ethical side of this.’’
Mr Power, 24, studied evolutionary biology before shifting his focus to art and said his win would help fund a six-month trip to undertake artist residencies in Europe.
To create G[RAZED] he bleached and sanded the bull’s skull, which was found on a friend’s property, before drawing a number of endangered native species on the surface.
“It features a host of natural species that are currently threatened as a result of cattle grazing and land-use practices for agriculture,’’ he said.
“They are all suffering pretty severe habitat loss and had been brought to the brink of extinction.’’
This was the first year that the now biennial competition has been open to artists working in all media, except photography, rather than having separate categories for painting, drawing and objects.
“We received 627 entries, which is high, including digital and video art for the first time,’’ SA Museum director Brian Oldman said.
Images here: www.waterhouse.samuseum.sa.gov.au/
Worthy winners in my view - looking forward to seeing the exhibition
Called Neapolitan Bonbonaparte, the work is designed to question the unlabelled used of caged eggs in such products as ice-cream.
“It’s like a Neapolitan ice-cream.’ Ms deVille, 34 said.
“I think that when you are talking about serious issues, it is better to be a bit lighthearted … it makes it more approachable for people.’’
Waterhouse Emerging Artist winner Dan Power’s work G[RAZED].
Canberra artist Dan Power won the $10,000 Emerging Artist category for his pen and ink work G[RAZED], which features endangered species drawn on a bull’s skull.
Both winning pieces are concerned with the impact that animal farming has on the environment
“Most people these days actively want to purchase ethical products like free-range eggs but there’s a lot of products, like ice-cream and mayonnaise and wine, that contain eggs and they are generally factory farmed and they don’t have to label them as such,’’ Ms deVille said.
“Animal agriculture is one of the biggest causes of environmental devastation, so I am interested in the environmental and the ethical side of this.’’
Mr Power, 24, studied evolutionary biology before shifting his focus to art and said his win would help fund a six-month trip to undertake artist residencies in Europe.
To create G[RAZED] he bleached and sanded the bull’s skull, which was found on a friend’s property, before drawing a number of endangered native species on the surface.
“It features a host of natural species that are currently threatened as a result of cattle grazing and land-use practices for agriculture,’’ he said.
“They are all suffering pretty severe habitat loss and had been brought to the brink of extinction.’’
This was the first year that the now biennial competition has been open to artists working in all media, except photography, rather than having separate categories for painting, drawing and objects.
“We received 627 entries, which is high, including digital and video art for the first time,’’ SA Museum director Brian Oldman said.
Images here: www.waterhouse.samuseum.sa.gov.au/
Worthy winners in my view - looking forward to seeing the exhibition