The Wynne Prize 2012 - Selected artists and winner

The Wynne Prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture seeks to identify the best contemporary landscape painting in Australia or figure sculpture of Australian scenery.

Apart from the prestige, the monetary value of the prize for this art competition is US$35,000 in 2012. (£22,716 / US$36,032)

I don't think there has been enough Australian Art on this blog to date so prepare for a surfeit!

This post identifies both the finalists and the 2012 winner of The Wynne Prize and says something about the history of the Wynne Prize.

[I was writing my post about the 2013 Prize and came back to reference this one - which I can well remember writing - only to discover I'd not quite finished it and it wasn't published it - so a year late here it is!]

Wynne Prize 2012 - Finalists

The 32 finalists cover the range of ways in which artists in Australia interpret their landscape - see below for images of their entries and links to their websites

BELOW are the finalists.  

• Click the links in the name to see the selected artist's website, blog or gallery.  
• Click this link to see the images produced by the 32 finalists for the Wynne Prize 2012 - and then on the image to see an image in more detail. (Tip:  If you start with the first and then press the arrow to the right of the image you can work your way through all 32 images)

I've also included a sentence about each work - taken from the page dedicated to the selected artwork, where artists in general have a lot more to say about their work. I think these commentaries will give all readers of this blog pause for through about the way landscape art can be stimulated and interpreted.

I recommend that people look through all the images if you're in any way interested in landscape art.

I've commented on some but not all of the artworks.  Do let me know what you think too and identify which are your favourites.

I sooooooo wish we had a prize like this in the UK!

Sculpture in the garden at Hoglands, Perry Green

A view of the the sculpture garden and the rear of Hoglands

I do like a good sculpture garden. Not only do you get art in the landscape but it also makes me want to draw art in the landscape. Not this week though as Perry Green at the end of March was being absolutely typical - blue skies and sunshine one minute and then grey sky, looming clouds and driving rain the next!

Below you can find images of a small sample of the Henry Moore sculptures which can be seen in the garden of his former home Hoglands in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. The website provides an interactive map of the garden of Hoglands and where they all are in the garden and the fields around and about.

The garden and his studios are now open through until the end of August. I'm intending to go back and draw when the weather becomes a tad more reliable!

There is also an exhibition of his prints and portfolios in the gallery there - see Henry Moore Deluxe: Prints and Portfolios

You need to ring and book if you want to visit. Visits in the week are guided tours (I'd advise avoiding the school party mornings.) but you are free to wander around on Fridat, Saturday and Sunday.

This is the link to my Flickr set Henry Moore Sculptures, Hoglands, Perry Green

Large Standing Figure - Knife Edge 1976 by Henry Moore

Upscaling Henry Moore at Perry Green

Family Group 1948-49 by Henry Moore at Perry Green

The Arch 1963-69 by Henry Moore at Perry Green

Sheep Piece 1971-72 by Henry Moore

all photos copyright Katherine Tyrrell / courtesy of the Henry Moore Foundation

For those who are interested:

• Henry Moore - Resources for Artists is an information site which celebrates his life and work
  
• Hoglands by David Mitchinson - is a book about Hoglands but focuses more on Moore and his home than on the sculpture in the garden.
  

The BBC, Henry Moore and A Sculptor's Landscape

This is a link to a BBC Archive film about Henry Moore's work shown amid the natural landscape that inspired him. Click the little box on the bottom right to see it full screen.

The documentary is by John Read and the narration is by Ralph Richardson.

British Art and Artists
A Sculptor's Landscape

CHANNEL | BBC Television Service

FIRST BROADCAST | 29 June 1958

DURATION | 27 minutes 27 seconds

For more about Henry Moore see:

• my post today on Making A Mark about the exhibition at Tate Britain - Henry Moore at Tate Britain
• my information site Henry Moore - Resources for Art Lovers