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Highly Commended - Artwork by Pilbara Artist
Judge’s comments:
This harrowing work made a deep impact on the judges. Bypassing the conventional portrait approach of depicting the head and face, this is a moving, intimate portrait of grief, depicted in eyes cast downward to the seemingly neglected accumulation of detritus on a floor that is being swept. In such a state, so much is held within, making external reality distant and superficial.
ARTWORK ID: 6005
CATEGORY: Portraits (a model release form from the subject must be supplied)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
In the week my brother was murdered, one of my part time employers watched the tragedy unfold on the local news.
Their response was not a gesture of support or a conversation, but a quiet of reduction of hours to my roster (after I missed the shifts I had that week) with the intention of coercion to resign.
Do Not (S)weep Here Either is a self portrait in that state.
It is the view from a person standing in the wreckage of their world, being told that their grief had no place in their work.
By subverting a mundane workplace sign about 'sweepings,' the painting explores the dehumanizing expectation of the service industry - where your expected to leave your personal life at the door - but the structure in place doesn't allow funded time and space to grieve for proper (if any) amount of time.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on paper
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 508mm x 711mm
WEIGHT (approx): 2kg
ARTIST LOCATION: SOUTH HEDLAND, WA
Highly Commended - Artwork by Pilbara Artist
Judge’s comments:
This harrowing work made a deep impact on the judges. Bypassing the conventional portrait approach of depicting the head and face, this is a moving, intimate portrait of grief, depicted in eyes cast downward to the seemingly neglected accumulation of detritus on a floor that is being swept. In such a state, so much is held within, making external reality distant and superficial.
ARTWORK ID: 6005
CATEGORY: Portraits (a model release form from the subject must be supplied)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
In the week my brother was murdered, one of my part time employers watched the tragedy unfold on the local news.
Their response was not a gesture of support or a conversation, but a quiet of reduction of hours to my roster (after I missed the shifts I had that week) with the intention of coercion to resign.
Do Not (S)weep Here Either is a self portrait in that state.
It is the view from a person standing in the wreckage of their world, being told that their grief had no place in their work.
By subverting a mundane workplace sign about 'sweepings,' the painting explores the dehumanizing expectation of the service industry - where your expected to leave your personal life at the door - but the structure in place doesn't allow funded time and space to grieve for proper (if any) amount of time.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on paper
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 508mm x 711mm
WEIGHT (approx): 2kg
ARTIST LOCATION: SOUTH HEDLAND, WA