Basil Sellers Art Prize 2010

Ian Potter Museum of Art

http://www.sellersartprize.com.au
Friday 06 August 2010 to Sunday 07 November 2010
Exhibition previously on at Ian Potter Museum of Art in Australia
The Basil Sellers Art Prize encourages a dynamic and critical reflection on all forms of sport and sporting culture in Australia. This exhibition will present works in various media by contemporary Australian artists shortlisted for the second biannual award, which offers $100 000 for a single outstanding work of art.

Shortlisted artists for the 2010 prize and exhibition are: Vernon Ah Kee, Eric Bridgeman, Juan Ford, Phillip George, Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont, Ponch Hawkes, Grant Hobson, David Jolly, Richard Lewer, Noel McKenna, Glenn Morgan, David Ray, Gareth Sansom and Tony Schwensen.

Location

Ian Potter Museum of Art
The University of Melbourne, Swanston Street
Melbourne Precinct
Victoria
Australia

Artists

Man painted black wearing footy shorts, yellow paint smeared around mouth, stuffed toy tiger hanging on head, sculptural implements hanging around him.
‘Wilma Jr (‘Blacky’)’ from the series ‘The Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules’
© All rights reserved Eric Bridgeman 2009 Australia
inkjet print on paper 140 x 120 cm © Courtesy the artist
Colourful illustration of the MCG sports ground, seen from above, with excited people making comments in yellow speech bubbles.
Steve Waugh’s last test match at the MCG (detail) 2004
© All rights reserved Glenn Morgan 2004 Australia
painted wood and steel 85 x 195 cm © Courtesy the artist
Two women stand victorious on sports running track, dead bodies behind them and blood on their legs.
Blood sport 2010
© All rights reserved Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont 2010 Australia
Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont in the field © Courtesy the artists. Photograph: Kim Tran