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2005
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Paramount Award
Sara Hughes is the winner of the Paramount Award for her work "Download". Sara recieves $35,000 for a six-month residency in New York with the International Studio and Curatorial Program with included airfares, and a bronze trophy by leading New Zealand sculptor Terry Stringer.
Winner of the 2005 Paramount Award
Sara HUGHES
Download
Acrylic paint on linen
1500 x 1500 mm
Collection of the James Wallace Arts Trust |
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Sara Hughes (b. 1971)
Sara Hughes is an artist whose paintings and installations have an acute sense of ‘how painting interacts with the space in which it is located.’(1) Hughes’ painting is meticulous and controlled. Her work is largely abstract in which she directs clean lines, shapes and patterns of independent colours to create a sense of movement, illusion, and three dimensional depth. Hughes’ work explores the digital realm and the world of technology and computing. ‘Entering the territory of op art and even pop art, she creates work that is at once ethereal and sensual, transparent and dense, serious and light-hearted. She can be seen to belong to a category of artists’ critic William McAloon has described as the "blurry abstractionists".’(2)
"Her practice is described as painting but it is a long way removed from traditional paintbrush and easel. Through her use of new imagery and site-specific locations she seeks to show that painting has entered a new era with the digital age. As a contemporary artist, she sees it as her task to address what painting now is and how it can operate." (3)
(1) Alison Bartley, Bartley Nees Gallery (http://www.bartleyneesgallery.co.nz)
(2) Alison Bartley, Bartley Nees Gallery
(3) Linda Tyler, Curator of Pictorial Collections, Hocken Library, Dunedin, 2004 |
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Development Award
Reuben Paterson is the winner of the Development Award with his work
Nemesis. This strong black and white work glitters with spectrum colours from diamond dust. The prize consists of $15,000 covering a New York residency with the International Studio Curatorial Program (ISCP) including airfares.
Winner of the 2005 Development Award
Reuben PATERSON
Nemesis
Diamond dust, glitter on canvas
1900 x 1900 mm
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 Runner Up
Robert McLeod receives $1500 cash for his work
Self Defence
Winner of the 2005 Runner Up Award
Robert McLeod
Self Defense
Oil on plywood
2400 x 2100 mm
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 Runner Up
Richard Lewer receives $1500 cash for his work
At the Break of Day.
Winner of the 2005 Runner Up Award
Richard LEWER
At the Break of Day
Permanent marker pen on venetian blind
1500 x 1000 mm
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 Jury Prize
This year the Jury chose Glenn Burrell's
Office Space for special mention.
Winner of the 2005 Jury Prize
Glenn BURRELL
Office Space
Acrylic paint
1200 x 2400 mm
Collection of the James Wallace Arts Trust |
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Peoples Choice Award This year the People’s Choice Award was a tie between three artists. The artists split $500 cash and received wine.
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 Winner of the 2005 People's Choice Award
Martha LUNDMARK
A Smile From Your Eyes is Paradise
Wood and fiberglass
1200 x 695 mm
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 Winner of the 2005 People's Choice Award
Matthew BROWNE
Solace
Pencil, charcoal, vinyl, tempera and oil stick on canvas
1675 x 1825 mm
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 Winner of the 2005 People's Choice Award
Claire BEYNON
open Book - Travels Through the Alphabet
Ink, lazer prints, and photos, on 100% cotton paper, with vylene backing
1446 x 2400 mm
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