25 Feb 2008, Posted by Cat in News, 27 Comments. Tagged art
good news!
The extremely awesome Nick Stathopoulos’s portrait of cinema critic David Stratton has been selected to hang in the Archibald Prize.
WAY TO GO NICK!
The extremely awesome Nick Stathopoulos’s portrait of cinema critic David Stratton has been selected to hang in the Archibald Prize.
WAY TO GO NICK!
27 Comments
February 25, 2008 3:24 am
ashamel
Oh my God! How fantastic.
February 25 2008 03:25 am
Cat @
isn't it wot! I've seen a snap of the painting. Not surprised it got hung
February 25, 2008 3:28 am
mikandra
That is awesome news indeed. I’ve been meaning to for years (y’know, family commitments, tyranny of distance and all that) but this year I shall make a real effort to visit the gallery.
February 25 2008 03:29 am
Cat @
a bunch of us went to see the exhibition together last time one of Nick's works got hung (The Mr Squiggle pic)
February 25, 2008 3:29 am
murasaki_1966
Bloody brillant. I hope he wins it. Either Nick or Robert Hannaford (if he’s showing this year).
February 25 2008 03:29 am
Cat @
Nick! Nick! Nick!
February 25, 2008 3:40 am
Cat
yep.
February 25, 2008 3:42 am
jack_ryder
That’s fantastic news!
(remember his portrait of Shaun Tan will be hung in the State Gallery from the 11th of March for the Moran prize – hope he can make it a double-header!)
February 25, 2008 4:39 am
strangedave
Terrific! We love the Archies on any year, but it would be terrific to see Nick have another entry.
February 25 2008 04:41 am
Cat @
He's a legend
February 25, 2008 5:25 am
murasaki_1966
Everyone should go along and vote for Nick in the People’s Choice Award. That why he might win something.
Seriously the trustees of the NSW Art Gallery have their heads up their tails sometimes. The best thing last year was Robert Hannaford’s “Tubes”, and they gave it to a nice picture of Janet Laurence. “Tubes” is the bravest self-potrait I have ever seen, and is comparable to Rembrantdt’s self-portraits in old age.
February 25, 2008 6:58 am
kathrynlinge
Awesome!! I’m hoping to be in Syd to be able to see these too!
February 25, 2008 8:45 am
mireille21
Woot! That’s positively awesome.
February 25 2008 08:45 am
Cat @
indeed it is
February 25, 2008 12:13 pm
Anonymous
David Stratton
Hi Gang, Nick here. Thanks for all the groovy comments and support. As you know, the Archibald Prize is notoriously difficult to get hung in. The fact that I’ve made both the Doug Moran and the Archies at the same time is fucking unbelievable. The call was expected Wednesday but much to my surprise it came today…which means I don’t have to go through days of nail biting agony waiting for the phone to ring. It’s all worked out very nicely…especially after Chris Lilly dropped out at the last minute. I only had a couple of weeks to get David’s massive portrait done. He was actually very excited with my news since he had said there was a curse as he’s been attempted 3 times in the past, but none got in. I rang him and said “the curse is broken!” Updates as they happen!
February 25, 2008 1:05 pm
damienps
That’s fabulous news
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