VAS Spring Select Exhibition 2023
8 Sep 2023 – 25 Sep 2023
Opening Event & Awards Presentation, Tuesday 12 September at 7pm
Location: Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries
One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The Spring Exhibition features the Gordon Moffatt AM Spring Prizes for: 1st prize, $500. 2nd prize, $250. 3rd prize $100. Sculpture prize $150.
Judge
The judge for this year's Spring Select Exhibition is Ben Winspear.
Ben Winspear is a Melbourne based artist who works in both oil and watercolour. His work encapsulates a wide range of subject matter; anything that inspires him at the time. His painting often runs the full spectrum from purely representational through to abstraction – as he seeks to develop a synthesis of both in his own unique and personal visual language to describe the world around him.
First prize WINNER
Joe Whyte, Through the Clouds, Oil on Linen
second prize WINNER
Mark Bagally, 12 Notes, Oil on Board
third prize WINNER
Rachael Dettman-Smith, Study of Finches, Oil on Canvas, $680
SCULPTURE WINNER
Ellen Jenkins, Show Girl, Wire $800
HIGHLY COMMENDED ARTISTS
Mary Hyde, Swirling Sea, Oil on Canvas, $2500
Julian Bruere, Rural Vista, Watercolour, $2800
Joseph Luczynski, The Empty Studio, Acrylic on Paper, $500
Maxine Wade, Interior, Watercolour, $500
Sarah Ackland, Hydrangeas no. 3, Graphite on Paper, $2100
Clive Sinclair, Leaving Melbourne in the Rain, Oil on Canvas, $800
curator's choice award
Adam Frith, Velveteen Chair, Oil on Linen on Board, $1100
Banner Image: Through the Clouds by Joe Whyte, First Prize 2023
Mark Bagally, 12 Notes, Oil on Board Second Prize Winner 2023
Rachael Dettman-Smith, Study of Finches, Oil on Canvas, Third Prize Winner 2023
Guest sculptor
Guest sculptor Anne Anderson will be exhibiting during the Spring Exhibition.
Anne has been sculpting for approximately twenty-five years. Her unique artworks seek to express passion and movement through varied mediums, including clay, steel, resin, ciment fondu and bronze, as well as natural and found objects. A common theme in Anne’s work is the human form, in combinations of contemporary and realistic design.
She endeavours to explore the incidence of the human experience and interpret revelations of our varied emotions. She believes artists are responsible for relaying messages about our troubled planet and connecting with human emotions within the unpredictable and ever-evolving journey of life.
Browse Artworks
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.