Winner: Deborah Paauwe
Title: Crimson Autograph
Medium: type C photograph
Judge: Tony Ellwood
Judge’s statement regarding the winner
Paauwe, a former recipient of the Samstag scholarship, receives $15 000 in prize money plus a one month artist’s residency in Alice Springs. This prize provided a rare opportunity to encounter the beauty of the Central Australian landscape and people, and has the potential to make a significant impact on an artist’s future career.
Paauwe’s work is seductive, secretive and romantic and this region could generate a fascinating synergy for her future work.
Pre-selection Panel
Tim Rollason, Curator, the Araluen Centre
Merilyn Fairskye, Artist, Sydney
Neville Field, Printmaker and Arts Administrator, Alice Springs
ACQUISITIONS
Winner of the 32nd Alice Prize, 2002 (Acquistive)
Deborah Paauwe, (SA)
“Crimson Autograph”
C-Type Photograph – 2002, 120x120cm
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