Hadley’s Art Prize winner Carbiene McDonald Tjungala with his winning artwork, Four Dreamings. Photo: Jessica King.
Hadley’s Art Prize winning artwork: Carbiene McDonald Tjungala, Four Dreamings, acrylic on linen, 152 x 122cm. Courtesy: Papunya Tjupi Arts. Photo: Jessica King.
Hadley’s Art Prize judges and winner in front of winning artwork Four Dreamings: Susan McCulloch OAM, Carbiene McDonald Tjungala, Raymond Arnold and Jane Clark.
Hadley’s Art Prize packing room prize: Nigel Hewitt, Understory, wood ash and polymer on 9 ply panels, 179 x 140cm. Photo: Jessica King.
Carbiene McDonald Tjangala has won the 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize. The Indigenous artist took out the annual $100,000 prize for landscape painting with his densely layered canvas titled Four Dreamings.
“These tjukurrpa are associated with a series of waterholes running between Docker River and Kata Tjuta,” explained the artist who lives in a remote community near the well known art centres at Papunya in the Northern Territory.
Manager of Papunya Tjupi Arts Centre Emma Collard said, “Carbiene has become one of Papunya Tjupi’s most exciting emerging artists, with his recent achievements showcasing his dedication and belief in himself as well as inspiring other young men in Papunya.”
The 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize was judged by Tasmanian artist Raymond Arnold, senior research curator at MONA Jane Clark, and Susan McCulloch OAM, an arts writer, curator and gallerist.
The judges also highly commended works by Betty Pula Morton, Tony Smibert, Philip Wolfhagen, and Faridah Cameron. Nigel Hewitt won the Packing Room Prize.
The prize is acquisitive, so as well as being on view alongside work by the other 33 finalists in the 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize Exhibition, Carbiene McDonald Tjangala’s winning painting will also be available to the public as part of the Hadley’s Orient Hotel permanent collection.
Visitors to the show are invited to vote for the People’s Choice Award.
2019 Hadley’s Art Prize Exhibition
Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
20 July – 18 August
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