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SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD – HOW TO’S

January 27, 2017 | By Rust-en-Vrede Gallery,

STEP ONE:

Download the entry form from the competition section on our website:  www. Rust-en-vrede.com or collect one at the gallery or your closest art shop. Read through the rules, complete your artwork ……and make sure the paint is dry.

 STEP TWO:

Get all of your Paperwork together. You will need a separate set of paperwork to accompany every entry that you submit. Here is what you need:

One FULLY completed entry form

One copy of your ID

One proof of payment

And if you are making use of our free depot delivery facility with Stuttafford van Lines, you will need to complete a depot form as well. The depot forms are also available on our website.

 STEP THREE:

Take your completed portrait – it must not be signed anywhere on the front or the back. Place all your paperwork in a plastic sleeve and adhere to the back of your portrait.”

“Use a staple gun or adhesive tape, but ensure that it will not come off during its trip to the gallery – NO paperwork – NO entry”

“Repeat step three for each portrait that you enter”

STEP FOUR:

Deliver your portraits UNWRAPPPED to Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville.

“You can hand deliver your portraits to the Gallery or you can send it with your own courier or a friend

“Or make use of the FREE delivery by Stuttafford van Lines – by dropping your  unwrapped portraits off at one of the listed depots. See entry form for depot info.”

Good luck with your entry!

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SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD 2015

November 27, 2016 | By Six_web,

THE JUDGING PANEL FOR 2015 WAS:

TANYA POOLE Artist and lecturer at Rhodes University

ERNESTINE WHITE Artist and curator of Contemporary Arts for Iziko South African National Gallery

CRAIG WYLIE Winner of the 2008 BP Portrait Award and professional artist living in London, UK.

SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD TOP 40:

PORTRAIT 100:

SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD WEBSITE

 

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SPI NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD 2013

November 26, 2016 | By Six_web,


Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery has launched a national award in partnership with Sanlam Private Investments (SPI).

This will celebrate and showcase the best original portrait artwork in South Africa. Artists from all walks of life, 21 years and older, are challenged to enter works which exemplify their ability in the medium of their choice (excluding lens-based artwork, i.e. video, film, photography). All works were judged anonymously as artists were requested not to sign their work.

KwaZulu-Natal artist Heather Gourlay-Conyngham has won the first ever Sanlam Private Investments (SPI) National Portrait Award for her nude male portrait entitled “A Young Man” (177 x 80cm, oil on canvas). The award was announced at a ceremony at the Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery in Durbanville in August 2013.
Gourlay-Conyngham’s winning portrait beat a staggering 1 783 adjudicated entries to the top prize of R100 000. It has joined 39 other selected entries in an exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, whereafter the 40 works toured South Africa in an exhibition presented in collaboration with the Sanlam Art Collection.

Stefan Hundt, head of SPI’s art advisory service, commended the judges for their “exceptional dedication in making a very difficult decision, given the large number of entries received”. The independent panel consisted of Hayden Proud, curator for Historical Painting and Sculptures at the Iziko SA National Gallery in Cape Town, Vulindlela Nyoni, a lecturer in printmaking at the University of Stellenbosch, and artist and art teacher Susanne du Toit. Du Toit recently scooped the prestigious 2013 BP Portrait Award in the United Kingdom.

The 40 selected artists are:

  • Sanell Aggenbach
  • Nicholas Allen
  • Angela Banks
  • Hanneke Benade
  • Vanessa Berlein
  • Tamlin Blake
  • Ashley Bothma
  • Claude Chandler
  • Rene du Toit
  • Eve Dumont
  • Heidi Fourie
  • Heather Gourlay-Conyngham
  • Ian Grose
  • Susan Grundlingh
  • Solly Gutman
  • Lolly Hahn-Page
  • Rebecca Haysom
  • Jolante Hesse
  • Helena Hugo
  • Ruan Huisamen
  • David Jackson
  • Mark Kaplan
  • Johann Louw
  • Clare Menck
  • Richard Mudariki
  • Lynie Olivier
  • Lauren Palte
  • Pippa Lea Pennington
  • Annette Pretorius
  • Willem Pretorius
  • Anita Sent
  • Kennett Sinclair
  • Sue Tatham
  • Julia Teale
  • Eleanor Turvey
  • Anathi Tyawa
  • Eugene Wicht
  • Khaya Witbooi
  • Kim Woodman
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BARCLAYS L’ATELIER 2016

November 25, 2016 | By Six_web,

WESTERN CAPE REGIONAL SELECTION

Western Cape Regional Selection announcement: 15 Artworks were selected.

Congratulations to the following finalists:

Asemahle Ntlonthi  | Francois Knoetze | Ilenè Bothma | Kelapile Mathlogonolo (Congrats on having 2 works selected!) | Kelly Johnson | Lezanne Kotze| Luke Baggott |Matete Mathibele Motubatse| Max-Gordon Stoffberg | Russell Bruns | Sandy Harris | Sethembile Msezane | Siwa Mgoboza  | Thandiwe  Msebenzi

And a big thank you to the Western Cape judges:  Dirkie Offringa, Nkhule Mabaso, Jo Ratcliffe and Lindokuhle Nkosi.

L’ATELIER WESTERN CAPE REGIONAL SELECTION 2016

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BARCLAYS L’ATELIER 2015

November 23, 2016 | By Six_web,

WESTERN CAPE REGIONAL SELECTION

Western Cape Regional Selection announcement: 17 Artworks were selected.

Congratulations to the following finalists:

Astrid Gebhardt  | Christine Cronjé | Danielle Bischoff | Francois Knoetze (Congrats on having 2 works selected!) | Gaelen Pinnock | James Nilsen-Misra | Kirstie Nel |Miranda Moss| Nicola Fouché | Nora Kovats | Paul Senyol | Sethembile Msezane | Simphiwe Ndzube |Stephane Edith Conradie | Swain Hoogervorst | Zarah Cassim
And a big thank you to the Western Cape judges:  Luan Nel, Willie Bester, Liza Grobler and Barbara Wildenboer.

Barclays L’Atelier is one of South Africa’s most prestigious art competitions. Held annually, it is open to artists  aged 21 to 35. Historically, this award has not only ensured that South Africa’s young and emerging artists were recognised, but has also afforded them the opportunity to develop their talents abroad. A look through the list of previous winners will testify to this.

For the first time, the competition will be opened to some of our neighbouring countries across the African continent in 2015.

Online entries open on the Barclays L’Atelier website on 19 January 2015 and close 6 March 2015. Entrants can make their drop offs at their nearest collection point between 2 and 6 March 2015.

 

L’ATELIER WESTERN CAPE REGIONAL SELECTION 2015:

The Absa L’Atelier is South Africa’s most prestigious art competition and is held annually for artists between ages 21 to 35. This award not only ensures South Africa’s emerging artists of recognition, but also affords them the opportunity to develop their talents abroad.

The Absa L’Atelier art competition is run in conjunction with the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA).

The 2014 Absa L’Atelier Western Cape regional selection was judged and exhibited at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in March 2014.

 Visit the website for more information.

Western Cape finalists:

  • Christine Cronje
  • Gaelen Pinnock
  • Kirsten Nel
  • Lize du Toit
  • Maryke van Rensburg
  • Nicolene van der Walt
  • Nina Liebenberg

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Congratulations to Liberty Battson, winner of the 29th annual ABSA L’Atelier Award.

Pretoria’s Liberty Battson took the overall award and main prize for her artwork, “Odds of an artist like me”. The work is a diptych which was created using 2K automotive paint, with the paints having acted as a bar graph. Each stripe represented a statistic which related to artists – more specifically, the odds of an artist like Battson. With the top of the canvas representing 0% and the bottom 100%, the viewer is able to decode the artwork through the legend supplied at the base of the artwork. Intrigued by the chances, the artist aimed to represent statistics in a novel way by juxtaposing trivial, humorous statistics with those that are more serious.

Follow the link to a great behind-the-scenes video on Liberty Battson’s artistic process. The 2014 ABSA L’Atelier winner talks about the concepts, thoughts and production of her automotive paintings.

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