STILL: National Still Life Award 2019

TitleSTILL: National Still Life Award 2019DateBetween 21st September 2019 and 30th November 2019LocationCoffs Harbour Regional GalleryDescription

Still: National Still Life Award is a highlight of our gallery’s program - an Australia-wide award for artworks in the genre of still life, in all mediums, held every two years.

In 2019, 59 works have been selected from a record number of entries from all over Australia, by artists at varying stages of their careers. Fourteen are regional artists from an area stretching from the Northern Rivers to Port Macquarie and eight have been Still finalists before. The winning entry becomes part of the gallery’s collection.

The judge for the 2019 award is the highly respected Director of Shepparton Art Museum, Rebecca Coates. Hamish Sawyer, curator, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Lisa Paulsen, Sydney art collector and former board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art, and Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery co-ordinator, Cath Fogarty and curator, Jo Besley shortlisted the finalists.

Traditional still life themes of mortality and the passage of time are re-interpreted to explore contemporary issues such as consumption, extinction, addiction, environmental degradation and technological obsolescence. Artists also play with still life conventions such with realism, illusion and materiality to encourage us to contemplate just how we look and what we see when we encounter art.

STILL 2019 FINALISTS

Our major sponsors are the Friends of Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, saso.creative and Bryant McKinnon Lawyers. Our supporting sponsors are Moving Art and Andrew Peace Wines.

Included works byLouise AllertonKelly AustinJohn BokorSara BowenKelcie Bryant-DuguidFran CallenChristine Courcier-JonesJo DarvallKate DorroughChristine Druitt-PrestonHelen EarlBen FayleRobert FentonSalvatore GerardiWarwick GilbertMyfanwy GulliferSusan KnightTrevor MeinNOTDaniel SheringtonStephanie TheobaldGerry WeddGreg WeightJP WillisExhibition Photography ByJamie Williams

Winner of Still 2019, Kelly Austin

Works by (clockwise): Sara Bowen, Victoria Reichelt, Phil Alldis and Marie Mansfield

L to R: Gurmesh Singh, State MP for Coffs Harbour, Mayor of Coffs Harbour Denise Knight, Still 2019 winner Kelly Austin and Still 2019 Judge Rebecca Coates, Director of Shepparton Art Museum.

Works by Myfanwy Gullifer (foreground) and Scott Duncan

Works on wall by (l to r): Daniel Sherington, Jane James and Susan Jacobsen. Works on table by (l to r): Stephen Bird and Gerry Wedd

Ben Fayle with his work, winner of the People's Choice Award

Suzanne Knight's 'What dreams are made of' and (right) Madeleine Cruise's 'Golddigger'

Works by Sally Davis (background), Andrew Hickinbotham and Jo White (front)

Visitors study Honor Freeman's 'Small acts of care'

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