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The Bald Archy Prize 2012 10th February to 12th March OPEN DAILY Entry $5 or $3 concession Created in 1994 as a spook of that more serious competition, the Bald Archy Prize provides artists of all styles and standards, ranging from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar, with a genuine opportunity to create portrait paintings of humour, dark satire, light comedy or caricature. Winning subjects over the years have included Kerry packer, Amanda Vanstone, Edmund Capon, Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everidge, John Howard and Pauline Hanson, Robbie and Gai Waterhouse, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Kennett, Cardinal George Pell, Tony Abbott, Ian Thorpe, Bert Newton and, of course, the 2011 winner, Julian Assange. Now known internationally as the only art competition in the world to be judged by a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Maude, the satirical side of the event has its basis in the irreverent, larrikin Australian comic comment, with great appeal to people from all walks of life. Celebrating its 19th year in 2012, the exhibition begins in Canberra before going on tour throughout Eastern Australia.
more - www.baldarchy.com.au
2012 BALD ARCHY PRIZE - Director/Founder Peter Bately OAM
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