BALD ARCHY EXHIBITION PLUS

Over the years, the prize has been awarded to works featuring a variety of politicians, celebrities and high-profile sports men and women, including several former prime ministers, Dame Edna Everage/Barry Humphries, the late Bert Newton and Shane Warne. WITTY WORKS: Museum of the Riverina Manager Luke Grealy says The Bald Archy Prize, founded by Peter Batey OAM, is a great opportunity for artists to show well-known Australians in a whole new light.

“It is still judged by sulphur-crested cockatoo, Professor Maude Cockatoo PhD, who is an impeccable judge of satirical art!” “It thumbs its nose at the arts elite and appeals to many who wouldn’t normally visit an art gallery.

BALD ARCHY EXHIBITION PLUS

“Over the quarter of a century plus since then, it has become an iconic event on the Australian art calendar because ‘taking the mickey’ out of each other appeals to the Australian sense of humour.

“The Bald Archy prize was started by Peter Batey in a corrugated iron shed at Coolac, just north of Gundagai, in 1994, as a send-up of the prestigious portraiture award, the Archibald Prize. “We are calling for submissions that include wit, slapstick, vulgarity, farce, black comedy, irreverence, and anything in between, preferably featuring an Australian distinguished in art, science, letters, politics, sport or the media,” Mr Grealy said. Museum Manager Luke Grealy is encouraging artists from across Australia to get involved and help ensure the successful return of this iconic event. The prize for the winning artwork is $10,000. Submissions are now open for the very best satirical art for the 2023 Bald Archy Prize, which is now administered by the Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga. Australia’s premier satirical art competition, The Bald Archy Prize, is back for its 27th year after a three-year hiatus following the passing of founder Peter Batey OAM. Sat/Sun 10am - 5pmĪdmission: Adult $9.00 Conc $7.00 (Under 16 - Free)Īnd the winner is. This is a Swanpool and District 'Community Spirit Event' run totally by volunteers for the benefit of the community. Swanpool is located on the Midland Highway 25km south of Benalla and 38km north of Mansfield.

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 this event has its basis in the irreverent larrikin Australian comic comment with great appeal to people from all walks of life. Winning subjects over the years have included Kerry Packer Amanda Vanstone Edmund Capon Shane Warne Dame Edna Everage John Howard and Pauline Hanson Robbie and Gai Waterhouse Rupert Murdoch Jeff Kennett Cardinal George Pell Tony Abbott and Ian Thorpe. The 2017 Bald Archy winner: POCKET ROCKET by James BrennanĬreated in 1994 as a spoof of that more serious competition the Bald Archy Prize provides artists of all styles and standards with a genuine opportunity ranging from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar to create portrait paintings of humour dark satire light comedy or caricature.

The 2017 Bald Archy entries exhibition is on show at Swanpool and Geelong.

Bald archy exhibition