The Archibald Prize is an annual art award with the primary aim 'to foster portraiture, support artists and perpetuate the memory of great Australians' in painting. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archibald-wynne-sulman-prizes-2011/
Craig Ruddy won in 2004 for his controversial portrait of Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil entitled "Two Worlds". It is pencil on wall paper and a huge piece- 204 x 240cm.
The portrait won both the main prize and the "People's Choice" award. The prize was challenged on the basis that it was a charcoal sketch rather than a painting. The claim was dismissed in court in 2006.
I love this piece- the looseness...very inspiring.
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