{"id":8887,"date":"2020-10-27T07:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T07:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8887"},"modified":"2020-10-27T07:19:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T07:19:23","slug":"kilgour-prize-2020-peoples-choice-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/27\/kilgour-prize-2020-peoples-choice-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilgour Prize 2020 People\u2019s Choice awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua McPherson has won the KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 People\u2019s Choice Award for the second year running with a painting titled\u00a0Portrait of Meg<\/em>.
\nThis year McPherson won\u00a0\u2013 from a total pool of more than 1,600 votes collected since the KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 exhibition opened Saturday 1 August. McPherson has won $5,000 in recognition of the popularity of his work.
\n\u201cWhen Meg arrived for the first session I was inspired by her youthful slightly “edgy, grunge” look contrasted with her beautiful Indian jewellery passed down from her mother,\u201d artist Joshua McPherson said.
\n\u201cI sought to capture a young woman of today but still respectful of her family tradition and heritage.”
\nNewcastle Art Gallery Director Lauretta Morton said McPherson excels in portraiture that provokes an emotive response in his viewers.
\n\u201cMcPherson\u2019s skill as a painter is captured in the beautiful composition and vulnerable expression of his sitter,\u201d she said.
\nMcPherson has exhibited internationally in Italy, London and the United States. He has also been selected as a finalist in other national portrait prizes such as the Archibald Prize and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
\nThe Sydney-based artist will receive $5,000, generously funded by the bequest of artist Jack Noel Kilgour. The KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 exhibition will remain on display at the Gallery until 15 November 2020.
\nAnonymous comments collected during the voting process included:<\/strong>
\n\u201cOf all the works,\u00a0Portrait of Meg<\/em>\u00a0moves me the most. There is a simple complexity, a depth of emotion, a subtlety of light and shade, a beautifully softened sharpness. And those haunting eyes…they draw you in even as they withdraw into their own earnest, private contemplation.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very evocative and insightful representation of the complexity of youth culture.\u201d
\n\u201cThe subject is very relatable and reminds me of myself and every other teenage girl struggling with identity and self-awareness.\u201d
\n\u201cCulturally-diverse, beautifully composed, reflecting the promise and uncertainty of youth.\u201d
\nArtist statement, Joshua McPherson:<\/strong>
\nI first met Meg when she modelled for my weekly portrait class.\u00a0 My students and I immediately found her to be a breath of fresh air. Such a great attitude to life at a time when she was experiencing significant change and complexities in her life. I knew immediately I would like to have her pose privately for a portrait.
\nWhen Meg arrived for the first session I was inspired by her youthful slightly “edgy, grunge” look contrasted with her beautiful Indian jewellery passed down from her mother. I found the juxtaposition between her attire quite fascinating and intriguing.
\nI sought to capture a young woman of today but still respectful of her family tradition and heritage. This was Meg\u2019s first time posing in a private studio and I feel that the portrait captures her initial slight coyness but a willingness to embrace herself in the portrait painting process.
\nKILGOUR PRIZE 2020 FINALISTS<\/strong>
\nAn Sheng, Andrew Bennett, Anh Nguyen, Ben Ryan, Brittany Jones, Bronni Krieger, Corinna Howell, Craig Handley, Dagmar Cyrulla, Daniel Butterworth, Elizabeth Austin, Erik Krebs-Schade, Esther Erlich, Greg Creek, Jacqueline Hennessy, Jordan Richardson, Joshua McPherson, Kenneth Lambert, Kerry McInnis, Kylie Melinda Smith, Lileana Colarelli, Lori Pensini, Lynn Savery, Melissa Ritchie, Michael Bell, Oliver Shepherd, Peter Gardiner, Tony Costa, Tracy Dods, Wendy Sharpe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joshua McPherson has won the KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 People\u2019s Choice Award for the second year running with a painting titled\u00a0Portrait of Meg. This year McPherson won\u00a0\u2013 from a total pool of more than 1,600 votes collected since the KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 exhibition opened Saturday 1 August. McPherson has won $5,000 in recognition of the popularity … Continue reading “Kilgour Prize 2020 People\u2019s Choice awarded”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}