FREMANTLE PRINT AWARD 2009
Featuring increased prize money this year, the doors are now open for all living Australian artists to submit one print or artist's book that has been completed during the past two years, using any print process, for selection in the Fremantle Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing.
The Award is Fremantle Arts Centre's flagship event and the longest running and largest print prize in the country. Initiated in 1976, the Fremantle Print Award is in its 34th year.
It remains the most important prize for contemporary printmaking in the country and a showcase for the inventiveness of Australia's best artists.
This year's Print Award sees prize money increased by $2000 for both the Acquisitive and Non-Acquisitive prizes, as well as the return of the popular People's Choice Award.
$12,000 Acquisitive Prize with the work acquired by the City of Fremantle Art Collection
$6,000 Acquisition Fund with one or more works selected for the Little Collection
$5,000 Non-Acquisitive Prize
$300 People's Choice Award
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Closing Date: 5pm Friday 19 June 2009
Send completed entry form, images and payment to:
2009 Fremantle Print Award
Supported by Little Creatures Brewing
Fremantle Arts Centre
PO Box 891
Fremantle WA 6959
Or deliver Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm
Fremantle Arts Centre
1 Finnerty Street
Fremantle WA 6160
Winners Announced: Opening Friday 25 September 2009
Exhibition: 26 September - 22 November 2009
Conditions of Entry
The Fremantle Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing is open to living artists working within Australia. Individuals are invited to enter one print or artist's book only using any printing process. Framed, mounted or stretched works will not be accepted and will be returned at the artist's expense. The work is to be the work of the entrant and is to have been made during the two years preceding June 2009. Prints in multiple parts are acceptable but must be considered as a single work.
Entry Process
Entrants should submit up to five images of one print or artists' book using any printing process. Only selected entrants will need to submit actual work. The images must be jpegs at 15cm x 15cm maximum in size and at 150 dpi burnt to a CD. Images should be labelled with surname, underscore, number and jpeg extension. Entries submitted for preselection will not be considered if not presented in the prescribed format. No other support material should be included. Emailed submissions will not be considered. CDs will not be returned.
Judging Panel
Nicholas Chambers, Curator, Contemporary International Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art
Helen Carroll Fairhall, Curator, The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art; Manager, Wesfarmers Arts
Brian Robinson, Artist; Exhibitions Manager, Cairns Regional Gallery
Selection of Prints
The judging panel will view all entries received and will be responsible for the selection of works for the exhibition. All entrants will be notified whether their work has been selected for the exhibition by Monday July 6 2009. Selected work will need to be delivered to the Fremantle Arts Centre by Friday 24 July 2009 5pm. Fremantle Arts Centre reserves the right not to exhibit a work following viewing of the work itself if in the opinion of the Judges and the Fremantle Arts Centre Exhibitions Manager the images submitted are not an adequate representation of the actual work submitted.
Acquisition Considerations
If Little Creatures Brewing selects a work which is also the winner of the Acquisitive Prize, the artist shall provide:
When the work is editionable, two works from the edition or at least one work from the edition plus one proof. If the second work does not belong to the numbered edition, it must be an artist's proof, not a working proof and preferably not the printer's proof.
When the work is a unique state, the work plus a second related work of similar quality and value to be negotiated by Little Creatures Brewing and Fremantle Arts Centre.
When the work is digital, two works from the same edition. Both works either digital or traditional must be printed to the same standard on/with the same quality medium/s and ground/s as the winning submission.
Announcement of Winners
The winners will be announced at the opening of the exhibition on Friday 25 September 2009 and in the Weekend Australian on Saturday 26 September 2009. The exhibition closes on Sunday 22 November 2009.
Sale of Works
All exhibited works are to be for sale. A commission of 35% will apply. Fremantle Arts Centre will add GST to the price supplied by the artist. GST is charged on the commission even when the artist is not registered to collect GST.
Publicity
Entrants are to allow Fremantle Arts Centre to reproduce their works for the purposes of promoting the Award. Copyright remains with the artist.
Care & Insurance
Fremantle Arts Centre will exercise reasonable care of works entered but will not accept responsibility for loss or damage while works are in its keeping or in transit. However, works selected for the exhibition will be fully insured during the period of the exhibition. Fremantle Arts Centre will not be responsible for unclaimed works after December 2009
Fremantle Print Award 2008
A selection of reviews of the Fremantle Print Award 2008
FPA - The Australian (2.93MB)FPA - Imprint (0.40MB)
FPA - Artlink (0.82MB)
Joel Gailer, Hot process, 2008, Offset lithograph in Art Almanac, 21 x 14.8 x 0.7 cm, courtesy and © the artist.
Printmaking is so hot right now
Winners announced!
Fremantle Print Award supported by
Little Creatures Brewing 2008
In an exciting result, the 2008 Fremantle Print Award winner challenges the notion of printmaking by putting the winning work in your hands for four dollars!
Now in its 33rd year, the Fremantle Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing is Australia’s leading award and exhibition for prints and artists’ books in any print medium.
Together, this year’s winner and runner-up reflect the broad definitions of printmaking in today’s contemporary landscape – a conceptual, mass-produced work sitting alongside a technically masterful linocut.
$10,000 Acquisitive Prize – Joel Gailer, Hot process
$3,000 Non-Acquisitive Prize – Alick Tipoti, Kuyku Garpathamai Mabaig
Challenging the preconceptions of printmaking, Melbourne-based artist Joel Gailer’s winning entry can only be seen in the August issue of Art Almanac.
Gailer submitted and displays his work by paying for a page in the popular national guide to visual arts and exhibitions. The works appears with no clues to its origins and context.
Gailer’s work breaks from the tradition of displaying work within the confines of a gallery space. Hot process celebrates a lack of exclusivity and can be acquired for a mere four dollars.
The judges’ decision to award Gailer first prize was unanimous. Consuelo Cavaniglia, Fremantle Print Award Coordinator says, “The judges were excited about the concept behind Joel’s work - its lack of preciousness, its disposability and humour.”
Janice McCulloch, publisher of Art Almanac, was delighted that her publication is an integral part of the winning entry. She also felt Gailer’s work, which states, Printmaking is so hot right now, sends out a positive message. McCulloch also says, “The August issue will surely become a collector’s item.”
In contrast, runner-up Alick Tipoti, a Torres Strait Island artist, adheres to more traditional practices with his epic, large-scale linocut print, Kuyku Garpathamai Mabaig.
Displaying superb technique and skill, Tipoti has produced a striking print that stands two metres in height. It tells the story of a headhunter communicating with the spirits of his victims.
This year’s judging panel is comprised of:
Glenn Barkley (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW)
Pamela Gaunt (Artist; Senior Lecturer in Art, Coordinator Fashion & Textile Design, Department of Art, School of Built Environment, Art & Design, Curtin University, WA)
Ken Watson (Gallery Director, Jirrawun Arts, WA)
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