Salon des Refusés
exhibition 07 March - 03 May
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ANNOUNCEMENT - ZHONG CHEN wins Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award
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National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery presents the 18th annual SALON DES REFUSÉS, the alternative
Archibald & Wynne prize selection, Saturday 07 March until Sunday 03 May 2009.
The Salon exhibition is selected from the official entries to the annual Archibald Prize (for portraiture) and Wynne Prize (for landscape painting and figure sculpture) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Our guest panel are invited to go behind the scenes of the judging process, to select an exhibition from the overwhelming number of art works submitted to both prizes, yet not chosen as finalists.
From 707 Archibald Prize and 719 Wynne Prize entries, 44 art works were selected for our alternative exhibition.
SALON DES REFUSÉS, was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992, in the tradition of the renegade French Impressionists of the 1860s who held a breakaway exhibition from the reactionary French Academy. Now in its 18th year, S.H. Ervin Gallery’s “best of the rest” often rivals the official prize show and stimulates popular debate on differing approaches in contemporary art. The criteria for works selected in the Salon are quality, diversity, humour and innovation.
Selected artists are invited to discuss their work at the Gallery’s Public Program, hosted, Sundays at 3pm.
Visitors to the annual SALON DES REFUSÉS exhibition can vote for their favourite artwork in the Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award.
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| IMPORTANT DATES
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| 02 March | Announcement, selected artists, 2009 Salon des Refuses |
| 07 March – 03 May | Public Viewing, 2009 Salon des Refuses |
| 01 May | Announcement, Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award |
| National Trust S.H. ERVIN GALLERY | Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks, Sydney |
| GALLERY HOURS: | Tuesday - Sunday 11am – 5pm. (Last admission 30 minutes before closing) Closed Mondays & Public Holidays. (Closed Good Friday & Anzac Day) Limited parking for Gallery and cafe visitors. |
| EXHIBITION ADMISSION: | $6 / $4 National Trust members and concessions |
| General enquiries & Bookshop mail orders: | PH: 02 9258 0173 shervingallery@nsw.nationaltrust.org.au |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM: | Artists’ Talks & Guest Speakers Sundays at 3pm |
| INTRODUCTORY EXHIBITION FLOOR TALKS: | Tuesday at 12 noon |
| GROUP/SCHOOL TOURS: | Bookings essential. |
| Education Officer: | PH: 02 9258 0122 |
| Media information: | PH: 02 9258 0150 |
| Trust Café (closed Mondays) | PH: 02 9258 0175. Bookings advisable. |