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Sydney artist Hobart Hughes, has been awarded the 2015 Chippendale New World Art Prize (CNWAP) for his multidisciplinary video installation, Hole in the Sky (2015).
Now in its third year, the Chippendale New World Art Prize is a major ten year arts initiative financed by a personal donation of $100,000, by passionate arts philanthropist, Dr Stanley Quek. The Prize’s mission is to foster the next generation of Australian emerging artists by providing international arts residences in some of the world’s most inspiring locations.
This year, Hobart Hughes will take his work and ideas to the Greek island of Kefalonia to partake in a $10,000 arts residency at the Ionion Centre for the Arts and Culture for three months with all expenses paid. Previous CNWAP winners have travelled to Beijing and Spain to practice their craft and exhibit in their host country. The winner and finalists were selected by this year’s prestigious judging panel including Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Director, Elizabeth Ann MacGregor OBE, art critic and broadcaster, Andrew Frost and the Prize’s benefactor, Greencliff CEO, Dr Stanley Quek.
In his work Hole in the Sky, Hobart Hughes invites the viewer to explore the phenomena of ‘dapples’ – the intricate circular forms created when sunlight passes through a canopy of leaves. He uses immersive projections and accompanying sounds to create this. “This phenomenon was first noticed by the ancient Greeks and is a result of overlapping leaves forming pinholes. The circles you see are in fact an image of the sun,” Mr Hughes said. “The viewer is embraced in coloured fields of these dapples, each field being the same moment stretched slightly in time; surrounded within an electronic memory of light and sound, a presence within a phenomena.”
Chippendale Creative Precinct director Nicky Ginsberg said that the judges felt that Hughes’ multidisciplinary installation was “beautifully considered, well executed and perfectly encapsulated this year’s theme of Phenomena.” The entire judging panel was taken aback by the high calibre and diversity of the artwork entered into this years’ prize. Although Hobart Hughes was voted unanimously as the standout winner, the judges highly commended the works of three artists, Todd Fuller for Little Star, Alun Rhys Jones for his work Beckham and, Chandra + Stewart for Most People were Silent 21:11:19 | 31-12-14“, Ms Ginsberg said.
The winner along with 36 finalists will be exhibited as part of the 2015 Chippendale New World Art Prize exhibition that spans across three locations in Chippendale.
NG Art Gallery
Until May 2, 2015
Carlton Street Project Space
Until May 2, 2015
X88 Gallery
Until 2 May, 2015
