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On Friday 9 October Indigenous artist Margaret Loy Pula was announced as the overall winner of the $15,000 2014 Redland Art Award in Brisbane. Now celebrating its 29th year, Redland Art Award is a biennial contemporary painting competition presented by Redland Art Gallery which is open to all Australian artists and features four prizes, totalling over $20,000.
The winning piece Anatye (Bush Potato) was nominated by judges, Maud Page (Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery │ Gallery of Modern Art), Joe Furlonger (Award-winning Australian artist and former recipient of Moet & Chandon Fellowship) and Stephanie Lindquist (Director, Redland Art Gallery), from a selection of 49 finalists chosen from this year’s 250 entries.
Margaret’s portrays her father’s dreaming story using a series of fine, detailed dots.
“This painting is about my culture. That’s my father’s dreaming. This is from my father’s country, that country is called “Unjangola”. That is north of Utopia, not too far but really desert country”.
Margaret Loy Pula is from the Aboriginal community of Utopia in Central Australia. She is the daughter of well known Utopian artist Kathleen Petyarre. Her auntie is Wynne Prize winner Gloria Petyarre.
Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
Until 23 November, 2014
Brisbane
Margaret Loy Pula, Anatye (Bush Potato), 2013, synthetic polymer paint on linen
Courtesy of the artist
