Art Daily News
Australian painter Tim
Storrier's prize winning self-portrait painting titled 'The histrionic
wayfarer'. AP Photo/Art Gallery NSW.
SYDNEY.- Tim Storrier was represented in last year’s Archibald Prize with another self-portrait without a face. Entitled Moon boy (self-portrait as a young man), the figure was represented by a suit of empty clothes hanging as if on a scarecrow in a barren landscape.
This year’s self-portrait is, as he notes,
a work in a quite different mood. ‘It refers to a painting by Hieronymus
Bosch called The wayfarer painted in 1510 where the figure is believed to be
choosing a path or possibly the prodigal son returning,’ says Storrier. ‘It
also has other references, I believe, but they are rather clouded in biblical
history and time. ‘A carapace of burden is depicted in The histrionic
wayfarer, clothed in the tools to sustain the intrigue of a metaphysical
survey. Provisions, art materials, books, papers, bedding, compass and maps,
all for the journey through the landscape of the artist’s mind, accompanied
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Footnote:
The Bookman loves "The Archibald" and is fortunate enough to have visited many of them over the years. We plan to whip over after Easter for a weekend and a visit to the AGNSW will be top of our list.
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