Exhibition: 14 October - 5 November 2017
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize An acquisitive award of $20,000
Sanné Mestrom, Self Portrait (Sleeping Muse)
The Special Commendation Award A non-acquisitive award of $2,000
Madeleine Preston, Smoker Series - After Guston
The Mayor's Award Awarded by the Mayor of Woollahra, Councillor Peter M Cavanagh. A non-acquisitive award of $1,000.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Black Dog
The Viewers’ Choice A non-acquisitive award of $1,000
and
The Plinth Prize Awarded by exhibition installation staff
Sergio Hernandez, Impotence
Djon Mundine OAM, Curator, Writer, Artist and Activist Roslyn Oxley OAM, Gallerist and Arts Benefactor Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director of Artspace Sydney and Curator of ‘Encounters’ at Art Basel, Hong Kong
47 works
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Black Dog, bronze, 37 x 73 x 50 cm.
Sally Blake, Seep, aluminium wire, plant dyed wool, silk, hemp, 24 x 52 x 50 cm.
Lauren Brincat, Songs and Souls, brass, wax, cotton, 15 x 20 x 20 cm. Courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery.
Angela Butler, Still, porcelain, zinc, 65 x 40 x 30 cm.
Penny Byrne, #EveryWomanIs, vintage porcelain figurine and porcelain shield, metal sword, Swarovski crystal, epoxy putty, epoxy resin, enamel paints, 23 x 14 x 14 cm.
Peter Cooley, Pelican 1, earthenware, 65 x 34 x 66 cm. Courtesy of Martin Browne Contemporary.
Selena de Carvalho, searching for a connection [planned obsolescence], coral from the nuclear shoreline of Koodankulam, polystyrene, gold leaf, discarded Apple advertising, diamante from the Tasmanian Casino showgirls outfit, dog's teeth from Shag Bay, motorbike helmet found in Kochi, black glitter from Spotlight, wire, woven pandanus, 70 x 25 x 28 cm.
Tracey Deep, Kelp, bamboo rope, raw recycled silk fibre, wire, 80 x 65 x 80 cm. Courtesy of Saint Cloche Gallery.
Mariana del Castillo, The Feral Suitors, recycled porcelain figurines, plastic, 33 x 50 x 25 cm.
Lynda Draper, Apparition, ceramic and various glazes, 80 x 43 x 50 cm. Courtesy of Gallerysmith.
Mark Dubner, Escape, mild steel, wooden base, 78 x 18 x 36 cm.
Merran Esson, Fragment, fired clay, 53 x 38 x 47 cm. Courtesy of Stella Downer Fine Art.
Emma Fielden, An Infinite Line (1km), 1 kilometre of hand cut linen thread on polyurethane coated aluminium panel, 60 x 60 x 10 cm. Courtesy of Dominik Mersch Gallery.
Stevie Fieldsend, As we melted into each other..., glass, metal filings, steel plate, 47 x 15 x 28 cm. Courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Trevor Fry, One bottom three tops, glazed ceramic, dimensions variable.
Natalie Guy, Glowed, bronze, nylon, foam, 40 x 42 x 42 cm. Courtesy of Fox Jensen Gallery.
Lizzie Hall, Self portrait with broken hula hoop, Weet-Bix, acrylic, pigment, polypipe, concrete, whitewashing brush, varnish, hula hoop, 70 x 60 x 45 cm.
David Hamilton, Fishes and Loaves - Set in Stone, hydrographic print on cast aluminium, 18 x 53 x 22 cm.
Michael Harrell, The Donald, fired clay, aluminium wire, gold leaf, 40 x 20 x 14 cm.
Tevita Havea, Tuna, glass, sand, tapa cloth, wood, resin, 22 x 48 x 21 cm.
Sergio Hernandez, Impotence, recycled marble (Carrara Bianco), 26 x 14 x 4 cm.
Bianca Hester, Performance object, considering the sun, foundry cast bronze, pine, acrylic, 66 x 66 x 10 cm. Courtesy of Sarah Scout Presents.
Alison Hill, The Tasting #adani #indianminer #masterchef, taxidermy birds (feathers, skin, bone, sisal, thread, wire, glass), ceramic plate, resin, sticks, ground glass, stainless steel, 45 x 42 x 42 cm.
Michelle Kirk, Concentric, metal, wire, tin lids, eco dyed fabric, 50 x 20 x 20 cm.
Mike Kitching, Multiple 1, polished stainless steel, Plexiglass, 60 x 60 x 5 cm. Courtesy of Berkeley Editions Fine Art.
Rene Kulitja, Three Blind Mice, tjanpi (wild harvested grass), raffia, wool, steel base, 60 x 50 x 45 cm. Courtesy of Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
Claire Lambe, Ma femme au chat ouvert 2017, bronze, 45 x 30 x 30 cm. Courtesy of Sarah Scout Presents.
Guy Maestri, Facsimile (self portrait), painted bronze, concrete base, 50 x 22 x 20 cm. Courtesy of Jan Murphy Gallery.
Sanné Mestrom, Self Portrait (Sleeping Muse), bronze, 30 x 20 x 20 cm. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf.
Dan Moynihan, Off and On, digital alarm clock, plastic, LED light, 24 x 13 x 6.5 cm. Courtesy of Tolarno Galleries.
John Nicholson, The Sun is here, plastic, 40 x 62 x 25 cm. Courtesy of Sarah Cottier Gallery.
NOT, TV screen Buddha: Ode to Nam June Paik, recycled discarded TV screens (glass), 17 x 10 x 10 cm.
Karin Olah, Honey, We Killed the Bees, wood, honeycomb, metal, 32 x 8 x 40 cm.
Philjames, Protectress of Dewy Youth, press-moulded Jingdezhen porcelain, on-glaze fired, 45 x 35 x 28 cm. Courtesy of Galerie pompom.
Kenny Pittock, Ken Donut, acrylic on ceramic, 9 x 9 x 4 cm.
Rodney Pople, Nude on leopard skin, enamel paint on forged and welded steel, 20 x 55 x 18 cm. Courtesy of Australian Galleries.
Louis Pratt, Bureaucratic Snake, tie, resin, pigment, flocking, coal, 40 x 20 x 33 cm. Courtesy of Nanda\Hobbs Contemporary.
Madeleine Preston, Smoker Series - After Guston, ceramic, felt, 80 x 40 cm.
Julia Robinson, Tucked Bend, gourd, silk, thread, mixed media, 40 x 40 x 25 cm. Courtesy of GAGPROJECTS.
Giles Ryder, Golden Space Doughnut, Perspex, mixed media, enamel, 30 x 50 x 50 cm. Courtesy of MARS Gallery.
Huseyin Sami, Untitled (Winter Sculpture) 2017, household paint, galvanised wire, 71.5 x 57 x 30 cm. Courtesy of Sarah Cottier Gallery.
Michael Snape, Cool Coal, unpainted steel, 24 x 80 x 2 cm. Courtesy of Australian Galleries.
Andrew Southall, untitled, wood, paint, 18.5 x 20.5 x 18.5 cm.
Abdullah M. I. Syed, Moneyscape III (Imaginable Landscape series), hand-cut and assembled various Russian Ruble and US Dollar banknotes in custom Perspex vitrine, 18.5 x 20.5 x 30 cm. Courtesy of Aicon Gallery, New York.
Richard Tipping, Submerging Artist, dive buoy with flag, pencils, vinyl text, 63 x 67 x 13 cm. Courtesy of Australian Galleries.
Mark Titmarsh, North West Passage 2 (2017), slumped opaque purple acrylic, green translucent fluro acrylic, orange translucent fluro acrylic, semi opaque blue acrylic, clear acrylic, mirrored acrylic, 21.5 x 68.5 x 51.5 cm.
Peter Vandermark, Predestination: observatory I, II & III, timber, acrylic paint, acrylic mirrors, 27 x 80 x 70 cm. Courtesy of Olsen Gallery.