Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award
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The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award at Werribee Park was Australia
's most financially rewarding prize for sculpture, instituted in 2000, and providing a total of A$145,000 in prizes to award recipients each year. The last award was made in 2008. In 2009, the trustees of the Helen Lempriere Bequest announced that the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award would not be made, and the award is now defunct.
newspaper called 'a disaster', when an insufficient number of entries of good standard led to the withholding of the exhibition and award for that year. The trustees of the Helen Lempriere Bequest, Perpetual Private Wealth, announced in December 2009 that the award would no longer be made. Rather than being organised under its own auspices at Werribee Park, the award would instead be absorbed into the Sydney-based Sculpture by the Sea
award.
organisation, and that in 2010, the award would comprise three A$30,000 scholarships for sculptors.
, Werribee, Victoria, Australia. The award was acquisitive, and winners were brought into the collection displayed along the Sculpture Walk at Werribee Park. The local government authority, Wyndham City Council
, would also purchase works for deployment as sculptural installations in the municipality
. The future of the collection at Werribee Park remains unresolved; Perpetual Private Wealth has announced a separate review.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's most financially rewarding prize for sculpture, instituted in 2000, and providing a total of A$145,000 in prizes to award recipients each year. The last award was made in 2008. In 2009, the trustees of the Helen Lempriere Bequest announced that the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award would not be made, and the award is now defunct.
Withholding of the award in 2009
In 2009, the award was withheld when a new selection process for finalists (a change from application to invitation) resulted in what The AgeThe Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
newspaper called 'a disaster', when an insufficient number of entries of good standard led to the withholding of the exhibition and award for that year. The trustees of the Helen Lempriere Bequest, Perpetual Private Wealth, announced in December 2009 that the award would no longer be made. Rather than being organised under its own auspices at Werribee Park, the award would instead be absorbed into the Sydney-based Sculpture by the Sea
Sculpture by the Sea
Sculpture by the Sea is a major annual outdoor sculpture exhibition that is open to the public for no cost, featuring sculptures made by Australian and international artists....
award.
The 2010 scholarships
On 23 December 2009, David Knowles of Perpetual Private Wealth announced that the new manager of the Lempriere award would be the Sculpture by the SeaSculpture by the Sea
Sculpture by the Sea is a major annual outdoor sculpture exhibition that is open to the public for no cost, featuring sculptures made by Australian and international artists....
organisation, and that in 2010, the award would comprise three A$30,000 scholarships for sculptors.
Exhibition
Until the award's restructuring in 2009, an exhibition of the finalists was held each year in the grounds of Werribee ParkWerribee Park
Werribee Park is the estate of a historical building in Werribee, Victoria, Australia. It includes Werribee Park Mansion, the Victoria State Rose Garden, formal gardens, the Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre, the Werribee Open Range Zoo, a contemporary sculpture walk and a natural riverine...
, Werribee, Victoria, Australia. The award was acquisitive, and winners were brought into the collection displayed along the Sculpture Walk at Werribee Park. The local government authority, Wyndham City Council
City of Wyndham
The City of Wyndham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Melbourne, between Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. It has an area of and at the 2006 Census Wyndham had a population of 112,695....
, would also purchase works for deployment as sculptural installations in the municipality
Public art
The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...
. The future of the collection at Werribee Park remains unresolved; Perpetual Private Wealth has announced a separate review.
Complete list of winners
- 2001 (Inaugural prize) - Karen Ward, Hut
- 2002 - Nigel Helyer, Meta Diva
- 2003 - Gary Wilson, Untitled
- 2004 - Richard Goodwin, Prosthetic Apartment B
- 2005 - William Eicholtz, The Comrade's Reward
- 2006 - Alexander Knox, Death of a White Good
- 2007 - Julia Davis, Meniscii
- 2008 - Bob JenynsBob JenynsBob Jenyns is a prolific Australian artist whose practice, spanning over four decades, has produced countless sculptures, prints, drawings, and paintings...
, Pont de l'archeveche - 2009 - Award withheld