Why did it win artist anons can you enlighten me
>>7938064Most likely art museum nepotism and serious artists don't bother to submit pieces
>>7938064Cause classical oil paintings have been done so many times that it gets boring. One of these pieces contains soul while other is distant ,cold and mere portrait that conveys no meaning chud.
>>7938068>while other is distant ,cold and mere portrait that conveys no meaning chudAs opposed to an abo granny? So rich of significance...
>>7938064isn't that some right wing grifter
>>7938075Notice how that art piece made you illicit such a reaction and has your attention in end artist won. Is it simplistic , yeah but art is beyond how good or detailed you draw but content , meaning and being able to sway someone's emotions just by looking at the pic. Idk how to explain it to someone who lacks a soul and only thinks in terms of what looks good or bad and can't feel emotions of artist from art piece. Sorry chuddy
>>7938075Realism has been done, there’s a time and a place for it, but there isn’t much new to be explored there. Is this specific image that interesting, not really, but putting realism on a pedestal as the pinnacle of art is smooth brained.
>>7938064audience got bored of pretty paintings, so they will pick paintings featuring aborigines
>>7938064judges are looking for brownie(kek) points and attention
What did the other submissions look like and who made up the panel?The current trend (I say current but it has been this way for the past 3 decades) within certain intellectual circles is to worship ugliness and baseness. They are not stimulated mentally except in a perceived contrarian mode. >>7938068>>7938078Looking only at the past decade of Archibald prize winners, this style of low effort "real people" portraiture has dominated the field. Going two decades back so far reveals nothing akin to an old Flemish baroque portrait, though there are interesting and technically impressive abstractions here and there. Your argument that these traditional portraits are tired and abundant doesn't seem to hold up to scrutiny. For at least the past 20 years the submission winners largely follow the trend of worshipping "new" at the cost of substance or merit.
>>7938064Yeah, it feels really amateurish, and rather unflattering as a portrait. I'm guessing it might be a progressive minded move, because why would you award a painting of some crusty white well-to-do dude, when you could award an abo every(wo)man?Can't be made at the artist, he/she just shot their shot, it's the low standards of the judges that should be condemned.
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2026/what would you have picked anons?
>>7938064prizes for art are a fundamentally flawed concept
>>7938077>made you illicit such a reaction and has your attention in end artist wonYou're confusing the art of painting with the art of trolling>>7938106This shoulda won methinks
>>7938106I would've chosen Liam Nuna's "The cost of flowers."
>>7938106I kind of like this
>>7938106This one's sooo symbolic~!
>>7938109>>7938110>>7938115Honestly, I would have preferred any of these three, even the goofy pink one with the cats.That said, I think the two in my picrel are alright, though admittedly none of them are really setting me alight with passion.It makes me think they, rather than choosing one they thought was great, were simply choosing one of the lesser mediocre pieces... I don't agree with their choice and think it was one of the lesser options, but there were no real great choice.
twitter threads on my /ic/ board, you hate to see it.
>>7938106>half are character in void>at least a third straight up unfinishedfuck it, just let ai take over already
>>7938125Yeah, we should be talking about twitter artists, not actual art competitions, to make this an /ic/ thread.
>>7938121I do genuinely enjoy "The cost of flowers" because it has an art nouveau flair to it, is technically excellent and has a self contained story. The subject looks to be an exhausted, perhaps drunk working woman laid out and staring in thought at the vase of wilting sunflowers. Maybe she loathes looking at them in their current state and doesn't look forward to fixing it. Maybe she sees them as an analogy for the direction of her life. There's a lot you can read into it which is nice.I think it's a perfect example of showing "real people" as they are without making everything ugly or distasteful like the aboriginal woman. Caravaggio was exploring this exact subject over 400 years ago.
>>7938064Probably it won to own le chud
>>7938077>Notice how that art piece made you illicit such a reaction and has your attentioneat shit you pretentious nigger
>>7938068Too low iq to properly bait, fuck off
>>7938077>Notice how that art piece made you illicit such a reaction Disgust? Humor? Children's drawings do this as well and at least they're cute.
>>7938077illiciting a reaction is part of it but art is, or used to be, considered a skill and as such those with higher draftsmanship ability were held in higher regard. what if illiciting a reaction was the only criteria in music, i could play a foghorn in your ear over and over that would cause a reaction. theres more to art than that
>>7938182>art is, or used to be, considered a skill and as such those with higher draftsmanship ability were held in higher regard"Artists" like you are the ones flooding artstation with endless merc_wips, sci-fi armors and fantasy landscapes and then have to reinvent concepts like "appeal" to explain why nobody outside their circlejerk cares about their "high-skill" slop.I think, it's the same mental illness, that explains fit-fags delusions.
even if it werent a niggerbo, its just unimpressive technically. i'm guessing its one of their own apekind making that? so logically, its actually impressive. its like teaching an actually monkey to talk. if the artist is however not a petrol huffer, its embarassing. context
art museums are a joke now, nobody cares about random microcosms of the time period and personal feelings towards random people you know or even self-portraits, huge anime titties are all the rage now with the public and they need to start getting their own museums
>>7938292You're recoiling severely to a statement that doesn't really warrant it.
>>7938292"Appeal" or what is really composition, shape language and color theory is a skill and not some lost knowledge, anon. You are simply shielding your fragile ego.
>>7938106This the type of kino you find on deviantart.
>>7938077The reaction comes from the stupidity of the subject, not the profoundness of itIf the painting depicted a giant hairy penis, it would produce the same effectYou are ascribing equal value to all elicitations, when clearly there's factual differences between them.The fact that it CAN produce an emotion, doesn't make it good, if the emotion produced is not good.Disgust is pretty fucking easy to portray, and in your worldview would be the most valuable subject as it always produce a strong reaction. In reality, disgust it's one of the least subjects depicted in all art human history, so we have: all art human history in one side vs your view on the other side, that means you are probably in the wrong.
>>7938106I admit that there are better ones technically but I really like the dress and background in this one.
>>7938103>the past 20 yearsart has, notoriously, existed for slightly longer
>>7938077I'm no chuddy wuddy myself but I feel like artists deciding their art is good because it ragebaits/trolls people is like horror creators deciding their work is good because their jumpscares startle people. If your bar is merely just eliciting a response, any response, that's not an impressive feat that inherently means you executed something well, I'm sure these sorts of artists wouldn't agree a painting of a swastika is art just because it provokes negative feelings in them. Like that banned anti-immigrant book recently. Even then, as soon as I close this thread I'm going to forget this artwork ever existed and never think about it again. Maybe it's because years ago when they started the whole "anything that makes you mad is art" thing they couldn't have predicted the hate bias of internet culture and the mental fatigue we get from constantly algorithmically being exposed to subversive media attrition curated with surgical precision to stoke our negative emotions and compete for our limited attention, so it doesn't stick in your mind any more than any other rando's shitpost. Kinda like how I'm not even talking about the painting at this point, I have nothing to say about the details of this painting specifically, I can only generalize it into a wide amorphous archetype because it's not worth the bandwidth of dissecting any more than its equally disposable brethren are.
>>7938068>One of these pieces contains soul while other is distant ,cold and mere portrait that conveys no meaning chud.Yeah, because "poorly painted old woman in an orange void" conveys a lot of meaning. It's no better than anime girls in a void, except the anime girls are usually better drawn.>>7938078Realism vs stylistic isn't really the point. You can demonstrate skill without resorting to realism, but the granny doesn't. There really isn't anything interesting about it at all, and the composition as a whole is hurt by placing her in a void rather than using the background to contextualize her. It's a very boring painting in nearly every way. Even doing something like putting her off center on a larger canvas would have been more interesting than the dead center composition.
>>7938331Your snark would be better received if made in service of actually saying anything.
Why is none posting this one?At least an attempt of classical storytelling.For my taste its too modern, you can clearly see that it was based on a photo ref.A strange mix realism and idealism. The light is dim and realistic (in a bad way), but the pose is overly theatrical.Not bad, not good eighter.
>>7938064standards for art change and in 2026 and i feel prestigious doesn't always equate to important where it matters. this looks like a competition for hobbyists or otherwise self taught artists, casuals, you know but anyway op is a baiting loser. this was the winner in 2024 and if you scroll down further you see shit that'd get you torn apart in /beg/ (what the fuck is going on in 1975)?
>>7938064You don't like the right image because it's a poorly painted negro granny, i don't like it because it's trendy naive-slop. We are not the same.>>7938306>"Appeal" or what is really composition, shape language and color theoryFirst, there is no single theory for appealing art. Between countries and time periods different art currents have their own sets of rules.Second, all of these rules are backwardly inferred from some already popular art, to try explain why it is popular. If you just follow them to the letter you'll end up with unremarkable slop that an AI can likely make better. To be fair, there is a large demand for "generic pretty pictures" but people will like them an then forget about them the next day.And then, there's appeal of breaking the rules. Consider AC-bu of Galosengen fame.
>>7938117illastrat is australian?
>>7938341It is the most technically proficient portrait out of all the submissions but for some of the reasons you stated it didn't really stand out to me. I read the description on the site and it's supposed to be a period piece reenacting Hamlet's death but intentionally stripped of the set pieces that would indicate as much (sword, poisoned chalice, Horatio lol.) By removing these landmarks that hint at the story being told all we're left with is the actor Jacob Collins wallowing melodramatically in bed. It's a a work stuck in a very weird place between Shakespearian drama and modern portrait. It begs the viewer to ask "what's wrong with him?" but offers nothing as an answer. I feel like I bring him up constantly here but Caravaggio is the standard for these kind of bare bones story telling portraits. Nothing except that rail thin halo indicates to the viewer that this depicts the death of the Virgin Mary but that is all it needs and it is why it's so compelling.
>>7938106Here are the past winnershttps://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/Which one is your fav anon? I like this one because it gives off JoJo vibes
>>7938368>Death_of_the_Virgin-Carav(...).jpgAnd the reason this work and the other dont are quite simple. The picture is holistic. Lightning is very dramatic, gestures of the people are dramatic as well and its not too realistic, so there is no uncanny valley effect like in the other one.You have several people in the picture interacting with each other. They're all there to tell the story.
>>7938378>Here are the past winnersNot one of this pieces, i would consider a masterpiece.That one is not bad. Looks a little bit like Beksinsky or something that you would see in a campy horror movie, but the graphical aspect of the shapes is not bad.
>>7938378That one is not bad as well. The hands are too grotesque i dont get why it looks like from Silent Hill game as well, but thats definitely a better one.
>>7938378Looks like the style of that one famous American guy but worse.
>>7938378This one is so boring in every aspect, that i bored line hate it, but technically its not bad. Its very utilitarian art. Looks like a commission job with zero creativity involved.Compared to the rest is not that bad, really.
>>7938378That's the only one i really like. Its a commission piece as well, obviously, but it has contrast, nice composition and the guy has something in his eyes, in the way he sits and folds his hand. The portraiture shows character, pride, the goy is most likely a nobleman and you can see it.The red robe gives him some swagger as well.Thats a good one, for sure.
>>7938398upps
>>7938378>I like this oneThat one is good as well, would like to see a proper photo of it, all the glare looks like shit.
>>7938064Is that their OC voidstanding???
>>7938110same, shows technical skill and conveys a feeling
>>7938378These are the only ones stood out for me. It's interesting, how most pre-70s pieces look like some modestly wealthy businessman commissioned a local painter for a birthday portrait.
>>7938406It's the solid, saturated color background
>>7938417They loved Beskinsky in the 70s over there, didnt they?
>>7938109Better than the winner by miles
>>7938131the tweet is a political engagement bait post, no one gives a fuck about the Archibald prize. if your even a fraction familiar with the "high" art world you'd know that technical skills have been the secondary criteria since the post-modern scene. but if you wanna be a pig that rolls around in shit screaming at flashing lights then go ahead and play with the cattle.
>>7938854What? It's engagement bait?! This is the first time I'm hearing this!Maybe you should take a gander at the actual discussion happening in the thread before condemning it. That was anon's point.
>>7938341this is actually really good, shut up with your art critic nonsense
>>7938854>no one gives a fuck about the Archibald prizeStrange, because most of the posts in this thread would have made me believe the opposite.Thank you for asserting your baseless shitty opinion, so that we may know the truth.
>>7938874What is good about it?
>>7938064Exactly 73.8% of failed art students become critics. The remaining 26.2% go into politics.You tell me why they vote the way they do.
>>7938874The way the chest is lit while the face stays in shadow keeps drawing my eye to the man's nipple. I don’t think that was the painter’s intention.>>7938888"It looks just like a photo" is a high praise for many.
>>7938292What women say and how they act are two different things. Most women think they have no height preference whatsoever but they only date 6'3" guys.
>>7938378>Records were broken again. The number of entries hit an all-time high. Among the finalists, there were eight Indigenous artists and ten Indigenous sitters – and, for the first time, Indigenous artists won the Packing Room Prize (awarded to Meyne Wyatt) and the Archibald Prize (awarded to Vincent Namatjira)just patting each other on the back how liberal they are lol. this shit is permabeg tier
>>7938064lets be real in here: if i was the jury in that competition, I too would have picked some random abbos grandma whose pose and gesture looks like she was standing on her porch and have her picture taken by her mixed abbo granddaughter without a slightest idea that the grand daughter will turn her picture into some art medium as an entry to art competition solely to piss people off and cause ruckus on the internet
