Salon des Refusés is a popular Australian art exhibition showing some of the rejected submissions to the
Archibald Prize
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, Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture, and also the
Wynne Prize
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entries for landscape and figure sculpture. The inaugural exhibition took place in 1992, and a People's Choice Award has been given since 1999.
History
The Salon des Refusés exhibition was initiated in 1992 by the
S.H. Ervin Gallery in
Sydney
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, in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald Prize not selected for hanging in the official exhibition. Its name comes from a similar event that started in
Paris
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in 1863, also called
Salon des Refusés
The Salon des Refusés, French for "exhibition of rejects" (), is generally known as an exhibition of works rejected by the jury of the official Paris Salon, but the term is most famously used to refer to the Salon des Refusés of 1863.
Today, ...
(French for "Salon of the Rejected").
In 2021, the
David Roche Foundation in
Melbourne Street, North Adelaide
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History and description
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hosted an exhibition Salon des Refusés works, the first time the exhibition had been on display in
Adelaide
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.
Description
Each year, after the judging for the Archibald Prize is done, selectors from the S.H. Ervin Gallery choose a selection of works that are representative of the works submitted for the Archibald Prize, but not accepted for consideration. The selected works are exhibited in the Salon des Refusés. The Salon des Refusés often is the first opportunity that many artists have of broader public attention. The criteria for selection are quality, diversity, experimentation, and wit.
People's Choice Award
The Holding Redlich People's Choice Award commenced in 1999. The award is sponsored by the Sydney-based law firm Holding Redlich. The winner is selected by votes from visitors to the Salon des Refusés.
Past winners of the People's Choice Award include:
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*1999 Zhou Xiaoping '' Jimmy Pike & Zhou Xiaoping''
*2000 Evert Ploeg ''Richard Roxburgh''
*2001 Guy Maestri ''Silent Assembly''
*2002 David Naseby ''Richard Hall''
*2003 Jiawei Shen ''Edmund Capon''
*2004 ]Juan Ford
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''Allan & Goliath'' (Allan Fels)Robert Hannaford
Robert Lyall "Alfie" Hannaford is an Australian realist artist notable for his drawings, paintings, portraits and sculptures. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Susannah Hannaford.
Early life, education, and family
Robert Lyall Hann ...
''Portrait of Trevor Jamieson''
*2012 Barbara Tyson ''Ita''
*2013 Christopher McVinish ''Portrait of Colin Friels''
*2014 Nick Stathopoulos ''Ugly'' (Portrait of author Robert Hoge)
*2015 Paul Trefry ''Homeless still human'' (Sculpture of a homeless man)
*2016 Tianli Zu ''The senator and Ma'' (Portrait of Senator Penny Wong)
*2017 Luke Cornish
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''Ben'' (portrait of artist Ben Quilty)
*2018 Sally Ryan ''Portrait of the Artist's Son'' (Ben Ryan, Artist)
*2019 Kerry McInnis, ''Drawn in steel (Harrie Fasher, sculptor)''[
*2020 Joshua Yeldham, ''Phantom limb – Smith’s creek''][
*2021 Tania Wursig][
*2022 Mary Tonkin][
*2023 Joshua Yeldham, ''Driftwood''][
*2024 Noel Thurgate, ''Portrait of Ann Thomson'' ]
References
Further reading
*''Let's Face It: The History of the Archibald Prize,'' AGNSW 2009 , pages 98, 105, 110, 157.
External links
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* Kemp, Rod
2002 Speech by Senator Rod Kemp - Minister for the Arts and Sport: Opening of Salon des Refuses
June 1 2002
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Australian visual arts awards
Awards established in 1992
1992 establishments in Australia
Archibald Prize