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The Last Paul Mumme Work, 2015

by Paul Mumme

Digital Portraiture Award 2016
 

Finalist, Digital Portraiture Award 2016
Single-channel HD digital video

The Last Paul Mumme Work, 2015 by Paul Mumme
Video: 3 minutes

This conceptual video-performance work uses the notion of artistic persona to explore issues and anxieties around making art today. Assuming a contrived alter ego (part Andy Warhol, part Liberace, part Russell Crowe) ‘Paul Mumme’ introduces a survey exhibition of his work that he claims will be his last. He outlines the reasons he will be ending his career, touching on several timely issues faced by visual artists given the current cultural, economic and political climate. A mixture of artifice, honesty, pomposity and insecurity, the work is a bizarre self portrait of a contemporary Australian artist.

Digital Portraiture Award 2016
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Charles, 2015 by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, video: 7 minutes
Charles, 2015 by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, video: 7 minutes
Charles, 2015 by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, video: 7 minutes
Charles, 2015 by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, video: 7 minutes

Digital Portraiture Award 2016

Previous exhibition, 2016

An annual event to extend traditional notions of portraiture and foster emerging artists with an interest in new technology.
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