46th GIBRALTAR INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION 2019
The
Gibraltar International Art Exhibition, organised by Gibraltar Cultural
Services is being held at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery. Artists from
Gibraltar, Spain & Italy submitted a total of one hundred and three works.
The
Minister for Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change, Heritage and Culture,
The Hon Prof. John Cortes MP officially
opened the Exhibition and presented the awards on Tuesday 5th November
2019. Mr Stephen Cox, Royal Academician, carried out the adjudication.
The
Prize winners are:
The Gustavo Bacarisas Prize Jose Manuel Diaz Pino ‘Corazón Latiente’
1st Prize
The Jacobo Azagury
Prize Pepe Baena Nieto
‘Esperando A Pepa’
2nd Prize
The Leni Mifsud
Prize Ambrose
Avellano ‘Offline (The
Expulsion from
3rd Prize
Paradise)’
The Rudesindo Mannia Prize Bathsheba
Peralta ‘Parsons’s
Lodge’
Best Gibraltar Theme
The
Ministry of Culture
Prize Sheridan
Povedano ‘A Lonley Life’
Best
Young Artist
The
following received ‘Highly Commended’ Certificates:
Nicolas
Sanchez Zapata
‘Alone Here’
Leslie
Gaduzo ‘London Waterloo’ & ‘White Room’
Shane
Dalmedo ‘A Is For Jump’ & ‘In The Night No One
Can See’
Victor
Quintanilla Raigón ‘Toro’
Christophe De Landtsheer ‘The Lying Machine and the Imitation Game’
& ‘The Invention of a Pessimism/Optimism Theory’
Ana Torralbaloyo ‘Art Deco’ & ‘Retro House’
Stephanie Yeo ‘Perception
II’
Commenting at the Official Opening of the International Art Exhibition, the Hon
Prof. John Cortes said:
“This
competition provides an opportunity for artists from Gibraltar and abroad to
compete and exhibit side by side. This both enriches us culturally and
promotes our art outside our borders.
I thank
all the artists who have participated, and who contribute so much to developing
Culture in Gibraltar. My thanks too to
Gibraltar Cultural Services for their work in making this exhibition possible.
I am very
pleased to welcome Stephen Cox RA, our Adjudicator, and to thank him for
carrying out the difficult task of selecting the winning pieces.
I am
certain that you will all enjoy the exhibition and all those other events that
form part of our Autumn Cultural Programme.
It ties in very well with my plan to promote Culture in and from
Gibraltar, about which I will have much more to say soon.”
The Exhibition is now open to the public until Saturday 16th November
2019 between 10.30am and 6.30pm on weekdays and 10.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday’s.
Entrance is free.