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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 min.) ; 165011201 bytes |
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Jenny Sages' portraits have been exhibited 20 times in the Archibald Prize. This year her self-portrait 'After Jack', painted after the death of her husband, was both runner-up in the Archibald and winner of the People's Choice Award.Born in Shanghai to Russian parents, Sages came to Australia in 1948. She studied at East Sydney Technical College and the Franklin School of Art in NY. After working as an illustrator for 30 years, she has painted full-time since 1985. She won the Wynne Prize in 2005 and Portia Geach Memorial Award for portraiture in 1992 and 1994. Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections including the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.In 1983, at the age of 50, Sages went to the Kimberley on a life-changing trip and experienced an epiphany. It was the start of a full-time commitment to painting, and for the next 20 years she would 'walk the country' with a group of female artists - it was on one of those expeditions she met Emily Kame Kngwarreye.Sages' 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily' was the first portrait purchased for the newly established National Portrait Gallery in 1998. She would go on to paint Emily's niece, painter Gloria Petyarre, ballerina Irina Baronova and the writer Helen Garner to name a few.The essence of her work lies in the process of using the ancient technique of encaustic (hot wax) mixed with pigments. Rarely does Sages use a paintbrush but rather her fingers and knives are the tools of her trade. PRODUCTION DETAILS:JENNY SAGES: PATHS TO PORTRAITURE is produced by Catherine Hunter Productions. Writer/Director: Catherine Hunter |
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Broadcast 2012-08-21 at 22:00:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Archibald Prize.
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Conduct of life.
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Portrait painting, Chinese.
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Wynne Prize.
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Streaming video
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Hunter, Catherine, director
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Beverley, Tanya, contributor
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Doyle, Lousie, contributor
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Engledow, Sarah, contributor
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Garner, Helen, contributor
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Muddiman, Susi, contributor
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Sages, Jack, contributor
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Sages, Jenny, contributor
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