Image: Sheldon Hutchinson RP, ‘Morgan’
RP CRITICAL WRITING PRIZE 2024: SHORTLIST
The inaugural RP Critical Writing Prize is an award for new writing on any aspect of contemporary portrait painting, particularly writing which is enquiring, provoking, and jargon-free.
The prize was open to all.
Thank you to all who submitted a proposal this year, the judges thoroughly enjoyed reading your proposals.
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We are happy to announce our three finalists…
Delphine Gatehouse
with; ‘The Stuff of Afterlife/ The Afterlife of Stuff: What will survive of us …’,
Steve Slack
with; ‘Does this portrait look queer to you?’ and
Lee Hearne
with; ‘The intersection of Chinese and Western styles referencing paintings by Olivia Pang’