{"id":36800,"date":"2023-02-28T11:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/?page_id=36800"},"modified":"2024-10-21T23:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T22:07:49","slug":"the-rp-writing-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/the-rp-writing-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"The RP Writing Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE CONTEMPORARY PAINTED PORTRAIT <\/b><\/h1>\n

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THE RP CRITICAL WRITING PRIZE 2024<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Kenny McKendry RP, ‘Summer Garden, Samuel’ & Joshua Waterhouse RP, ‘Chemist – quantum dots (detail)’<\/p><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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The second year of the RP Critical Writing Prize…<\/p>\n

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The Judges for the first RP Critical Writing Prize were delighted by the response.<\/p>\n

The variety and the accomplishment of the proposals really persuaded all concerned that there is a live and continuing conversation going on and we are excited to be part of it.<\/p>\n

By encouraging and publishing new writing we hope to expand and enliven this exchange which is central to the concerns of the Society.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR THREE FINALISTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Delphine Gatehouse<\/strong> with; ‘The Stuff of Afterlife\/ The Afterlife of Stuff: What will survive of us …’,<\/span>
\nSteve Slack<\/strong> with; ‘Does this portrait look queer to you?’ and<\/span>
\nLee Hearne<\/strong> with; ‘The intersection of Chinese and Western styles referencing paintings by Olivia Pang’<\/span><\/p>\n

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2023 FINAL ESSAYS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Daniel Newsham:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State and the Art: where does the modern political portrait
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\nDaniel\u2019s essay examines the role of the painted portrait in political life and discourse, as well as considering what the relative paucity of modern examples might tell us about the current state of the art form.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”WINNING ESSAY” color=”inverse” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftherp.co.uk%2Fthe-rp-writing-prize-prize-winner-essay-daniel-newsham%2F|title:The%20RP%20Writing%20Prize%3A%20PRIZE%20WINNER|target:_blank”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

FINALISTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Victoria Baena:<\/strong>
\nEminently Contemporary
\nSince its 1856 inauguration, the National Portrait Gallery\u2019s mission has been to \u201cmaintain a collection of portraits of the most eminent persons in British history.\u201d But what is \u2013 or should be the measure of eminence?[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”ESSAY” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftherp.co.uk%2Fthe-rp-writing-prize-victoria-baena%2F|title:The%20RP%20Writing%20Prize%3A%20VICTORIA%20BAENA|target:_blank”][vc_column_text css=””]Anna Godfrey:<\/strong>
\nAn exhibition review of Kudzanai-Violet Hwami\u2019s recent show at Victoria Miro, London, \u2018A Making of Ghosts\u2019.
\nAnna explores the different ways in which photography and painting can be used to relay memory, as well as the artist\u2019s intentional disruptions to these works to communicate the fallibility, emotional distortion and inherent limitations of portraiture.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”ESSAY” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftherp.co.uk%2Fthe-rp-writing-prize-anna-godfrey%2F|title:The%20RP%20Writing%20Prize%3A%20ANNA%20GODFREY|target:_blank”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED<\/strong><\/h2>\n

(see our 2024 finalists above)<\/em><\/p>\n

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The RP Critical Writing Prize:<\/strong><\/p>\n

An award for new writing on any aspect of contemporary portrait painting. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The prize is open to all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Applicants were invited to send a proposal or pitch for a new text.
\nThree of the applicants have been selected to realise the proposed text and awarded either the first prize of \u00a3500 or one of two \u2018special mention\u2019 prizes of \u00a3250.<\/p>\n

All three texts will be published in the RP Annual Exhibition Catalogue published in May (2025). The catalogue is a well-established document of record within the sector.[vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

PRIZE<\/strong><\/h3>\n