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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Melbourne
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Victoria
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Australia
- Date
- (1996)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- charcoal, pastel on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 100.0 x 74.0 cm sheet; 123.0 x 79.5 x 3.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, charcoal "Hallandal". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation 1996
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 135.1996
- Copyright
- © Pam Hallandal
- Dobell Prize for Drawing
- Winner - 1996
- Artist information
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Pam Hallandal
Works in the collection
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About
Hallandal’s first self-portraits were made in the early 1980s ‘ … in order to try to talk to this poor girl who was drawing away in a corner, struggling badly with a self portrait’ (Elizabeth Cross, ‘Pam Hallandal’, The Art Bulletin of Tasmania,
1984, p 52). Since then, they have occupied a central place in her work. Hallandal’s experience as a teacher of drawing at Prahran Senior Technical College led her to devote herself exclusively to drawing rather than sculpture.'I found it hard to teach drawing seriously and make sculpture. Some people argue that it is better to teach outside your own area, but in order to be good enough to teach drawing well, you have to spend a lot of time and energy and be able to hold the concepts sufficiently tautly' (Elizabeth Cross, 1984, p 51).
Hallandal’s mother was also an important subject, but after her death, Hallandal turned increasingly to herself as a subject.
'My mother had died – now I found a new head, one that was always with me. This head set up a new situation – no empathy – just a subject for ruthless objectivity – no vanity. Old polios like me are stripped of physical vanity – the inner reality of course remains' (Elizabeth Cross, Pam Hallandal drawings, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 1998, p 8).
Another self-portrait is held in the Gallery’s collection (see Henrik Kolenberg, Australian drawings from the Gallery’s collection, AGNSW, Sydney, 1997, p 130).
This work won the Dobell Prize for Drawing in 1996 and was acquired by the Gallery in 1996.
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Places
Where the work was made
Melbourne
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Dobell Prize for Drawing 1996, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Mar 1996–28 Apr 1996
Dobell Prize for Drawing 1996, The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 13 May 1996–30 Jun 1996
Expressive figuration: drawings by Kevin Connor, Pam Hallandal and Jan Senbergs, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Dec 1996–02 Feb 1997
Expressive figuration: drawings by Kevin Connor, Pam Hallandal and Jan Senbergs, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, 18 Apr 1997–01 Jun 1997
Expressive figuration: drawings by Kevin Connor, Pam Hallandal and Jan Senbergs, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, 23 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998
Dobell Drawing Prize 1998 (Touring show), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Mar 1998–19 Apr 1998
Dobell Drawing Prize 1998 (Touring show), The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 24 Jul 1998–06 Sep 1998
Bodyline, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 03 Feb 2001–08 Apr 2001
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery, , 15 Feb 2013–24 Mar 2013
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 30 Mar 2013–05 May 2013
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 05 Jul 2013–18 Aug 2013
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, National Art School, Darlinghurst, 29 Aug 2013–06 Oct 2013
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, 18 Oct 2013–24 Nov 2013
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 11 Apr 2014–18 May 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 10 publications
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Jonathan Cooper (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales Bulletin, 'Dobell Prize for Drawing', pg. 13, Sydney, Feb 1997-Apr 1997, 13 (colour illus.).
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Elizabeth Fortescue, Daily Telegraph, ‘Drawn to human traffic’, pg. 26, Sydney, 05 Apr 1996, 26 (illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Drawing a winner: a decade of Dobell prizes shows us how and why', pg. 24-27, Sydney, Aug 2003, 26 (colour illus.). NOTE: this has been reproduced in reverse
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Hendrik Kolenberg, The Dobell Prize for Drawing: 1993-2004, ‘Introduction: the first ten years’, pg. 8-9, Sydney, 2004, 8, 9, 22, 23 (colour illlus.), 50, 52.
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'A fine harvest of drawings: legacy of an exceptional draughtsman', pg. 28-31, Sydney, Nov 2011, 29.
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing, ‘Introduction’, pg. 6-14, Sydney, 2012, 7, 26, 27 (colour illus.), 60.
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John MacDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Archibald and the sex goddess: the art prize that surprises’, pg. 7, Sydney, 09 Mar 1996, 7 (illus., detail).
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Janet McKenzie, Contemporary Australian drawing #1, 'Pam Hallandal', pg. 90-91, South Yarra, 2012, 90.
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Joanna Mendelssohn, The Weekend Australian, ‘Archibald judges get the right one this time’, pg. 2, Canberra, 09 Mar 1996-10 Mar 1996, 2 (illus.).
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Jill Sykes, Look, 'Pam Hallandal: drawing from life', pg. 26-29, Sydney, Oct 2010, 26 (colour illus.).
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