Congratulations to Clancy Warner for her piece “Between the Silence and the Heartbeat”, which comprehensively won the People’s Choice award and receives prize money of $1,000.

BETWEEN THE SILENCE AND THE HEARTBEAT
Re-claimed Oregon timber (burnt), awlwood (varnish) and steel.
185 x 450 x 200 cm

“‘Between The Silence and the Heartbeat’ is about the indifference to Indigenous deaths within “white” Australia; whether it is in police custody, suicide, the gap in health care or being deliberately targeted. The senseless deaths must stop.

Indigenous Australians have been here 60,000+ years; giving up and lying down is not an option. The heartbeat keeps beating… it’s time for us all to stand up!”

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The Montalto Sculpture Prize is an annual $40,000 acquisitive prize, open to artists working in any medium.
Entries for the following year open at the beginning of September and close at the end of October. Applications for the Montalto Sculpture Prize 2020 open on September 1st, 2019

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The 2020 Montalto Sculpture Prize is a $40,000 Acquisitive Sculpture Prize – among the most valuable private sculpture prizes in Australia. 2020 is our 18th annual Exhibition and Prize!

The winning piece becomes part of the stunning Sculpture Trail at Montalto on the Mornington Peninsula.

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