Wots Hot in Sydney

Contrary to my previous plg - of not wanting to become some sort of arbiter of cool - I am forwarding some info on the official ubercool megabuck prize for the latest hip youf art happening types.
Yep! its the Helene Lempriere . Properly pronounced Lom Pri Yeah, or Lame Prix Yeah by disgruntled anti conceptual types, or Lamp Ray by Lazy bastards such as Moi, the prize cash is $40,000.

Its bigger than the whitely, and not far off the Moran or theArchibald.
Further more it has the cache of being uber cool - and is approp[riately situated in Artspace.

So if you wanna see who and what the big punters reckon is really hapeening then breeze on down to wolloomoloo on Wednesday Night. Grab a pie and stroll accross the road to the gunnery. Hope the goon is good.

The judges this year - are pretty nice - Rosemary (flying brides) Laing and Euan (Skinny Men & chunky grey paint) McLeod plus Tony Bond to lend the Agnes Wales art institutional cred.

The lineup looks pretyt good - with Most names and works being regulars on the ARI circuit. Whoever wins - it is always UNFAIR. Bloody hell! $40,000! Do you know what I could do with that?????? On the other hand - if you're gonna score a shitload of cash then its probably better to do so when you've got nothing to start with.........

Official Details follow.

		HELEN LEMPRIERE TRAVELLING ART SCHOLARSHIP 2005
		zehra AHMED zanny BEGG lauren BRINCAT & william FRENCH simon COOPER alex DAVIES jacqui DRINKALL nicholas FOLLAND kirsten FARRELL hayden FOWLER marita FRASER david GRIGGS owen LEONG jess MACNEIL damien MARCH wade MARYNOWSKY julie MASTERTON vanila NETTO Ms & Mr huseyin SAMI aaron SEETO george TILLIANAKIS mimi TONG matthew TUMBERS simon YATES
Owen Leong
		The 2005 recipient will be announced by Dr CHARLES MEREWETHER Curator, 2006 Biennale of Sydney
Jess MacNeil
		The judges for the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2005 are Anthony Bond, General Manager, Curatorial Services, AGNSW Rosemary Laing, Sydney-based artist Euan Macleod, NSW-based artist.