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Rhys Smart Mouth
Rhys Smart Mouth by Melissa Ritchie. Oil on linen.
Rhys Nicholson is a comedian, known for his dapper style and his vibrant red hair. His material often refers to growing up as a gay man in Newcastle and marriage inequality in the Australian legal system.
'Not only do we have the obvious parallel between Rhys's image and the Redhead brand of matches, but the box design also becomes a metaphor for Rhys's career as a comedian. The matches represent words, while the fire is the hurtful bullying that Rhys and many LGBT youth have been subjected to at some point in their lives. Rhys stands proud over a pile of burnt matches, ready to strike another. He is the smart mouth', says Melissa Ritchie.
Born in Georgia, USA in 1978, Ritchie moved to Australia as a child and grew up in Wollongong. This is her 1st time as an Archibald finalist.
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia (Friday 22 July 2016)
Rhys Smart Mouth
Rhys Smart Mouth by Melissa Ritchie. Oil on linen.
Rhys Nicholson is a comedian, known for his dapper style and his vibrant red hair. His material often refers to growing up as a gay man in Newcastle and marriage inequality in the Australian legal system.
'Not only do we have the obvious parallel between Rhys's image and the Redhead brand of matches, but the box design also becomes a metaphor for Rhys's career as a comedian. The matches represent words, while the fire is the hurtful bullying that Rhys and many LGBT youth have been subjected to at some point in their lives. Rhys stands proud over a pile of burnt matches, ready to strike another. He is the smart mouth', says Melissa Ritchie.
Born in Georgia, USA in 1978, Ritchie moved to Australia as a child and grew up in Wollongong. This is her 1st time as an Archibald finalist.
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia (Friday 22 July 2016)