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Linden Postcard Show 2010

Once again the winner of the Linden Postcard Show Bendigo and Adelaide Bank $5,000 award went to an artist who submitted just one work. Hana Rajkovic from Brisbane won the prize for her painting It's Like Peanut Butter. The work came about as a result of a story she heard from a friend.

"... she came to live in Australia as a child and her mother bought Vegemite for breakfast as she heard it's a spread just like any other. She was spreading it in thick layers without tasting it before and gave it to her two children, both of them started crying and screaming but she didn't care, she thought they were just capricious, so she told them: "what, it's just like peanut butter!" I spent a long time thinking about this story, then I did several drawings and sketches of it before actually making it into this little painting."

Rajkovic, who migrated to Australia last year from Serbia, plans to take her friend to dinner and buy "the largest jar of Vegemite there is to buy and put it in a place of honour at my home".

Judges for this year's postcard were Megan Backhouse, art journalist The Age, Alex Baker, Snr Curator National Gallery of Victoria and Jane Scott, Director Tarra Warra Museum. The judges felt the work rewards closer viewing. "Funny and unlaboured, there is a beguiling lightness of touch in both the subject matter and palette" commented Backhouse.

An international entry from Edinburgh Kate McGee's Run secured $1,000 worth of art materials from St Kilda Art Supplies while Roselee Firth went home happy with $2,000 courtesy Palais Theatre Management Artist Support award. A list of postcard winners will be available soon on this web site.

For further information and images please contact Jan Duffy, Program Director, 9534 0099 email jan@lindenarts.org

Linden Postcard Show 2010 Winners List

Linden Postcard Winners
These artists will each receive $250 and their work will be reproduced as Linden postcards.

Congratulations to all our winners and all our artists!

Thank you to the judges :
Megan Backhouse, Arts Journalist, The Age
Alex Baker, Snr Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria
Jane Scott, Director, Tarra Warra Museum of Art

Exhibition Dates
6 February - 27 March 2010

Opening Celebration
11am-5pm Saturday 6 February 2010

The Linden Postcard show is an open entry award exhibition featuring small format contemporary work. The first Postcard Show was held in 1991 and it has since become a prominent event in the Australian cultural calendar attracting thousands of visitors each year.

The Postcard Show derives its name from the tradition of selecting 6 works to be reproduced and sold as Linden Postcards. Our collection of cards is currently on sale in the gallery.

Works to Arrive at Linden
Between 10am - 5pm
Sunday 17 January and
Monday 18 January 2010

Works to be Collected from Linden
Between 10am - 5pm Sunday 28 March and
Monday 29 March 2010

Please note: artists whose work is not collected on the above date will incur a $100 late fee and an additional $100 fee for each week the work remains at Linden. After four weeks we will dispose of any uncollected works.

Format
Two-dimensional work must not exceed 30 cm high x 30cm wide - this includes the frame.
Three-dimensional work must not exceed 30 cm high x 30cm wide x 30cm deep - this includes stand.

Entry
Each artist may submit up to three pieces in any medium.

Prizes
Bendigo Bank Award
$5,000
Palais Theatre Management Artist Support Award
$2,000
St Kilda Art Supplies Award
$1,000 worth of art materials
Bendigo Bank People's Choice Award
$1,000
Bendigo Bank People's Choice Voter Award
$1,000
Member for Albert Park Award
$500 (this work will be reproduced as a greeting card to be used exclusively by Martin Foley MP)

6 Postcard winners each receive $250 and have their work reproduced as Linden Postcards

Judges
Megan Backhouse, Arts journalist The Age
Alex Baker, Senior Curator Contemporary Art National Gallery of Victoria
Jane Scott, Director Tarra Warra Museum of Art

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