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Gallery: Hidden Faces of the Archibald

If you recognised Mark Mitchell, aka Con the Fruiterer, give yourself a big bunch of bananas.

This painting is one of several of the comedy actor featuring in the exhibition “Hidden Faces of the Archibald.”

These are paintings by Victorian artists whose portraits were ‘refused’ for the Archibald Prize, and are about to have a public display in Melbourne’s Park Hyatt.

Other TV stars in the breakaway exhibition include Paul Mercurio, Denise Scott, Santo Cilauro, Shane Jacobson, John Stanton and Gus Mercurio. They can be seen from June 18 – July 6.



Press Release:
Park Hyatt Melbourne is to host the 2008 Hidden Faces of the Archibald, or Victorian Salon des Refuses, from June 18 through July 6, while the ‘official selection’ for this prestigious and somewhat controversial prize will have its only Victorian showing in Bendigo.

In the public lobbies of Park Hyatt Melbourne, the Hidden Faces of the Archibald exhibition showcases a provocative alternative to the Archibald Prize Touring Exhibition: a curated selection of paintings by Victorian artists whose portraits were ‘refused’ for the Archibald Prize.

Traditionally running in tandem with the Archibald Prize Show, this year Hidden Faces, will be the ONLY Melbourne exposure for Archibald entrants.

Curated and managed by OzLink Entertainment, this year’s Hidden Faces exhibition features 34 works with portrait subjects including: dancer and television personality, Paul Mercurio; comedians, Denise Scott and Santo Cilauro; radio personality, ‘Grubby Stubbs’; actors, Mark Mitchell, Gus Mercurio, Shane Jacobson and John Stanton; artists, Esther Erlich, and Dale Hickey and the sensational musical trio, The Stiletto Sisters. Artists include: Andrew Sibley, Phil Suter Peter Andrianakis, Raelene Sharp, Penelope Long, and Jacqui Grantford.

The exhibition follows in the tradition of the French Impressionists of the 1860s who held a breakaway exhibition from the reactionary French Academy. In the inaugural Salon des Refusés, held in 1864 by command of Napoleon III, the exhibits included works by artists such as Edmund Manet and Paul Cezanne, now globally acclaimed.

Visitors to the exhibition will be invited to enter the ‘People’s Choice Award’ and vote for their personal favourite.

The Hidden Faces of the Archibald 2008 at Park Hyatt Melbourne, adjacent to Parliament Square, Melbourne, Wednesday 18 June to Sunday 6 July 2008. Park Hyatt Melbourne can be reached on train via City Loop or tram via City Circle to Parliament. Entry is Free.

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