Portrait of chef Manu Feildel by Mertim Gokalp wins $25,000 Kennedy Prize
A COMICAL portrait of celebrity chefManu Feildel shaving with a kitchen knife has won Adelaide’s $25,000 Kennedy Prize for paintings which depict, comment on or celebrate “beauty”.
A COMICAL portrait of celebrity chefManu Feildel shaving with a kitchen knife has won Adelaide’s $25,000 Kennedy Prize for paintings which depict, comment on or celebrate “beauty”.
Sydney artist Mertim Gokalp says his painting, titled Getting Ready For Dinner, shows My Kitchen Rules host Manu’s face lathered “with his homemade cream”.
The two are friends and Mertim also entered a different portrait of Manu in this year’s Archibald Prize competition.
Judges for the Kennedy Prize, which is funded by chartered accountant Robert Kennedy, said they were “impressed by the clever reference to both cooking and grooming’’.
“Despite the nearly brutal undertones it still manages to maintain an affectionate and humorous narrative.
“Its dynamic composition captures a theatrical mood that is enigmatically engaging and full of suspense.’’
Finalists’ works are on display at Fisher Jeffries, 1/19 Gouger St, city, until Saturday.