Crazy Craves Art Market

High Rollers,

Off topic to be sure, but here it is, for another year.
My book on the 2011 Archibald Prize.
It's a market that is not based on or revolves around any kind of artistic merit whatsoever; rather logic, determined purely on form.
The AGNSW Trustees, who decide the winner and award the prize, have form.
They might not know anything about art, but they know what they like.
Half the painters in a gargantuan field have form, some over a lot of years of trying in the caper, including no less than five previous winners and plenty more who have been hung before.
It's a wide open affair with many genuine chances.
My Tip?
The Miller is the sentimental favourite for mine, while Sages is well overdue for a win.
Neither is likely to salute the judges.
The choice is yours.



CRAZY CRAVES ART MARKET

[Archibald Prize 2011. Listed Race. Over any distance you like. Set weights. All-age Painter's Free-For-All, with conditions. Subject must be prominent person in fields of Arts, Letters, Sciences, or Politics. First past the post only. No protests. No disqualifications. Run: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Friday 16 April, 1200 AEST].

4/1 Quilty.
9/2 Chang, Harding, Miller.
13/2 Dyer, Sages, Shen, Ruddy.
10/1 Cullen, Culliton, McKenzie, Tippet.
12/1 Chen, McDonald, Pople.
16/1 Done, Ling, Lowry.
25/1 Abdullah, Callum, de Berenger, Marburg, Storrier, Wegener.
33/1 Alexander, Barton, Beynon, Doust, Kibel, Kretschmar.
50/1 Bieniek, Benjamin, Lindeman, Mezei, Stafanescu.
100/1 But-Husaim, McVinish, Macbeth, Tyson, Yin.
150/1 Fantauzzo, No prize awarded.