Artist: Illyampi Victor Burton
Title: Mamu
Subject: Mamu, the old man spirit in Strelley
Medium: acrylic on paper
Size: 51 x 76 cm
The Lester Prize Judges’ Comments:
“The judges were drawn to the energy of this work – its magnetism and power. Confident, gestural strokes reveal the character of a subject that is not necessarily human, but embodies human characteristics. The judges were also wanting to encourage the notion that not all emerging artists were a particular age.”