Image: Vipoo Srivilasa, Battle of Old and New Power 2012, porcelain. Courtesy of the artist and Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Melbourne-based artist Vipoo Srivilasa was announced the winner of the 29th biennial Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, taking home $10,000 for his artwork Battle of Old and New Power.
The winning entry was a narrative work showing a pair of water buffalo covered with hundreds of hand-painted porcelain petals. One marked ‘red’ and the other ‘yellow’ they are shown circling each other.