Work Of Australian Artist Chris Armytage To Be Displayed At Louvre
July 22nd, 2015 - Daylesford, VI
An Australian artist has been selected to have one of her artworks displayed in the Louvre in France.
Chris Armytage's photograph titled, A different road, will be part of a digital projection series shown in Paris in July as part of a reception celebrating the Fifth Annual Exposure Awards.
Selected artworks will be displayed at a pop-up exhibition in the reception area of the Louvre, along with the Winners and finalists in the prestigious competition which has a $75,000 prize up for grabs.
Ms Armytage said she took the photo in 2010 with a Canon EOS 450D, and it only required a simple colour adjustment and an added texture to make the final image.
"A different road is one of my earlier works, and one of my most popular. In fact it was the first of my photographic art pieces that I was really happy with, taken close to my home near Daylesford in Central Victoria. It shows a red dirt road winding through farmland, with Mount Franklin (of mineral water fame) in the background. I’ve had a large framed print on the wall in our family room for some years and never grow tired of it."
Ms Armytage said that the artwork was part of a portfolio submitted to a group called see.me. which specializes in helping artists have their work shown around the world.
"This same work, along with two more of my images, has also been shown in New York at the see.me gallery on Long Island," she said, "as well as being included in my fine art book, Daylesford Days".
PHOTO: A different road by Australian artist, Chris Armytage, which will be displayed in a reception at the Louvre in July.