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People’s Choice Prize Winner Announced!

Enormous congratulations to the winner of the RBSA Prize 2024 People’s Choice Prize….. ANDI for her oil painting Don’t Fuck With Me Fellas.

“ANDI is a transfeminine oil painter, documenting trans people through portraiture; rooted in and continuing a narrative of Queer art history, Queer culture references and Queer iconography. Over a neon pink base, ANDI paints blood systems and then builds thin layers of paint, capturing the complexity and luminosity of skin and the textures of fabric in Technicolor. This self-portrait comes from a body of work exploring street harassment and exploitation of femmes though camp humour. The figure is isolated in a situation reminiscent of intrusive paparazzi photography – the intense scrutiny of the cis gaze on trans people. The title references the ‘hagsploitation’ film ‘Mommie Dearest’, a divisive parody of Joan Crawford – an exploited actress adored by the Queer community for her strength.”

Here are a few of the comments received from the voters:

“Stunning textures created with oil paint”

“Beautiful, urgent, necessary”

“The colour! The powerful message! Trans inclusion!”

“Exquisitely painted, attitude, and strength”

“The detail in the fabric”

“Stunning colours, so realistic, and what it stands for”

As ANDI is an RBSA Associate, she wins a voucher for an RBSA artist-led workshop.

Thank you to everyone for voting!

Image: ANDI ARBSA, Don’t Fuck With Me Fellas