18/08/2024
A piece I wrote for the about what I would save from a fire. This is what I wrote about ! Artist Kathrin Longhurst Go and see her portrait in the . “During Covid, I managed to escape Victoria for a short reprieve in New South Wales, but found I felt so guilty and troubled leaving my house, my city, my family and friends behind. After the dreaded two-week hotel quarantine, I finally stepped out into the Sydney sun and bawled like a baby. It didn’t quit, even when I arrived a day later at Kathrin Longhurst’s studio to sit for her entry for the Archibald prize.I usually find it so hard to be photographed face on. But I looked at her straight down the lens. I barely even knew that I was doing it. My face bore judgment (of whom, I’m not really sure), anger and a look of “Hurry up, I can’t see where we are going.”This portrait won that year’s packing room prize, much to our delight, and I asked Kathrin if I could keep it. She looked at me and said: it was always yours.
It sits in my library, too strong a face to have her preside over dinner or over the TV chatter. I would save her from a fire – although I get the feeling she could probably survive it on her own”
Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/12/kate-ceberano-jon-stevens-australia-tour-interview
