As mentioned in our previous post, Andre Hemer has won the Bold Horizon Contemporary Art Award 2011 with his painting Blue Poles (pictured below).

Judge John Hurrell said “The winning work by Andre Hemer is a painting that doubles as an iPhone QR code, linking to a Google map showing where Jackson Pollock’s famous Blue Poles (1952) is located in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. This American painting was purchased by the Whitlam Government in 1973 for $2 million. Possibly the most important twentieth century artwork in the Southern Hemisphere, Pollock’s work is referenced by Hemer to speak of cultural capital and national status globally, and the aspirations of a New Zealand artist looking at it from afar.”

Hemer’s work will be displayed at the Waikato Museum until 6 November 2011.