The $30,000 Dobell drawing prize is known for pushing the boundaries. This year is no different, with the 58 finalists in the biennial prize both going back to first principles and stretching our understanding of what constitutes this most fundamental of art forms. Winner Justine Varga’s Photogenic Drawing – an exploration of the concept of photography as “drawing with light” – was created by overlaying a negative with ink and pigment during exposure. Meanwhile, Tony Albert’s highly commended multi-panel figure, Old Sins Cast Long Shadows, explores with simple ink on paper – in a composition that is anything but simple – the stereotypes of Indigenous peoples that have persisted throughout history
• The finalists of the 2019 Dobell drawing prize will be showing at the National Art School Gallery, Sydney, until 25 May
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