CLOCKWISE
FROM LEFT Artist
Vincent Fantauzzo
and Asher Keddie
were hands-on in
the curating and
hanging of the
artworks featured
throughout the
hotel; the lobby
of the new Art
Series hotel in
Brisbane’s historic
Howard Smith
Wharves precinct;
the Fantauzzo is a
masterful blend
of architecture,
nature and art.T
here’s a lot going on
in an Asher Keddie
smile. We’ve witnessed
it on screen oscillating
between awkwardness
and composure as Nina
Proudman in Offspring and within
the fractured veneer of unnerved
mother Alexandra Grenville in The
Cry. Her husband, artist Vincent
Fantauzzo, captured it himself in
the portrait “Love Face”, which won
the 2013 Archibald Prize People’s
Choice Award, portraying a moment
of stillness in his subject’s eyes as
the world blurs around her.
“It was a period of contentment,
vulnerability and pressure for me,
and that’s when Vincent is at his best
as an artist, when he’s capturing
contradictory emotions in his subject,”
says Keddie of the work.
The original “Love Face” hangs in
the foyer of The Fantauzzo, a new Art
Series hotel in Brisbane’s revitalised
Howard Smith Wharves precinct.
The hotel is a showcase of Fantauzzo’s
work so far. It also brings to light
Keddie’s hidden talent as a curator.
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