2026 Kennedy Prize Catalogue

46 | Tumbling Sand Figures | Pilar De la Torre | $4000 | Painted in oil on stretched canvas

Inspired by Luca Cambiaso’s Fighting Figures, I explored his geometric approach to the figure and light. I reimagined his 16th-century drawing through my Bayside life and adding colour: playful figures made from sand build a human pyramid, their balance suddenly disrupted by a beach ball.