Are the changing attitudes from traditional religions to more new age religions being reflected by some of the participants on the Blake prize?

The Blake Prize is an Australian national based art competition where the artists create masterpieces with religious contributions, themes and images. The prestige of the 'Blake' has been founded on its independence and its committed encouragement of contemporary artists. The Blake Prize has been very successful considering that there are no secure sources of funds; the Blake Prize relies on yearly donations and the efforts of volunteer workers. There are no paid staff, and the …

…in all the painting started to change to different religions; Ian Grants work in 1987 was primarily based upon "the Monk Cloak". The multicultural society brings a variety of cultures and religion. Take for example 2001's winner, Lachlan Warner his work 'Vitrine of lightweight (Sunyata), disposable (annica) Buddha's, in a range of festive colours, postures and mudras the harvest, uses mixed media this showing the new modern perceptions of the art works submitted in this prize.