Beck's Futures
dal 4/4/2003 al 18/5/2003
Segnalato da
Michael Landy
Nick Crowe
Lucy Skaer
Carey Young
Alan Currall
David Sherry
Bernd Behr
Rosalind Nashashibi
Francis Upritchard
Russell Ferguson
Maria Lind
Hans Ulrich Obrist
4/4/2003
Beck's Futures
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Much of the work in this year's exhibition explores the points at which art grapples with and appropriates everyday routines and public spaces, blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction. As well as photographs, drawings and sculpture, many works have a presence beyond the gallery through interventions and performances in the public realm, engagement with broadcast media and the internet.
'Dedicated to the support of developing artists, Beck's Futures has established itself as one of the country's premier art prizes' Independent
The ICA is delighted to present Beck's Futures 2003, featuring an eclectic mix of some of the most exciting artists now working in the UK. It includes an internet 'cyber globe' under constant bombardment created by Nick Crowe, public interventions by Lucy Skaer and the artist-collective Inventory, work exploring the tools of corporate marketing by Carey Young, performance-derived videos by Alan Currall, David Sherry and Bernd Behr, a short film by Rosalind Nashashibi examining cultural displacement, and a vibrating and moaning mummy by Francis Upritchard.
Much of the work in this year's exhibition explores the points at which art grapples with and appropriates everyday routines and public spaces, blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction. As well as photographs, drawings and sculpture, many works have a presence beyond the gallery through interventions and performances in the public realm, engagement with broadcast media and the internet.
This year's selection was made by the curators Russell Ferguson (Chief Curator, UCLA Hammer Museum); Maria Lind (Director, Kunstverein Munich); Hans Ulrich Obrist (Independent Curator); and the artist Michael Landy, who is the Chair of the panel.
Beck's Futures is the result of an ongoing collaboration between the ICA and Beck's and has established a reputation for identifying and supporting the work of the most promising artists in the UK. Each of the participating artists will receive a share of the £40,000 awards-fund that goes towards making Beck's Futures the UK's most generous arts awards. One artist will be selected for a further overall award of £20,000.
The exhibition is accompanied by a limited-edition publication with contributions from J G Ballard and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and art historian and writer Michael Archer. A free newsprint exhibition guide will also be available. Beck's Futures 2003 subsequently travels to the CCA, Glasgow and Southampton City Art Gallery.
Image: Lucy Skaer, Public Project 2003
Full Price : Free with Day Membership.
Venue(s) :
ICA
12 Carlton House Terrace
London
Lower Gallery.
Upper Gallery, Concourse Gallery.