Young Belgian Painters Award
dal 21/6/2007 al 8/9/2007
Segnalato da
21/6/2007
Young Belgian Painters Award
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts, Bruxelles
Under 35 years of age, active in the most contemporary forms of the visual arts, they will have come through a tough selection process overseen by an international jury. All are winners- whether they ultimately win one of the 4 awards or not, each of them will be helped to produce a work specifically conceived to compete for the awards.
Under 35 years of age as of 1January 2007, active in the most contemporary forms of the visual arts, they will have come through a tough selection process overseen by an international jury. All are winners- whether they ultimately win one of the four awards or not, each of the Young Belgian Painters Award laureates will be helped to produce a work specifically conceived to compete for the awards. As the history of this prestigious award shows, all those selected can look forward to a bright future, in the footsteps of Orla Barry, Hans op de Beeck, Benoit Platéus, Olivier Foulon, and Jan DeCock. An award that highlights both young talent and the art of discovering it.
Since 1950 this competition has focused attention on young Belgian artists. “Young” means under 35 years of age; “Belgian” means based in Belgium; for a long time now, it has not been restricted to “Painters”. The competition is akin to the Turner Prize in the United Kingdom, the Prix Marcel Duchamp in France, and the Vincent in the Netherlands. Laureates such as Pierre Alechinsky, Ann Veronica Janssens, Hans Op de Beeck, and Christophe Terlinden indicate its international impact. All of those who have succeeded in convincing the extremely demanding jury are already winners. This year’s jury is made up of: Ann Demeester (De Appel, Amsterdam), Eva Gonzalez-Sancho (FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon), Stijn Huijts (Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard), Jérôme Sans (BALTIC, Gateshead), and Nicolaus Schafhausen (Witte De With, Rotterdam).
The seven candidates will produce for the occasion a new work that competes for the four awards: the Young Belgian Painters Award- Crowet (€ 25,000), the Young Belgian Painters Award-Emile and Stephy Langui (€ 12,500), the Centre for Fine Arts Award (€ 12,500), and the ING Award (€ 12,500).
Leen Daems Press Officer BOZAR EXPO & STUDIOS T. +32 (0)2 507 83 89 M. +32 (0)479 98 66 07 leen.daems@bozar.be
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