23/09/08
The Cartier Award 2009: Call for Entries
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Frieze Art Fair announced today the call for entries to The Cartier Award 2009. The Cartier Award is open to artists living outside of the UK, up to five years from graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or under thirty years of age. The Cartier Award is organised by Frieze Projects, sponsored by Cartier and presented in collaboration with Gasworks.
The recipient of the prize will have the unique opportunity to present their work at Frieze Art Fair 2009, guaranteeing a major international audience. Additionally the prize will cover production costs of up to £10,000, an artist’s fee, per diems, travel expenses and a studio residency at Gasworks in London from August to October 2009.
Now in its fourth year, The Cartier Award has proved to be an important milestone in the development of young artists’ careers. The inaugural winner in 2006, Mika Rottenberg, showed at the Whitney Biennial in 2008 and the 2007 winner, Mario Garcia Torres, received a solo exhibition at White Cube, London in 2008.
The winner of The Cartier Award 2008 is Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto. Prieto, based in Barcelona and Havana, is a young conceptual artist whose work often takes the form of site-specific installations. His proposal was chosen from over 400 applications submitted by artists from across the world.
Proposals for work can take the form of site-specific installations; performance; film; video or print work. Applicants will be judged on the innovative nature of their proposal and its suitability for realisation at Frieze Art Fair.
The selection committee for The Cartier Award 2009 comprises Neville Wakefield (Curator, Frieze Projects), Grazia Quaroni (Curator, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art), Alessio Antoniolli (Director, Gasworks) and Mario Garcia Torres (Artist).
The deadline for applicants is 5 January 2009. For full details of the award and an application form please visit http://www.friezefoundation.org/cartier.
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Editors’ Notes
Selection Committee
Neville Wakefield, Curator, Frieze Projects
Grazia Quaroni, Curator, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art
Alessio Antoniolli, Director, Gasworks
Mario Garcia Torres, Artist
The Cartier Award
The Cartier Award is an extraordinary opportunity for artists to realise a major new work at Frieze Art Fair as part of Frieze Projects. Works may be site-specific installations, performance, film, video or print. The award provides project production costs of up to £10,000, an artist’s fee of £1,000, and a three month residency at Gasworks including accommodation, per diems and travel expenses. The award is open to non-UK based artists within 5 years of graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.
Frieze Projects
Frieze Projects is a programme of site-specific artist commissions curated by Neville Wakefield, taking place during Frieze Art Fair together with Frieze Talks and The Cartier Award.
Cartier and The Cartier Award
Cartier is the associate sponsor of Frieze Art Fair supporting Frieze Projects and The Cartier Award. Their dedicated support expresses the spirit of the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art.
Gasworks
Gasworks is a contemporary arts organisation in South London housing 12 artists’ studios and includes a programme of exhibitions, residencies, international fellowships and educational projects.
Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair takes place from 15 – 18 October 2009 in Regent’s Park, London. Frieze Art Fair is the UK’s largest art fair and one of the leading contemporary art fairs in the world.
Frieze Art Fair 2008 – Information
Opening dates and hours:
Thursday 16 October 11am – 7pm
Friday 17 October 11am – 7pm
Saturday 18 October 11am – 7pm
Sunday 19 October 11am – 6pm
Preview:
Wednesday 15 October
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