The Walters Prize
1. What is the background to the Walters Prize?
The Walters Prize is awarded for an outstanding work of contemporary New Zealand art produced and exhibited during the past two years. The prize sets out make contemporary art a more widely recognized and debated feature of our cultural life.
2. List the 4 selected artists for 2010 and briefly describe their work.
Dan Arps - Explaining Things, he worked with the mixed media. His works telling us that where the art stops and the ordinary world starts.
Fiona Conor - Something Transparem, she worked with MDF, plywood, plastic and acrylic. Her work is both visually captirating and compelling conceptually.
Alex Monteith - Passing Manoeuvre with two motorcycles and 584 vehicles for two.
Saskia Leek - Yellows is the putty of the world, oil on board.
3. Who are the jury members for 2010?
The Walters Prize are always selected on a national basis and their identities are not made known to each other until they meet to confirm the projects which they have chosen to nominate.
4. Who is the judge for 2010 and what is his position in the art world?
Vicente Jdoli is the judge for 2010. and he career in the visual arts spans more than 20 years, he was director, Tate Moder from 2002-2010. Chief Curator 1986-1988 and then Artistic Director of instiruto valenciano de arte moderno 1988-1996 and founding director.
5. Who would you nominate for this years Walter's Prize, and why?
I think, Fiona Conor would get the Walters Prize. Her work is both visually captivating and compelling conceptually.
Substantiate your answer by outlining the strengths of the artists work.
How does this relate to your interests in art?
I think Fiona's work is really interesting. She can do very well with glass and metal. The work is putted in whole room, and it fuse with the room. In the room, every thing looks so clean and white. Every part likes copying and pasting from each other.
What aspect of their work is successful in your opinion,in terms of ideas, materials and/or installation of the work?
The ideas of Fiona Conor is quiet interesting. and the important is the materials. Her work puts in the whole room, and she used glass, timber and metal.
6. Comment on other blogs from your ALVC group to agree or disagree with other people,always backing up your answer with clearly stated reasons.
Hi TAITAI i agree with you about Fiona's work will win. But I think Dan Arps will nominated for this years Walter`s Prize.Because I think his work is more of real life. I appreciate his work when the time will give me a kind of brings me to the feeling of his work. I think this gives a more profound thought, but his work is to express meaning, and better understand his inner world.He also used the material goods of life, people can be easily accepted
ReplyDeleteI think Alex Monteith shoudl win the prize, because it is very smart to use camera to be involved in the work. when you go to the art gallary, you can just sit down take a rest and stearing at the big screen for a long time and think lots of ideas behind the work.
ReplyDeleteI think the 'Yellow is the putty of the world' should be nominated. But If I had a choice, none of them would win, because in my opinion I don't think their work is worth $10 000. Others may disagree with me, but I reckon whoever choose the work was on something when he or she was given the list of candidates for the prize. Lol!
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