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1. The Walters Prize is New Zealand's most prestigious contemporary art prize. This biennial award recognizes an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to contemporary art in New Zealand in the two years prior. Named in honor of artist Gordon Walters, it was established by founding benefactors and principal donors Erika and Robin Congreve and Dame Jenny Gibbs to make contemporary art a more widely recognized and debated and prominent feature of New Zealand cultural life.
2. Alex Monteith - 'Passing Maneuver' consisted of a two-channel film exploring space and movement using motorcycles.
Dan Arps - 'Explaining Things' his art mainly consisted of objects and materials he had found. A merging of the real and art worlds.
Fiona Conner - 'Something Transparent' Fiona was trying to portray fragmentation and confusion along with repetition and monotonous feelings portrayed in mundane ways.
Saskia Leek - 'Yellow is the Putty of the World' her simplistic and pastel colored offer a fresh view into modern art and are quite aesthetically pleasing.
3. Jon Bywater, Rhana Devenport, Leonhard Emmerling and Kate Montgomery.
4. Vincente Todli has been the director of the Tate modern since 2003; The Tate modern is now the most prestigious and most visited.
5. I would definitely vote for Alex Monteith, It simply held my interest longer than any others. Could have been improved with a big feed of junk food. I would have definitely stayed for ages. I guess I liked the fact that she used a large scale video projection as I have always wanted to do the same. But again if I was to do that I would include some sort of food. Just the sheer scale of the video was interesting to me. When I think back if the same video was on a 14 inch or something like that I definitely wouldn’t be bothered watching it. But in saying that it was quite funny how the motorcycle driver was cheating the law. Because everybody hates it when riders do that. I guess everyone who drives can relate to her video.
1. Hussein Chalayan's work can be very hard to accept as they challenge cultural boundaries and events in history. People can take offence to such things; His 'Afterwards' creation was based on the horror of having to leave home in the time of war. He explored the idea of how we might want to hide our possessions. 'Burka' shows he has a political awareness that is absent otherwise in fashion. He creates pieces based on the traditional Islamic chador. Commenting on the treatment of Islamic woman. Personally I think these two particular pieces are art. Also the fact that under his website afterwards is listed under 'arts projects'. I think his creations are art for the simple fact that they evoke thoughts deeper than that of aesthetic qualities. This is how I define art "Thought provoking" and when I look at 'Burka' and 'afterwards' I am forced to think about the reasons behind the piece, not just the beautiful woman wearing the piece. The determining factor in calling fashion not clothing is the hype created by the media and the designers. (In my opinion).
2. When art is produced in order to sell products or an artist is commissioned by a commercial business the art becomes more like a brief with requirements the artist must meet. So no doubt this influences the artist because the art is created for that very business so of course the art is going to relate to the business. If there was no influence it would just be another piece created by Chayalan but endorsed by a company and therefore not really making any sense. I know artists are quite often criticized when it comes to money and art and commercial businesses but the way I see it is good for them, now they can buy more materials and as much crayfish as they want. Who cares what others say as long as you’re eating when you want and respect yourself as an artist. Moneys just a byproduct of art.
3. I can think of the industrial revolution and the scientific revolution. His work has been influenced by scientific conditions such as xenophobia and the social interactions of such people.
4. It is only important when artists are physically capable and have the means to create their own art work and only then when it is practical. For example to get an assistant to paint one work, but it is nesscasary for an artist to hire technicians when it comes to mass produced work or specialized materials
