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.
I also agree with you Johnny on your choice of the winning person for the Walters award as Alex Monteiths work was the most interesting as i had spent the most time viewing his work. i wish there was food and drinks served while watching it. i feel his work was most powerful in the way that it forces you to watch it and take the time to observe unlike the others like the paintings which only received a 2 second look as it was what i have already seen.
ReplyDeleteAlex Monteith is a girl haha! and I agree, her work is more dynamic and shows a 'process', has a visual narrative which can be understood by anyone viewing her work. Her work explains itself unlike Dan Arps' work which appears to have been thrown together. I feel he has nothing substantial to say and expects the audience to legitimize his work through their own explanations. good on him in a way... I was also quite interested in Fiona Connors Mirror installation work with the doors. The title "something transparent. Please go Round the Back" is ironic, the work has a good balance of curiosity required from the viewer to interpret the work and allure in the work itself. the viewer kind of has to investigate the work that seems to go on forever and ever, and the image is always changing as you move around it. work in which you can feel personally involved in during the viewing process suceeds on another level which is why I also like Fionna Connors work
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