1. What is the background to the Walters Prize?
The Walters Prize is a biennial award for New Zealand artists who have made an outstanding contribution to the visual arts in the previous two years. Honouring the life and artistic legacy of Gordon Walters (1919 – 1995), the award was founded by the Auckland Art Gallery in 2002. The prize includes NZ$50,000 and an all expense paid trip to New York to exhibit at Saatchi & Saatchi’s world headquarters
2. List the 4 selected artists for 2010 and briefly describe their work.
Saskia Leek
New Zealand, born 22 Oct 1970
Yellow is the putty of the world. Oil on board.
Dan Arps
New Zealand, born 1976
Explaining Things 2008 mixed media
Fiona Connor
New Zealand, born 1981
Something Transparent
Alex Monteith
New Zealand, United Kingdom, born 1977
Passing Manoeuvre with 2 motorcycles and 584 vehicles for two channel video. Dual channel video installation.
3. Who are the jury members for 2010?
Jon Bywater - Programme Leader, Critical Studies at Elam School of Fine Art, The University of Auckland.
Rhana Devenport - Director, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Leonhard Emmerling - Visual Arts Adviser, Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany, former Director, ST PAUL St, AUT University
Kate Montgomery - Director, Physics Room, Christchurch
4. Who is the judge for 2010 and what is his position in the art world?
Vicente was director of London's Tate Modern from 2003-2010. He was a prime mover in the Tate's global success - now the most visited modern art museum in the world. From 1989-96 Todolí was artistic director for The Valencia Institute for Modern Art (IVAM), Spain, and before it opened he was their Chief curator. Throughout his distinguished career he organised and curated internationally renowned exhibitions of work by contemporary artists, making him the perfect choice to be this years judge.
5. Who would you nominate for this years Walter's Prize, and why? Substantiate
you answer by outlining the strengths of the artists work. How does this relate
to your interests in art? What aspect of their work is successful in your opinion,
in terms of ideas, materials and/or installation of the work?
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.
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.
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i agree with you about Dan Arps' work. His work is really communicate what happened in this real life and let us to think about it. For example of the television of the new about the alien. i think he is a well-using material artist. i am interested he used blue tack to represent the segull on the poster.
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