Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2008, Jerwood Space, London (04/03–09/04/2009)
With: Alex Frost
JERWOOD SCULPTURE PRIZE 2008 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is delighted to announce short list for the Jerwood
Sculpture Prize 2008: Thomas CoxBisham Untitled James Capper Chimera Susan Forsyth Folia Alex Frost Rice Dream Marielle Hog and Alan Goulbourne Beehive Will Nash Ragley Sphere Mic hael Visocchi Yield David Worthington Close Encounter
The outstanding quality of entries for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize, has resulted in the judges awarding commiss ions to eight entrants to make maquettes of their proposals. “We were thrilled with the response to the call for entries, whic h has grown s ignificantly from the last commiss ion demonstrating that there is a huge demand for opportunities for outdoor sculpture c ommiss ions for emerging artists” commented Roanne Dods, Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
Now in its fifth year, the prize has built a strong reputation for quality and innovation. The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is proud of the succ ess of the firs t four commissions from Benedic t Carpenter, Gereon Krebber, Judith Dean and J uliet Haysom and look forward to selecting the fifth commission.
The works short lis ted for this year’s prize include a oversized replic a of a carton of rice milk, made using mosaic tiles ‘Rice Dream’ by Alex Frost and ‘Close Enc ounter’ by David Worthington, a manually rotating marble sculpture. Eac h of the sculptors has approached the task in a very different way employing a wide range of materials and techniques showing the divers ity of thinking in contemporary sculpture.
Maquettes of the eight shortlisted propos als will be on exhibition in the Jerwood Space, Union Street, London SE1, from 4 March to 9 April 2009, open 10am – 5pm weekdays and 10am – 3pm weekends, and the winner of the £25,000 commission will be announced on 24th March 2009. The winning sculptor will produce a large scale outdoor permanent sculpture to be unveiled at the Jerwood Sculpture Park, in the grounds of Ragley Hall, Warwic kshire in 2010. This prestigious prize is presented by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, as part of their dedication to supporting and nurturing talented artists . www.jerwoodvisualarts.org For more information, please contact Chloë Barker, Press Officer, Parker Harris on 01372 462190, or chloe@parkerharris.co.uk.
NOTES TO EDITORS The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is dedicated to imaginative and responsible funding in all areas of human endeavour and excellence, with particular emphas is on the arts. The Charitable Foundation takes a direc t, sympathetic and intelligent approach to all its projects, and its initiatives reflect a mark of quality, excellence and credibility. (For more information pleas e visit www.jerwood.org)
Jerwood Sculpture at Ragley the creation of a collection of 20th and 21st Century sculpture is a major initiative of the J erwood Foundation and an important part of its wideranging support of the visual arts. From its beginning in 1999, the aim of Jerwood Sc ulpture Park has been to dis play large sculptures in the natural env ironment. Since 2004, the collection has been s ited in the magnificent grounds of Ragley Hall, home of the Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford.
Jerwood Visual Arts Series was launched at the Frieze Art Fair in 2006, and is an umbrella structure that celebrates and supports the Jerwood Charitable Foundation’s key annual visual arts awards and prizes: the J erwood Drawing Prize, J erwood Sc ulpture Prize, Jerwood Contemporary Makers , Jerwood Contemporary Painters and Jerwood Photography Awards . Supplementing this array of annual awards and prizes, additional one off exhibitions and initiatives, have also been s upported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. All of these exhibitions are held at the Jerwood Spac e in London, SE1.
The Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2008 Judges: Phylida Barlow is a practis ing artist and Professor of Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. Recent c ommiss ions have been s tack and fence, for the South Bank Centre London.
Charles Darwent is art critic of the Independent on Sunday and writes for a number of art journals . He is coauthor of The Drawing Book, publis hed by Black Dog Publishing.
Nigel Hall is a practicing sculptor and draughtsman. Elected as Royal Academician in 2003. Currently has a retrospective, Sculpture and Drawing 19652008 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Anna Moszynska pioneered the study of contemporary art at Sotheby’s Institute where she is now a Consultant Lecturer. She has written widely on c ontemporary art and artists and broadcasts on the subject for BBC Radio. Her publications include books on Abstract Art and Antony Gormley and most recently an essay on Langlands and Bell.
Camilla Trefgarne is curator of Jerwood Sculpture at Ragley and the Jerwood Art Collec tion. Hav ing specialized in 20th Century British Art at Christie’s, Camilla worked with a priv ate art dealer before joining the J erwood Foundation.