THE WALTERS AWARD
The Walters award is a New Zealand visual arts award started in menory of Gordon Walters (1919-1995). Gordon was a N.Z artist who contributed alot to N.Z arts. This prize includes a $50,000 cash prize as well as a all expences paid trip to New York for the saatchi and saatchi's exhibition.
Artist who participated in the eehibition this year are, Saskia Leek who did mesh paintings using only semi bright coloures, Fiona did architectual piece where she repeated thi iron bars holding up the ceiling on the ground, i liked her work it was cool, Dan arp's played with the fine line between the art world and the normal world. where he used a ramge of materials in a unusual way. some of his work look like random pieces of rubbise lol. Alex monieth's work was my favourite, hers was a film piece where she recorded from two different angles (front and back) elegantly moving through noisy hectic traffic as well as doing it illegally.
The walters award jury members for 2010 consist of jon Bywater - Progame leader, Critical Studies at Elam School of fine arts, The University of Auckland. Rhana Devenport - Director, Govett - Brewster Art gallery, New Plymouth. Leonhard Emmerling - Visual Arts Adviser, Goethe Intsitute, Munich, Former Director, ST PAUL St University. Kate Montgomery - Director, Physics room, Christ church.
The judge for the 2010 Walters award is Venice Todoli Which is in discussion with the Auckland Art Gallery director Chris Saines as well an AUT lecturer.
This year i voted for alex Monieth because her film oiece was interesting and stood out the most to me. I like how she made i really nice work of art by breaking the law. her work interest me through how she broke the law for her art. I am a big fan of how art in all its forms is constantly pushing boundaries and constantly evolving and never boring. Who knows, the next big art form might be breaking the law haha.
Not many people reliesed that Alex's work was actually two different bikes with cameras attached to the front of ona and the back o the other.
Hey i really like how you've shown your thoughts about alex moneiths piece and from your response to it, i actually think that you have a real good point about how she uses illegal actions in her art piece..
ReplyDeleteit reminds me alot of banksy, how he plasters his graffiti stenciled stuff on the streets all around the world. It makes me think that maybe taking a risk and breaking the law might actually start being the new trend for art work...well thats still a big maybe though..hehehe
but yeah nice analysis on this one arnold.. :)