Berlin. In cooperation with BMW as long-term partner
the Preis der Nationalgalerie will be awarded for the ninth time this
fall. The five members of the jury consisting of Meret Becker
(actress, member of the Deutsche Filmakademie), Alexander Beyer
(actor, member of the Deutsche Filmakademie), Natasha Ginwala (curator
of Contour Biennale 8 and curatorial advisor of documenta 14), Alice
Motard (chief curator at CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux)
and Alya Sebti (head of ifa-Galerie Berlin) selected from 90
nominations the following four artists:
Sol Calero (born in Caracas in 1982, lives in Berlin)
Iman Issa (born in Cairo in 1979, lives in New York
City and Berlin)
Jumana Manna (born in Princeton in 1987, lives in Berlin)
Agnieszka Polska (born in Lublin in 1985, lives in Berlin)
A joint exhibition of the artists’ work will be shown from
September 29, 2017 to January 14, 2018 at Hamburger
Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. A second jury will choose the
prizewinner on October 20, 2017. The award consists
of an individual show with a catalogue at one of the institutions of
Berlin’s Nationalgalerie over the course of
2018.
The longlist resulted from submissions by numerous
European museum directors and curators as well as proposals by members
of the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie.
The jury chose four artistic approaches whose work in various media
reflects the wide international range of art in Germany. They also
stand out in their precision and represent a certain personal gaze
with which social and political aspects find their way into artistic
work and are addressed and commented upon (see also the jury’s statement).
The Preis der Nationalgalerie focuses on young important
positions of today. Artists of all nationalities are eligible if they
are currently working in Germany and are less than 40 years old. The
nomination of the four artists was celebrated with numerous guests
from cultural life, business, and society on Thursday evening with the
long-term partner BMW at Kurfürstendamm.
For further information and images please visit: BMW PressClub
(www.press.bmwgroup.com) and www.preisdernationalgalerie.de
For further questions please contact:
Dr Thomas
Girst
BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs
Head
of Cultural Engagement
Telephone: +49-89-382-24753
www.press.bmwgroup.com;
E-mail: presse@bmw.de
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