EXTRACT IV - Young Art Prize - CPH 2014
06 Dec 2014 - 25 Jan 2015
SEVEN TALENTED, NEWLY-FLEDGED ARTISTS ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS YEAR’S EXTRACT EXHIBITION AT KUNSTFORENINGEN GL STRAND, AND ONE OF THEM WILL BE THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR’S EXTRACT PRIZE OF DKK 50,000. WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS THE WINNER WILL ALSO BE GIVEN A MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITION AT GL STRAND, WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL EXPERIENCE THE ARTIST IN A BROADER PRESENTATION. WITH EXTRACT IV THIS YEAR, KUNSTFORENINGEN GL STRAND WISHES ONCE MORE TO STRENGTHEN AND STIMULATE THE ARTISTS’ FUTURE CAREERS.
On the opening day of this year’s EXTRACT exhibition, an internationally composed jury will at the same time designate the winner of the year’s EXTRACT prize. The jury consists of leading artists, curators and museum people who play important roles in the international art world. Along with the exhibition, the prize is a motivation for recently graduated artists to develop their work further after the end of their course.
The artists at EXTRACT IV have all been selected against the background of their art projects presented at art academies in the USA, Switzerland and Denmark. Three of the exhibition’s artists have graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA and one has graduated from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Switzerland. From Denmark an artist duo from the Jutland Academy of Art in Aarhus participates as well as two artists respectively from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and the Funen Academy of Art in Odense.
The participating artists are: Selini Halvadaki (DK), Jens & Morten (DK), Sophia Narrett (USA), Amanda Nedham (CAN/USA), Kika Nicolela (BRA/B), RaMell Ross (USA) and Anna Samsøe (DK).
At the exhibition in GL STRAND each artist is assigned one space with which he or she can work openly and experimentally. They work in a wide range of media, modes of expression and thematic content, and the exhibition thus presents painting, sculpture, graphic art, installation, video, photography and performance.
Two themes unite the various contributions: an interest in human stories and the challenging of standard narratives. Join us for example on a journey to South Korea, where major changes in the landscape have affected the life-narrative of an island community. Or experience the American southern state of Alabama, where people young and old, buildings and nature appear for us in unexpected configurations.
EXTRACT is mounted in collaboration with the foundation Det Obelske Familiefond, which supports the exhibition, the solo exhibitions and the prize throughout a three-year commitment. Det Obelske Familiefond is demonstrating fantastic generosity towards and support for the young Danish and international art scene, of which we are very pleased and grateful to be a part at GL STRAND.
On the opening day of this year’s EXTRACT exhibition, an internationally composed jury will at the same time designate the winner of the year’s EXTRACT prize. The jury consists of leading artists, curators and museum people who play important roles in the international art world. Along with the exhibition, the prize is a motivation for recently graduated artists to develop their work further after the end of their course.
The artists at EXTRACT IV have all been selected against the background of their art projects presented at art academies in the USA, Switzerland and Denmark. Three of the exhibition’s artists have graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA and one has graduated from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Switzerland. From Denmark an artist duo from the Jutland Academy of Art in Aarhus participates as well as two artists respectively from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and the Funen Academy of Art in Odense.
The participating artists are: Selini Halvadaki (DK), Jens & Morten (DK), Sophia Narrett (USA), Amanda Nedham (CAN/USA), Kika Nicolela (BRA/B), RaMell Ross (USA) and Anna Samsøe (DK).
At the exhibition in GL STRAND each artist is assigned one space with which he or she can work openly and experimentally. They work in a wide range of media, modes of expression and thematic content, and the exhibition thus presents painting, sculpture, graphic art, installation, video, photography and performance.
Two themes unite the various contributions: an interest in human stories and the challenging of standard narratives. Join us for example on a journey to South Korea, where major changes in the landscape have affected the life-narrative of an island community. Or experience the American southern state of Alabama, where people young and old, buildings and nature appear for us in unexpected configurations.
EXTRACT is mounted in collaboration with the foundation Det Obelske Familiefond, which supports the exhibition, the solo exhibitions and the prize throughout a three-year commitment. Det Obelske Familiefond is demonstrating fantastic generosity towards and support for the young Danish and international art scene, of which we are very pleased and grateful to be a part at GL STRAND.