Résidence MEP
Collection Gervanne + Matthias Leridon
Cité internationale des arts
Image: Mama Mo Metsi © Thero Makepe
PHOTOGRAPHY
Thero Makepe
Résidence MEP
Collection Gervanne + Matthias Leridon
Cité internationale des arts
Thero Makepe has been selected as the winner of the MEP – Collection Gervanne + Matthias Leridon – Cité internationale des arts Residency program, destined for emerging artists and dedicated to African photography. The purpose of this residency is to support young African artists and to highlight practices that explore new forms of photography. This residency will be an opportunity for the artist to work on a new set of works, provisionally titled "The Powers That Be". In this series Thero Makepe will focus on the forces likely to psychologically control individuals, a fatalistic idea conveyed by the religious, educational and corporate institutions he frequented.
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2023 Ralph Saltzman Prize
Image: Marco Campardo, Elle Collection Brass Chair, 400 x 498 x 740 mm, brass, tropical chameleon paint, 2018.
DESIGN
Marco Campardo
Ralph Saltzman Prize
Designer Marco Campardo has been selected as the 2023 Ralph Saltzman Prize winner. Nominated by Barber Osgerby, Marco Campardo is a London-based designer and maker designing objects, exhibitions and site-specific installations. He has an interest in manufacturing and material experimentation as a form of critical practice, using it to explore narratives about culture, materiality, identity and authenticity.
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2023 Better Future Awards
Image: Sophie Dries, Michel Vivien Flagship Store, Paris. © Valerio Geraci
DESIGN
Better Future Awards
The Better Future Awards winners have been announced. Among the winners, Sophie Dries, was rewarded for the design of the Michel Vivien Flagship Store in Paris, which pays tribute to the craftsmanship behind their collections. The interior pulses with a 15-meter-long wooden wave, a sumptuous walnut wall that offsets its clean lines and expansive volume while acting as a gateway into this singular universe. Sculptural wood tables fill the interior serving both for the display of shoes or occasional seating, while totems by Michael Voseller Gallery decorate the space.
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Prix Polyptyque 2022
Image: Jeanne et Moreau, Flower bouquet , Cité International des Arts, Paris, Oct - Dec 2021, 2021. Impression UV sur Dibond brossé, 40×60cm. © Jeanne et Moreau Avec l’aimable autorisation de la galerie Sit Down.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Julia Gat
Andrea Graziosi
Jeanne et Moreau
Prix Polyptyque
Julia Gat, Andrea Graziosi and the duo Jeanne and Moreau are the winners of the Prix Polyptyque 2022, each expressing a relationship to the identities and cultures of the South of France, crossed by mysticism, queerness and intimate stories. The works of the three winners are now exhibited at the Galerie Sit Down in Paris, partner of this fifth edition. Each of these photographers expresses in their own way an intimate and political relationship with the south, sometimes through the story of diasporas and wanderings, sometimes through mysticism and family stories.
Prix Fondation Vasarely x Chroniques
Image: Pierre Pauze, Please Love Party, 2019. Installation : néons, film dichroïque contrecollé sur PMMA, impression dos bleu. Vue de l’exposition “Futures of Love”, Magasins généraux, Pantin, 2019. Photo. Marie Genin − © Pierre Pauze & Magasins généraux
ART
Lucien Bitaux
Pierre Pauze
Prix Fondation Vasarely x Chroniques
Lucien Bitaux and Pierre Pauze were awarded the Prix Fondation Vasarely x Chroniques which, every two years since 2016, offers a creation residency for an artist of the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques. A graduate of the Fresnoy, Lucien Bitaux won over the jury with his installation La Perception de l’astronome. Pierre Pauze was awarded for his video installation Please Love Party. Diving into the scientific debate of memory water, the poetic short film of 12 minutes imagine a world where would exist a drug of love, invisible when diluted in water drunk by twenty partygoers.
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2022 Foundwork Artist Prize
Image: Dominique White, Can We Be Known Without Being Hunted, 2022. Burnt mahogany, cast iron, forged iron, damaged rope, raffia, sisal, kaolin clay, null sails. Photo: Aurélien Mole. Courtesy Triangle - Astérides, VEDA Firenze, and the artist.
ART
Dominique White
Foundwork Artist Prize
Dominique White is the winner of the 2022 Foundwork Artist Prize, which comes with a financial endowment and a studio visit with each of the five jury members. The Marseille and Essex-based artist weaves together theories of Black Subjectivity, Afro-pessimism, and Hydrarchy with the nautical myths of the Black Diaspora into a term she defines as the Shipwreck(ed); a reflexive verb and state of being. Eva Langret, a jury member and director of Frieze London, said in a statement, "We were particularly taken with the formal sensibility of Dominique White’s work, and her engagement with complex ideas around myth, maritime history, and colonial past."
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
2022 Biennial Grants
Image: Fahamu Pecou, Dyin of Thirst, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inches.
ART
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grants
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation has named the 20 artists who will receive its 2022 Biennial Grants, which come with a financial endowment to produce new work that will then be documented in a catalogue published in the spring. The grants are now administered by the National Academy of Design. Among the winners are Farah Al-Qasimi, Nikita Gale, Mark Thomas Gibson, Pao Her, Fahamu Pecou, Ronny Quevedo, and Didier William.
