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CARDIFF, UK: Nominations are now being sought for the 2006 Artes Mundi Prize.
IN 2004, Xu Bing was the recipient of the first Artes Mundi Prize (GBP 40,000), a new international prize for contemporary visual artists.
The Artes Mundi (Arts of the World) Prize celebrates artists who have achieved recognition for the quality of their work in their own country or sphere and are emerging internationally. Artes Mundi focuses on artists who are working with ideas of human form or human presence and producing work which adds to our understanding of the human condition.
The Artes Mundi Prize is the first international visual art prize of its kind in the UK and one of the largest in the world to be awarded to an individual artist. 40,000 GBP (c. $72,000 USD) was presented to the recipient, and a further GBP 30,000 (c. $54,000 USD) made available by the Derek Williams Trust to purchase works by one or more of the shortlisted artists for the National Collections of Wales.
For more information: the Prize and the artists: www.artesmundi.org ; the Exhibition and programme of events: www.nmgw.ac.uk
"It is a bold title for a bold initiative from a small nation.." Keith Bruce, The Herald (Glasgow); "The line-up for the inaugural competition is gratifyingly strong?a significant new addition to the cultural calendar" (****) Alfred Hickling, The Guardian. "The message of this ambitious show is unmistakable: Wales belongs to the world and the world belongs to Wales" Michael Glover, The Financial Times.
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