Marcel Duchamp Prize
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The Marcel Duchamp Prize (in French : Prix Marcel Duchamp) is an annual award given to a young artist. The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 in order to produce an exhibition of their work in the Modern Art
museum (Centre Georges Pompidou
). The prize is named after the artist Marcel Duchamp
.
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...
museum (Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais...
). The prize is named after the artist Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
.
Nominees
- Pierre BismuthPierre BismuthPierre Bismuth is a contemporary artist. Through efficient and often humorous gestures, Bismuth interrupts pre-established codes of reading the images and objects that pervade daily life, from headline stories in newspapers to magazine clippings from gentlemen's magazines, to even the color of the...
- Rebecca Bournigault
- Claude CloskyClaude CloskyClaude Closky is a French artist born in Paris in 1963 who specialized in contemporary art. Frieze Magazine has stated that "Most of Closky’s works explore repetition, accumulation, and alphabetical, numerical or binary classifications." -Monographs:...
- Thomas HirschhornThomas Hirschhorn-Life and works:In the 1980s, Hirschhorn worked in Paris as a graphic artist. He was part of the group of Communist graphic designers called Grapus. These artists were concerned with politics and culture, displaying impromptu creations and posters on the street mostly using the language of...
- Felice VariniFelice VariniFelice Varini is a Swiss artist who was nominated for the 2000/2001 Marcel Duchamp Prize, known for his geometric perspective-localized paintings of rooms and other spaces, using projector-stencil techniques...
- Xavier VeilhanXavier VeilhanXavier Veilhan is a French artist who lives and works in Paris. His work consists of photography, sculpture, film, painting and installation art.-Works:...
Nominees
- Anri SalaAnri SalaAnri Sala is a contemporary artist whose primary medium is video. He studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and film direction in Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing...
- Bernard FrizeBernard FrizeBernard Frize is a French painter who works in a variety of materials and utilizes a multitude of techniques. As an artist he explores the bare minimal essence of painting, devoid of conception and aesthetic, instead focusing on an industrial approach to making art...
- Dominique Gonzalez-FoersterDominique Gonzalez-FoersterDominique Gonzalez-Foerster, born in 1965 in Strasbourg, is a French artist working with video and installations. Gonzalez-Foerster lives and works in Paris and Rio de Janeiro. She won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2002.-Exhibitions:...
- Valérie Jouve
- Wang DuWang DuWang Du is a contemporary Chinese artist who focuses on three-dimensional painted objects. Traditionally trained in Guangzhou, he now lives and has his studio in Paris...
Nominees
- Stéphane Couturier
- Claude Lévêque
- Mathieu Mercier
- Pascal Pinaud
- Eric Poitevin
Nominees
- Valérie Belin
- Carole Benzaken
- Philippe Cognée
- Richard Fauguet
- Philippe Ramette
Nominees
- Saâdane Afif, born in 1970 – sculpture, installations
- Damien Deroubaix, born in 1972- painting
- Nicolas Moulin, born in 1970 - vidéo
- Philippe Perrot, born in 1967 - painting