The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) Annual Award aims to support an artist who may be showing widely nationally and internationally but whose work is not already well represented in collections in this country. It encourages leading contemporary artists and museums to work together to create new works of contemporary art for local audiences.
The 2012 shortlisted museums and artists are: The Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln with artist Oliver Laric; Leeds Art Gallery with artist Alice Channer; and Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery with Kettle’s Yard and artist Juliette Blightman.
Paul Hobson, Director, Contemporary Art Society, said: “We have been delighted by the volume of and quality of applications to our Annual Award in this, its fourth year. Once again, we are excited by such a strong selection of museums proposing internationally acclaimed artists of this caliber to create major new works for their collections. The selection panel has a particularly difficult decision to make.”
This year’s selectors are: Michelle Cotton, Curator, First Site Colchester; Chris Hammond, Director MOT International; Moira Jeffrey, writer; and Toby Ziegler, artist.
The winner will be announced by artist Jeremy Deller at an awards reception held on 19 November 2012.
For further details visit www.contemporaryartsociety.org
