A total of 51 works by 46 artists, including Alice Bonita, Jessie Brennan, Zoe Maslen, Kate Morrell and Daniel Wheeler have been selected for the 2014 edition of the Jerwood Drawing Prize.
The prize will be on display at London’s Jerwood Space this autumn before touring to venues across the UK. A first prize of £8000, a second prize of £5000 and two student awards of £2000 will be announced at a ceremony during the preview night on 16 September.
This year’s selection has been made by Gavin Delahunty (senior curator of contemporary art, Dallas Museum), Dr Janet McKenzie (author and co-editor of Studio International) and Alison Wilding RA (artist). The three judges considered over 3000 drawings in just under two days.
McKenzie said: “The drawings chosen stood out by virtue of their capacity to move the viewer emotionally or metaphysically. Drawing is the most direct form of expression yet asserts a very subtle power: it is often an art of absence, a whisper as opposed to a declaration, a suggestion rather than a certitude.”
Wilding commented: “I found my response to some of the drawings to be instinctive and visceral. The show will be intriguing, there are some beautiful drawings and some surprises.”
The longest running annual open competition for drawing, the Jerwood Drawing Prize is led by Drawing Projects UK and supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, in association with Bath Spa University who have recently become a partner institution for the prize.
To mark 20 years of the award, a parallel exhibition focusing on the work of past judges, Drawn Together: Artist as Selector, curated by Jerwood Drawing Prize founder Professor Anita Taylor, is currently on display at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize will be on display at Jerwood Space, London from 17 September – 26 October 2014, followed by a tour to venues across the UK, including Cheltenham, Bideford, Bournemouth, and Leeds.
For the full list of selected artists read on.
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