Starting on Wednesday, July 17, the call for participation in the sixth edition of the Azcuy Award is open, a recognition that the real estate company develops in alliance with the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires and its foundation.
Released in 2019, the Azcuy Award it’s a annual national competition that seeks to offer to the visual artists the possibility of carrying out and materializing large-scale artistic projects, conceived especially for the buildings of the Donna series, designed and developed by Azcuy in the city of Buenos Aires. This year, being its sixth edition, it will be to intervene in the building Lady Life.
Who is the call for applications addressed to?
The call this Aimed at artists Argentine or foreign individuals or groups with a minimum of three years of residence in the country. Its mission is recognize, disseminate and promote local artistic production, stimulating the appreciation of national art.
How to register?
From the July 17th to September 11th Those interested should visit www.premioazcuy.com, to learn about the terms and conditions, and to access the documentation required for the registration process.
What prizes do they give to the winner?
At the close of the call, a jury of experts made up of artists, curators, representatives of the Museo Moderno and Azcuy will select 5 finalists who will be awarded a $1,000 stimulus prize (according to the MEP dollar exchange rate) to develop their proposals in greater depth, which they will then present to the jury. A single winner will emerge from this presentation, which will be announced at the end of November.
The winning artist will receive a prize of US$10,000 (according to MEP dollar quote) plus the production costs of your workwhich will be launched as soon as the competition concludes under his direction and supervision and with the technical and curatorial advice of the Azcuy and Museo Moderno teams.
Who are the members of the jury?
The jury for the 2024 edition is made up of Jimena Ferreiro (Curator of the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires), Mariana Obersztern (Art professional and theatre director), Nicolas Bacal (visual artist), Sun Juarez (Creative Project Manager and Innovation and Cultural Management AZCUY) and Gerardo Azcuy (Founder and CEO of AZCUY).
Where did the initiative come from?
The initiative was born in 2019 with the conviction that art represents a valuable contribution, not only for the developer’s buildings, but also for the community.
“For me, the Azcuy Prize is a great opportunity for all Argentine artists to show their creativity in dialogue with architecture. “It is a very interesting exercise to imagine and think about large-scale work in an unconventional space. I think it is a unique competition, that it is worth taking advantage of this opportunity and I want to invite all the artists of the country to participate in this new edition,” he said. Sun Juarezco-creator of the Azcuy Prize.
Who were the winners of previous editions?
From the previous editions, the following are inaugurated Mutantby artist Diego Bianchi (Donna Terra, 2019); Imaginal Worldby Adriana Bustos (Donna Acqua, 2020); The concrete mountainby Fabián Bercic (Donna Reggia, 2021), and Sonosby Hernán Soriano (Donna Magna, 2022).
Meanwhile, the 2023 winning work, by Nacha Canvas, Soft Staris in the process of materializing to be installed in Donna Fiore.
“We hope that this year there will be many artists with interesting and innovative proposals, to increase the prize and surprise our clients, users and the entire community to which we belong.”he stressed Gerardo AzcuyCEO of Azcuy.
At the same time, the businessman highlighted the importance of revaluing and promoting the work of the artistic community and its creativity, stating that “The prize is a place of reflection and production of works of art, where each person who participates can have a connection with the freedom that thought and art offer us in all its magnitude.”.
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Jimena Ferreirocurator of the Museo Moderno and jury member of this edition, said: “I think the value of this award is to challenge artistic production beyond conventional limits, the possibility of thinking about coexistence in a residential space, such as the buildings of Estudio Azcuyand on a potential audience, which are the people who will inhabit those spaces. These pieces, which are often close to public spaces, also have an impact on passers-by.”
“I invite the entire community of visual artists in our country to apply, as it is a unique opportunity to think of a large-scale site-specific work and includes funding and support in the development of the project,” he added.
He Azcuy Award It is a unique opportunity for artists from all over the country to imagine projects that can take their practice to new stages and scales.
The initiative, which continues to expand year after year to reach more artists from all provinces, aims to make art part of our daily lives, leaving traditional spaces and settling in unconventional places.
Source: Ambito
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