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Wood, plaster, paint, metal, lights, fabric, lcd screens,
media players, electroluminescent wire, water, speakers, transformer.
Our hometown gal and Jingletown based resident, Tracey Snelling has done it again! She won the New York based Foundwork Artist Prize, an annual juried award to recognize outstanding practice by contemporary artists. As honoree, she will receive an unrestricted USD 10,000 grant and studio visits with each of the distinguished curators, gallerists, and artists on Foundwork’s 2020 jury.
Although it's never stated, I've no doubt Lost Year Motel references the horrid pandemic that has destroyed so many lives this year and revealed the inadequacies of our government, COVID-19!
The jury for the 2020 Foundwork Artist Prize included esteemed curators, gallerists, and artists based in Berlin, Omaha, Los Angeles, Tulsa, and Mexico City:
Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Anat Ebgi, Owner and Director, Anat Ebgi Gallery
Natasha Ginwala, Artistic Director, 13th Gwangju Biennale; Associate Curator, Gropius Bau
Kalup Linzy, performance and video artist
Humberto Moro Deputy Director and Senior Curator, El Museo Tamayo; Adjunct Curator, SCAD Museum of Art
Michael Ruiz, Founder and Managing Director, Future Gallery
Foundwork was established by Adam Yokell, a former Brooklyn gallerist, after experiencing the limitations that artists and exhibitors face trying to find and connect with one another. Foundwork currently features artists in more than thirty countries, including self-taught artists together with those from academic studio backgrounds.
Foundwork hosts programs including their Guest Curators program, ‘Dialogues’ interview series and the Foundwork Artist Prize.
Foundwork hosts programs including their Guest Curators program, ‘Dialogues’ interview series and the Foundwork Artist Prize.
Her work Lost Year Motel was presented for the first time in Verona, Italy, in the spaces of the Studio la Città on the occasion of the exhibition La Musée 2, which ended on 21 November 2020.
Foundwork statement:
“We’re thrilled to honor Tracey Snelling, whose practice has the capacity to connect with many communities around the world, and speaks about the turbulence of urban anxiety and the extenuating living conditions experimented by many,” says juror Humberto Moro. “In the midst of an art world which is increasingly sanitized, it’s fundamental to highlight the practices—like Snelling’s—that deal with these subjects from a generous and empathic point of view.”
“Tracey makes us reconsider the relationship between identity and place—the way we so often project narratives onto one another based on the environments we’re used to,” says Adam Yokell, Foundwork’s Director. “We’re thrilled to help propel her socially resonant work during these polarized times.”
Viewfinder link:
Art Agenda ~ Tracey Snelling awarded 2020 Foundwork Artist Prize
Berlin Art Link ~ Tracey Snelling Awarded 2020 Foundwork Art Prize
Contemporary Art Daily ~ Tracey Snelling Awarded Foundwork Artist Prize
Studio La Città ~ Tracey Snelling – Foundwork Artist Prize 2020 Terremoto ~ 2020 Foundwork Artist Prize has been awarded!
Way to go, Tracey!
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