Kurt Schwitters Prize
The Kurt Schwitters Prize is a prize sponsored by the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung to promote the fine arts of all kinds, which is usually awarded to international artists every two years and is endowed with 25,000 euros.
history
On October 1, 1982, the award was originally launched by the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover . According to the award commission, the award is intended for artists “whose work makes an important contribution to contemporary art and is related to Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948).” The award is not advertised, the winners are determined by a jury.
Award winners
- 1984: Sigmar Polke , Germany
- 1986: Tomas Schmit , Germany
- 1989: Nam June Paik , South Korea
- 1996: Raymond Hains , France
- 1998: Thomas Schütte , Germany
- 2000: Gary Hill , USA
- 2002: James Coleman , Ireland
- 2004: Atelier van Lieshout (AVL), Netherlands
- 2006: Rodney Graham , Canada
- 2009: Tacita Dean , Great Britain
- 2011: Thomas Hirschhorn , Switzerland
- 2013: Elaine Sturtevant , USA
- 2015: Pierre Huyghe , France
- 2017: Theaster Gates , United States
- 2019: Mika Rottenberg , Argentina
literature
- Hugo Thielen : Kurt Schwitters Prize. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 379.
Web links
- Kurt Schwitters Prize in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lower Saxony Sparkasse Foundation. Kurt Schwitters Prize , accessed on August 9, 2018.
- ^ NN : Art / Schwitters Prize for Elaine Sturtevant. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 11, 2013, partly online ; last accessed on February 12, 2013
- ↑ Theaster Gates ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , hannover.de, accessed on August 9, 2018
- ↑ Kurt Schwitters Prize for Argentinian Rottenberg , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on August 9, 2018