TURNER PRIZE 2013 TOUR COMES TO DUBLIN AT NCAD

This Monday, October 7th, the REACT mobile studio will visit The National College of Art and Design from 11am to 4pm with a specialist REACT team.

Monday, 7th October -

Ahead of the opening of Turner Prize 2013, Derry~Londonderry, UK City of Culture 2013 and Tate are bringing a special road REACT show to Dublin  to introduce Turner Prize 2013 to a new audience and stimulate debate and interest in contemporary art.

This Monday, October 7th, the REACT mobile studio will visit The National College of Art and Design from 11am to 4pm with a specialist REACT team accompanied by the celebrated portrait photographer Seamus Ryan.
The National College of Art and Design is delighted to host this event especially having connections to the Turner Prize. In 1987, the NCAD Director, Prof. Declan McGonagle was shortlisted for the Prize and also panel Juror in 1993. This year the judging panel members include Dr. Declan Long, NCAD lecturer and Co-Director of the MA 'Art in the Contemporary World.
 

The focal point of the REACT event will see independent curator Eilis Lavelle give a repeated talk on contemporary art, Monday 7th October starting on the hour for thirty minutes in the Sybil Connolly Room, 11am - 1.30pm and Harry Clarke House Lecture Theatre 2pm - 3.30pm. The REACT team will also document the reactions of people from all backgrounds to the idea of contemporary art and the photographs by Seamus Ryan will feature on the www.turnerprize2013.org website. The intention is to catalyse a debate that will continue on Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms.

The Turner Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the last year. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe. The Turner Prize award is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists.

This year the four nominated artists are Laure Prouvost, Tino Sehgal, David Shrigley and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. The exhibition will be on show in Building 80/81 Ebrington in Derry~Londonderry as part of the UK City of Culture 2013 (23 October 2013 – 5 January 2014). The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony in Derry~Londonderry on Monday 2 December 2013.

Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of Derry~Londonderry Culture Company 2013, said:“This is the first time that the Turner Prize has left England and it may be the only time that it visits this island. We hope REACT will get the people of Dublin talking about and engaging with contemporary art, in particular the Turner Prize. We want people to feel pride in being part of a movement that has supported the Turner Prize coming to Ebrington, and turning the eyes of the contemporary art audiences of the world onto Building 80/81 in Derry~Londonderry.”

Penelope Curtis, Director, Tate Britain said: “The REACT mobile studio will allow people from all over Ireland to respond to the Turner Prize 2013. We hope it will broaden the reach of the Prize and encourage more people to get a sense of the debates which surround contemporary art.”

Web address: www.cityofculture2013.com

For further information on REACT at NCAD contact:
The National College of Art and Design Gallery, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8.
gallery@staff.ncad.ie, +353 (0)1 6364390
twitter.com/NCAD_Gallery      facebook.com/NCADGallery

 

About The Turner Prize
The Turner Prize award is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the last year. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe.

This year the exhibition will be on show in at Ebrington in Derry~Londonderry as part of the UK City of Culture 2013 (23 October 2013 -5 January 2014). The winner is announced at an awards ceremony on Monday 2 December 2013.

Shortlisted artists
Laure Prouvost is nominated for her new work Wantee commissioned by Grizedale Arts and Tate for inclusion in the exhibition Schwitters in Britain at Tate Britain, and for her two-part installation Farfromwords made for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. Prouvost revels in the creative possibility of miscommunication and translation between art forms and languages. Her unique approach to filmmaking offers fragmented fictions and uses quick cuts, montage, sound and text to create surprising and unpredictable work.

Tino Sehgal’s work takes the form of live encounters between people. The participatory nature of work means creates a strong sense of personal engagement among those who experience it. Seghal is nominated for his pioneering projects This Variation at Documenta (XIII) and These Associations at Tate Modern.

David Shrigley is best known for his simple and direct drawings and animations that make satirical comments on everyday situations. Shrigley is nominated for his solo exhibition at Hayward Gallery, David Shrigley – Brain Activity, which offers a comprehensive overview of his work. The collection of much-loved drawings, photography, sculpture and film revealed the Scottish artist’s black humour, macabre intelligence and infinite jest.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye has been nominated for her exhibition Extracts and Verses at Chisenhale Gallery. Yiadom-Boakye is a painter, poet and writer of Ghanaian descent. Yiadom-Boakye is best known for her large-scale paintings of fictional characters which she creates from memory and scrapbook gatherings.  She unintentionally pushes perceptions by having predominantly black subjects within her work.

Additional Information on Seamus Ryan
Seamus Ryan’s passion for photography knows no bounds. Seamus has been at the forefront of advertising and editorial photography for over 20 years. Recent commissions include Olympians for Camelot, Derren Brown for Svengali, Oliver the Musical, and Frank Skinner for Sport Relief. To see cutting edge photography, some famous ads and a few famous faces have a look at Seamus’ portfolio at www.seamus.co.uk/

About the UK City of Culture
Derry~Londonderry 2013 is delivering a cultural feast of music, dance, theatre, art and much more on the banks of the River Foyle. The city has welcomed thousands of visitors for landmark events Sons and Daughters, The  Return of Colmcille, Music City! Radio One’s Big Weekend, Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann and the Walled City Tattoo.

The UK City of Culture initiative was announced by the UK Government in 2009, building on Liverpool’s success as European Capital of Culture in 2008, inviting cities to compete for the first UK City of Culture title in 2013.  Derry~Londonderry is the winner of the title for 2013. The other shortlisted cities were Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield.

Derry~Londonderry UK City of Culture 2013 is funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure of the Northern Ireland Executive, with core funding from Derry City Council, and capital infrastructure delivered by Ilex, Urban Regeneration Company. The cultural programme is also funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of England, the British Council and others.

With the support of Principal Partner, BT

Media partners: BBC, UTV, Derry Journal, Londonderry Sentinel, The Nerve Centre

Partners: Diageo, NIE, JTI, Tesco, Great Wall Motors, Coca-Cola, Foyleside, Firstsource Solutions, Eventserv, Derry Credit Union Limited, Seagate, Translink, Crown Paints, Etihad Airways, Parkes Hire, Culture Northern Ireland.

Web address: www.cityofculture2013.com