OPEN PRIZE for video painting

Thur 22 6-10pm, Fri 23rd 12-8pm, Sat 24th 12-5pm directions

Over 450 people attended the Nicholls and Clarke Warehouse, East London, for the Open Prize private view on Thursday 22^nd July, including representatives from the Gagosian, Sotheby's, the South Bank Centre, the Tate and the Barbican. The international media came out in full force, with art correspondents from Icon, The Guardian, Spears, Art Review, Blueprint, Aesthetica and Art Facts all in attendance. See photos.

Open Gallery received in excess of 300 entries for the prize of which 10 were selected to be exhibited alongside a series of pieces which catalogued the development of videopainting since its origins in 2001. The prize was awarded to Jasmina Metwaly for her piece 'Crucifixion'. Jasmina will receive funding and future exhibitions with Open Gallery. Rita Ribas and Karolina Raczynska were awarded commendations for their work.

Submissions for the 2011 Open Prize invited from 1^st October 2010.

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The Artists

The Venue

Venue

Judge Panel

Ziba de Weck

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Ziba Ardalan de Weck is the Founder, Director and Curator of Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, a privately funded not-for-profit exhibition space in London.

A graduate in History of Art from Columbia University New York, Ardalan de Weck worked as Guest-Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and went on to become the first Director/Curator of the city’s Swiss Institute. Before to moving to London and founding Parasol unit Ardalan de Weck was also based in Zurich, Switzerland, where she lectured extensively on art and worked also as an Art Advisor. She has curated numerous exhibitions, twenty of which have been at Parasol unit and has also lectured and written about art. Prior to a career in art, Ardalan de Weck obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry.

Hilary Lawson

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A philosopher, filmmaker, and video artist. Known for his theory of Closure, he is Director of the Institue of Arts and Ideas, founder of the Artscape Project and a director of TVF Media.

Applying the framework of openness and closure to the visual medium, he created the first video paintings in 2001 with the aim of escaping narrative closure. He went on to found the Artscape Project in 2003, which brought a collective of artists together to develop the new medium.

Marc Valli

Marc Valli, owner of the Magma design book stores in London and Manchester, is the editor in chief of Elephant Magazine. The quarterly contemporary art and visual culture magazine. It features up-to-the-minute visual material, fresh faces and original voices, covering and uncovering new trends and talent in contemporary visual culture. Also, one of the editors for RGB: British Graphics Book; a comprehensive, up-to-date collection of the most exciting new graphic-design in the United Kingdom.