Bucksbaum Award
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The Bucksbaum Award was established in 2000 by the Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art
. It is awarded biannually "to honor an artist
, living and working in the United States
, whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination." The $100,000 prize is the world's largest award given to an individual visual artist.
The Bucksbaum Award is always give to an artist whose work is displayed in that year's Whitney Biennial
, a showcase for young and lesser known American artists. The award recognizes an artist who "has the potential to make a lasting impact on the history of American art."
Previous Bucksbaum laureates include:
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
. It is awarded biannually "to honor an artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, living and working in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination." The $100,000 prize is the world's largest award given to an individual visual artist.
The Bucksbaum Award is always give to an artist whose work is displayed in that year's Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
, a showcase for young and lesser known American artists. The award recognizes an artist who "has the potential to make a lasting impact on the history of American art."
Previous Bucksbaum laureates include:
- 2000 Paul Pfeiffer
- 2002 Irit BatsryIrit BatsryIrit Batsry is an American video artist.She graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in fine art in 1982.She moved to New York City, and became an instructor and on-line editor for Film/Video Arts....
- 2004 Raymond PettibonRaymond PettibonRaymond Pettibon is an American artist who currently lives and works in Venice Beach, California.-Early life:...
- 2006 Mark BradfordMark BradfordMark Bradford is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.-Life and work:He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, located at Valencia, California, U.S., earning an MFA in 1997 and a BFA in 1995....
- 2008 Omer FastOmer FastOmer Fast is a contemporary video artist. He received his BFA from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1995 and an MFA from Hunter College in 2000. Fast uses his films to explore the various possibilities offered by cinematic medium...
- 2010 Michael Asher