Hugo Boss Prize
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The Hugo Boss Prize is awarded every other year to an artist (or group of artists) working in any medium, anywhere in the world. Since its establishment in 1996, it has distinguished itself from other art awards (e.g. the Turner Prize
) because it has no restrictions on nationality or age. The prize is administered by the Guggenheim Museum
and sponsored by the Hugo Boss
clothing company, which since 1995 has been sponsoring various exhibitions and activities at the museum. It carries with it a cash award of US$100,000 and a tetrahedral trophy.
A jury of five to six curators, critics and scholars is responsible for the selection of the artists. They nominate six or seven artists for the short list; several months later, they choose the winner of the prize. In past years most nominated artists have been little known. In 1996 and 1998, the nominated artists exhibited their work at the now-defunct Guggenheim Soho, where a space on the second floor was named the Hugo Boss Gallery in 1996; since 2000, only the winning artist has shown his or her work.
The first Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Matthew Barney
, an American filmmaker and sculptor. The other nominees were:
1998
Douglas Gordon
, a Scottish video artist, won the second Hugo Boss prize. The other nominees were:
2000
The third Hugo Boss Prize went to Marjetica Potrč
, a Slovenian artist, architect and urban theorist working in sculpture and photography. She was the first woman to win the prize, and the only woman until Tacita Dean
in 2006. Catalogue seen here: http://www.pureandapplied.com/catalogues/7/index.html The other nominees were:
2002
Pierre Huyghe
, a French artist who works in multiple media, won the fourth Hugo Boss Prize. The other nominees were:
2004
The fifth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Rirkrit Tiravanija
, a Thai artist born in Buenos Aires
who now works in New York, Berlin and Bangkok. The other nominees were:
2006
The sixth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to the British artist Tacita Dean
. The other nominees were:
2008
The seventh Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Palestinian Emily Jacir
. The other nominees were:
2010
The eighth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to German Hans-Peter Feldmann. The other nominees were:
2012
The nominees are:
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
) because it has no restrictions on nationality or age. The prize is administered by the Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1937 by philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim and artist Hilla von Rebay. The first museum established by the foundation was the "Museum of Non-Objective Art", which was housed in rented space on Park Avenue in New York....
and sponsored by the Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss
Hugo Ferdinand Boss was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss.-Early life:Boss was born in Metzingen, Germany. After completing his apprenticeship and one year of employment, he founded his own company in Metzingen in 1923.-Support of Nazism:Boss joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years before...
clothing company, which since 1995 has been sponsoring various exhibitions and activities at the museum. It carries with it a cash award of US$100,000 and a tetrahedral trophy.
A jury of five to six curators, critics and scholars is responsible for the selection of the artists. They nominate six or seven artists for the short list; several months later, they choose the winner of the prize. In past years most nominated artists have been little known. In 1996 and 1998, the nominated artists exhibited their work at the now-defunct Guggenheim Soho, where a space on the second floor was named the Hugo Boss Gallery in 1996; since 2000, only the winning artist has shown his or her work.
History of the Prize
1996The first Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video...
, an American filmmaker and sculptor. The other nominees were:
- Laurie Anderson (United States)
- Janine AntoniJanine AntoniJanine Antoni is a contemporary artist whose work focuses mostly on process. She often uses her whole body or different parts of it, such as her mouth, hair, eyelashes, and brain as tools and with them performs everyday activities to create her artwork.She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College...
(United States) - Cai Guo-QiangCai Guo-QiangCai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese contemporary artist and curator.-Biography:Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. He was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy from 1981 to 1985. Cai's work is scholarly and often politically charged...
(China) - Stan DouglasStan DouglasStan Douglas is an artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has exhibited internationally, including Documenta IX, 1992, Documenta X, 1997, Documenta XI, 2002 and the Venice Biennale in 1990, 2001 and 2005...
(Canada) - Yasumasa MorimuraYasumasa MorimuraYasumasa Morimura is a Japanese appropriation artist. He was born in Osaka and graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1978...
(Japan)
1998
Douglas Gordon
Douglas Gordon
Douglas Gordon is a Scottish artist; he won the Turner Prize in 1996 and the following year he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale...
, a Scottish video artist, won the second Hugo Boss prize. The other nominees were:
- Huang Yong PingHuang Yong PingHuang Yong Ping is a contemporary French visual artist of Chinese origin. Huang's work combines many media and cultural influence, but is particularly strongly influence by the intellectual abstraction of Dada and by Chinese numerology traditions...
(China) - William KentridgeWilliam KentridgeWilliam Kentridge is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. These are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second to two...
(South Africa) - Lee BulLee BulLee Bul is one of the most prominent contemporary artists to have emerged from Asia in the 1990s.In 1999, she came to prominence when she represented Korea in the Venice Biennale.- Education :...
(South Korea) - Pipilotti RistPipilotti RistElisabeth Charlotte "Pipilotti" Rist , is a visual artist who works with video, film, and moving images which are often displayed as projections.-Life and career:...
(Switzerland) - Lorna SimpsonLorna SimpsonLorna Simpson is an African American artist and photographer who made her name in the 1980s and 1990s with artworks such as Guarded Conditions and Square Deal. Her work often portrays black women combined with text to express contemporary society's relationship with race, ethnicity and sex...
(United States)
2000
The third Hugo Boss Prize went to Marjetica Potrč
Marjetica Potrc
Marjetica Potrč is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her interdisciplinary practice includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings...
, a Slovenian artist, architect and urban theorist working in sculpture and photography. She was the first woman to win the prize, and the only woman until Tacita Dean
Tacita Dean
Tacita Dean is an English visual artist who works primarily in film. She is one of the Young British Artists, and was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998.-Life and work:...
in 2006. Catalogue seen here: http://www.pureandapplied.com/catalogues/7/index.html The other nominees were:
- Vito AcconciVito AcconciVito Hannibal Acconci is a Bronx, New York-born, Brooklyn-based designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist.-Education:...
(United States) - Maurizio CattelanMaurizio CattelanMaurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist based in New York. He is known for his satirical sculptures, particularly La Nona Ora , depicting the Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite....
(Italy) - Michael ElmgreenElmgreen and DragsetMichael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset are artist-collaborators since 1995 and their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design....
and Ingar DragsetElmgreen and DragsetMichael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset are artist-collaborators since 1995 and their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design....
(Denmark and Norway) - Tom FriedmanTom Friedman (artist)Tom Friedman American conceptual sculptor known for his work employing everyday material, such as toothpicks or sugar cubes in intricate geometric arrangements. Friedman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Washington University in St. Louis, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic...
(United States) - Barry Le VaBarry Le VaBarry Le Va is an American artist.The sculpture's first formulation was included in Le Va's 2005 retrospective at Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art, but there was nothing shopworn about this work...
(United States) - TungaTungaTunga may refer to:* Tunga River, a river in India* Tunga, Leyte, a municipality in the Philippines* Tunga, Trondheim, a location in Trondheim, Norway* Tunga , a Unicode typeface included in Windows XP that displays Kannada script...
(Brazil)
2002
Pierre Huyghe
Pierre Huyghe
Pierre Huyghe is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions. He won the Hugo Boss Prize from the Guggenheim Museum in 2002.-Biography:...
, a French artist who works in multiple media, won the fourth Hugo Boss Prize. The other nominees were:
- Francis AlÿsFrancis AlÿsFrancis Alÿs is a Belgian artist. His work emerges in the interdisciplinary space of art, architecture, and social practice. After leaving behind his formal training as an architect and relocated to Mexico City, he has created a diverse body of artwork that explores urbanity, spatial justice, and...
(Mexico) - Ólafur ElíassonÓlafur ElíassonOlafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research...
(Denmark) - Hachiya Kazuhiko (Japan)
- Koo Jeong-a (South Korea)
- Anri SalaAnri SalaAnri Sala is a contemporary artist whose primary medium is video. He studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and film direction in Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing...
(Albania)
2004
The fifth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Rirkrit Tiravanija
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Rirkrit Tiravanija is a contemporary artist residing in New York. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. His installations often take the form of stages or rooms for sharing meals, cooking, reading or playing music; architecture or structures for living and socializing are a core element...
, a Thai artist born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
who now works in New York, Berlin and Bangkok. The other nominees were:
- Franz AckermannFranz AckermannFranz Ackermann is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstraction....
(Germany) - Rivane Neuenschwander (Brazil)
- Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de RooijWillem de RooijWillem de Rooij is an artist working in a variety of media, including film and installation.-Biography:Willem de Rooij studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam from 1990–95 and at the Rijksakademie there from 1997-98...
(The Netherlands) - Simon StarlingSimon StarlingSimon Starling is an English conceptual artist and was the winner of the 2005 Turner Prize. He lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin, and is a professor of art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.-Biography:...
(United Kingdom) - Yang FudongYang FudongYang Fudong is a Chinese video artist and photographer. He began shooting his first film "Estranged Paradise" which was completed and premiered at Documenta XI in 2002. That year he also started shooting what was to become five-part cycle film "Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest", which was...
(China)
2006
The sixth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to the British artist Tacita Dean
Tacita Dean
Tacita Dean is an English visual artist who works primarily in film. She is one of the Young British Artists, and was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998.-Life and work:...
. The other nominees were:
- Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla (US and Puerto Rico)
- John BockJohn BockJohn Bock is a German artist. He studied in Hamburg, Germany and lives and works in Berlin.- Work :Bock is a multi-media artist primarily known for his performances...
(Germany) - Damián Ortega (Mexico)
- Aïda Ruilova (US)
- Tino SehgalTino SehgalTino Sehgal is a British-German artist based in Berlin. His works, which he calls "constructed situations", involve one or more people carrying out instructions conceived by the artist.-Early life and education:...
(Germany)
2008
The seventh Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Palestinian Emily Jacir
Emily Jacir
Emily Jacir is a Palestinian artist. Born in Bethlehem, Jacir spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, attending high school in Italy. She divides her time between New York and Ramallah....
. The other nominees were:
- Christoph BüchelChristoph BüchelChristoph Büchel is a Swiss artist.-Biography:Christoph Büchel was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1966. Büchel creates hyper-realistic environments that are, in essence, like walking into a mind at work...
- Patty ChangPatty ChangPatty Chang was described as "one of our most consistently exciting young artists" by The New York Times in 2006. Originally trained as a painter, she is primarily known for her short films and videos and her performance art...
- Sam DurantSam DurantSam Durant is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of social, political, and cultural issues. Often referencing American history, his work explores the varying relationships between culture and politics, engaging subjects as diverse as the civil rights movement, southern rock music,...
- Joachim KoesterJoachim KoesterJoachim Koester is a conceptual artist and a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Art in his native city. Over the last fifteen years, his work has been exhibited internationally, in Europe, North America, and Africa. He works principally in still photography and video...
- Roman SignerRoman SignerRoman Signer is principally a visual artist who works in sculpture, installations photography, and video.-Early life and career:...
2010
The eighth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to German Hans-Peter Feldmann. The other nominees were:
- Cao Fei
- Roman Ondák
- Walid RaadWalid RaadWalid Raad is a contemporary media artist. The Atlas Group is a fictional collective, the work of which is produced by Walid Raad....
- Natascha Sadr HaghighianNatascha Sadr HaghighianNatascha Sadr Haghighian is an artist who lives and works in Berlin, Germany.Her work is "primarily concerned with the socio-political implications of constructions of vision from a central perspective and with abstract events within the structure of industrial society, as well as with the...
- Apichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004...
2012
The nominees are:
- Trisha DonnellyTrisha DonnellyTrisha Donnelly is a conceptual artist living and working in New York. She works with various media including photography, drawing, audio, video, sculpture and performance....
- Rashid Johnson
- Qiu Zhijie
- Monika SosnowskaMonika SosnowskaMonika Sosnowska was born 1972 in Ryki, Poland. She studied at the Painting Department of the , and the in Amsterdam Monika Sosnowska was born 1972 in Ryki, Poland. She studied at the Painting Department of the (1993–1998), and the in Amsterdam Monika Sosnowska was born 1972 in Ryki, Poland....
- Danh Vo
- Tris Vonna-Michell