Stan Douglas, an important contemporary photographer, is the recipient of the Hasselblad Award in Photography in 2016. The Hasselblad Award, bestowed by the foundation of the same name in Gothenburg, Sweden, is endowed with the equivalent of EUR 110,000. The former professor of media studies addresses in his photo and video works social issues such as race, gender, identity, and post-colonial politics. The subject of his work Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, which belongs to the collection of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, is political in nature. The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung congratulates Stan Douglas for this wonderful distinction!

Every second year the Memorial Award in honor of sculptor Jutta Cuny-Franz is granted to young artists who – as she had done – work with the material glass. From 192 international submissions, the following eight artists were distinguished at the award ceremony at Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf on 9 May 2015:

First Prize
Rui Sasaki, Japan

Second Prize
Maria Bang Espersen, Denmark
Anne Weber, Germany

Honorary Diploma
Marion Delarue, France
Abram Deslauriers, USA
Alex Lebus, Germany
Seaum Shim, South Korea
Zac Weinberg, USA

The works of the award winners will be comprehensively introduced in the next issue of Neues Glas / New Glass (3/2015). We congratulate the laureates and wish them continued success!

For further information see:
www.smkp.de/sammlungen/glas/jutta-cuny-franz-foundation/award.html

 

The Coburg Glass Prize 2014 aims to show current trends and orientations
in modern art which use glass as their material in a comprehensive European exhibition.This important event is widely promoted by the Alexander Tutsek Foundation as co-organizer. Selected by an international jury the objects will be presented from April 13 – September 14, 2014, in the galleries of the Veste Coburg and the European Museum of Modern Glass in Rödental. The official awards ceremony will be held on April 12, 2014, in Coburg. A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition.

In recent years, many new aspects have come to enrich artists’ way of viewing glass as an art medium. Besides painstakingly designed objects, realised with the utmost precision,works with a more conceptual approach are becoming increasingly important. New solutions for turning creative ideas into reality are opening up, made possible by new production and processing techniques, the universal use of adhesives, and the utilisation of illuminating gases and LED technology. More and more painters, sculptors and concept artists are discovering glass as a material for their own work.

The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2014
April 13 – September14, 2014
Veste Coburg Art Collections and
European Museum of Modern Glass Rödental

Opening hours: Veste Coburg Art Collections
daily 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

European Museum of Modern Glass Rödental
daily 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

www.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/en