Julian Rosefeldt
01 May - 18 October 2010
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| Julian Rosefeldt
The Shift, 2008
4-channel film installation
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2010 |
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JULIAN ROSEFELDT
1 May – 18 October 2010
The Berlin-based video and film artist, Julian Rosefeldt (1965), who has
now established an international reputation, has won the ‘Vattenfall
Contemporary 2010’ award. The artistimpressed the jury with his lavishly
produced film installations, in which he portrays paradoxand irrational
aspects of everyday life with opulent imagery.The ‘Vattenfall
Contemporary’ is a new version of the highly esteemed ‘Vattenfall
KunstpreisEnergie’ prize for art, which has been awarded annually since
1992. In future the prize will beawarded to internationally acclaimed
artists who live and work in Berlin, and will cover not justpainting and
drawing but also media art, performance and sculpture. In addition to
works beingpurchased for the Vattenfall collection, the award also
includes an individual exhibition in themuseum and the production of an
exhibition catalogue.Jury members: Sabrina van der Ley, Director of the
Galerie der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Hamburg,Professor Jörn Merkert,
Director of the Berlinische Galerie, Dr. Heinz Stahlhut, Head of the
FineArts Collection, Berlinische Galerie, Udo Bekker, Vattenfall
Personnel Executive and Dr. Hans-Jürgen Meyer, Vattenfall Chief
Financial Officer.
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