Starting on July 1, the BCRA opens the registration for the XIV BCRA National Painting Award. Argentine and foreign plastic artists—having a two-year minimum residency in Argentina—can join the XIV BCRA National Painting Award by submitting their works through the online form until September 3.
The jury in charge of the selection and award process of this edition is composed of: Virginia Agote; Pilar Altilio; Melina Berkenwald; Eduardo Médici, and Sebastián Vidal Mackinson, with Rodrigo Alonso as curator.
The contest has two categories, and the age of artists will be considered as of December 31, 2021: artists older than 35 years of age, and artists younger than 35 years of age.
In order to participate, artists must fill in a registration form. All data provided in the registration form will be considered an affidavit:
– Personal details.
– Résumé in Word format, with a 2,500 character limit summary—spaces included—on education, career and exhibitions.
– Pictures of three non-winning original works taken after 2019, regardless of their technique, tendency or support used. Include a picture of each work in JPG format. The name of each file must agree with the title of the work.
The format and/or size of the submitted works are:
– Base (width)| minimum: 70 cm; maximum: 150 cm.
– Height | minimum: no minimum requirement; maximum: 200 cm.
The BCRA National Painting Award promotes Argentine contemporary art and brings the work of artists closer to the community. It is an event that attracts a large number of participants: more than nine thousand artists took part in the previous thirteen editions. With this initiative, the BCRA has acquired more than 100 works for the BCRA Collection, which includes original works by Clorindo Testa, Carlos Alonso, León Ferrari, Gyula Kosice, Julio Le Parc, Liliana Porter, Alejandro Puente, Luis Felipe Noé, Marcia Schvartz, Luis Tomasello, Margarita Paksa, and Josefina Robirosa, among other artists. This collection, which is part of Argentina’s artistic heritage, stands for our culture and identity.
More information available at this link.
