Buenos Aires, August 21, 2019. The BCRA calls Argentine and foreign plastic artists—having a two-year minimum residency in the country—to participate in the XII BCRA National Painting Award. Paintings will be received from August 21 through October 11, and registration will be carried out through the form.
The Jury in charge of selecting and awarding the works will be: Carolina Antoniadis; Diego Perrotta; Viviana Usubiaga; Francisco Lemus and Andrea Elías. Curator Rodrigo Alonso will be in charge of this Prize.
The participating categories are:
General
First prize | ARS225,000
Second prize | ARS150,000
Third Prize | ARS100,000
People under 35
First prize | ARS95,000
Second prize | ARS75,000
Third Prize | ARS50,000
In order to participate, artists must fill in the form with their personal details and submit 3 original works that fulfil the following requirements: they have not been given awards in other contests, or have not been made before 2017. There is no restriction on the technique, tendency or support applied. Candidates must also submit a picture of each 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 selected and awarded works will be displayed in different locations of Argentina next year, thus encouraging the relationship between artists and the community and highlighting the federal spirit of the Award.
In this edition, the Great Award for Distinguished Artists will be awarded to Josefina Robirosa, who has made significant contributions to the history of Argentine plastic arts and has worked over lyrical abstraction and figurative forms. Josefina Robirosa was Director of the National Fund for the Arts and member of the National Academy of Fine Arts.
Since 2008, the following artists have been awarded the Great Award for Distinguished Artists: Clorindo Testa, Carlos Alonso, León Ferrari, Gyula Kosice, Julio Le Parc, Liliana Porter, Alejandro Puente, Luis Felipe Noé, Marcia Schvartz, Luis Tomasello and Margarita Paksa. More than 7,500 artists have participated in the contest, and the itinerant exhibition has been to more than 90% of the country.
The BCRA National Painting Award promotes Argentine contemporary art and brings the work of artists closer to the community. With this initiative, the BCRA acquired more than 100 works for the BCRA Collection, which stands for our country’s culture and identity.
