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Winners Of Rob Pruitt’s The First Annual Art Awards
02 Nov 2009
At a dinner and awards ceremony on October 29, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announced with event partner Calvin Klein Collection the winners of Rob Pruitt’s The First Annual Art Awards at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in association with White Columns.
Artist Rob Pruitt, whose conceptual practice is rooted in a pop sensibility and a playful critique of art world structures, conceived the event as a performance-based artwork. Modeled after Hollywood award ceremonies with high-profile prizes, the Art Awards honor and publicly acknowledge the successes and achievements of artists, curators, critics, and gallerists. The Art Awards inaugurates an annual celebration of select individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant impact on the field of contemporary art during the previous year. As a fundraiser for the Guggenheim, White Columns, and Studio in a School, the ceremony presented ten awards and honored artist Joan Jonas and curator Kasper König with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Nominations in nine categories which focused primarily on exhibitions and projects that took place over the preceding eighteen months (January 2008 to June 2009) in the United States, as well as one category recognizing an international exhibition, were made by a Nominating Council of more than one hundred artists and art-world professionals. Final votes were cast by a larger representation of the community. The two Lifetime Achievement Awards were determined by Rob Pruitt along with organizing partners the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and White Columns, and the Rob Pruitt Award was decided solely by the artist. The winners in each of the ten categories—in addition to the Lifetime Achievement Awards—are:
Artist of the Year
WINNER: Mary Heilmann
Louise Bourgeois
Urs Fischer
Dan Graham
Curator of the Year
WINNER: Connie Butler
Klaus Biesenbach
Daniel Birnbaum
Massimiliano Gioni
Exhibition Outside the United States
WINNER: Jeff Koons, Versailles, Château de Versailles, France
Francis Bacon, Tate Britain, London
Mike Kelley: Educational Complex Onwards: 1995–2008, Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
Wolfgang Tillmans: Lighter, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Group Show of the Year, Gallery
WINNER: Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns? Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
A Twilight Art, Harris Lieberman, New York
Your Gold Teeth II, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
ZERO in New York, Sperone Westwater, New York
Group Show of the Year, Museum
WINNER: The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
After Nature, New Museum, New York
The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Calvin Klein Collection New Artist of the Year Award
WINNER: Ryan Trecartin
Elad Lassry
Daniel McDonald
Marlo Pascual
The Rob Pruitt Award
WINNER: Cynthia Plaster Caster
Solo Show of the Year, Gallery
WINNER: Manzoni: A Retrospective, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Cindy Sherman, Metro Pictures, New York
Paul Sharits, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Picasso: Mosqueteros, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Solo Show of the Year, Museum
WINNER: Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Museum of Modern Art, New York
Dan Graham: Beyond, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Lawrence Weiner: As Far as the Eye Can See, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, New Museum, New York
Writer of the Year
WINNER: Jerry Saltz
Tim Griffin
John Kelsey
Walter Robinson
For the awards ceremony, Pruitt invited the Delusional Downtown Divas to preside over the event as Masters of Ceremonies, with Glenn O’Brien stepping in as the Announcer, or, as Pruitt describes his role, “the Voice of God.” Guests entering the Museum on the red carpet were entertained by live interviews being conducted with Yvonne Force Villareal, Doreen Remen, and Casey Fremont of the Art Production Fund.
A distinguished list of presenters distributed the awards, created by Pruitt to resemble a celebratory bucket of champagne that also serves as a fully functional lamp. These presenters included Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum; Cecily Brown; Francisco Costa, Women’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection; Jeffrey Deitch; James Franco; Knight Landesman; Kylie Minogue; Julianne Moore; Nancy Spector, Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; and Italo Zucchelli, Men’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection, among others.
Jane Rosenblum presented a memorial film honoring some of the artists and art world contributors who had passed away over the past year. Original music was composed by Matthew Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces, who performed at the event. Christine Muhlke, food editor of the New York Times Magazine, designed a menu of locally sourced foods culled from Brooklyn-based restaurants and chefs for the seated dinner, celebrating the neighborhoods where many of the honored artists live and work.
Net proceeds from the 2009 Art Awards will benefit the following not-for-profit arts organizations: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, White Columns, and Studio in a School. Tickets for the event were offered by invitation only. Highlights from the Art Awards ceremony including video montages created for each category will be available to view on Guggenheim.org.
Additionally, a series of segments devoted to The First Annual Art Awards will be broadcast after the event by Ovation TV and available on OvationTV.com.
Artist Rob Pruitt, whose conceptual practice is rooted in a pop sensibility and a playful critique of art world structures, conceived the event as a performance-based artwork. Modeled after Hollywood award ceremonies with high-profile prizes, the Art Awards honor and publicly acknowledge the successes and achievements of artists, curators, critics, and gallerists. The Art Awards inaugurates an annual celebration of select individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant impact on the field of contemporary art during the previous year. As a fundraiser for the Guggenheim, White Columns, and Studio in a School, the ceremony presented ten awards and honored artist Joan Jonas and curator Kasper König with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Nominations in nine categories which focused primarily on exhibitions and projects that took place over the preceding eighteen months (January 2008 to June 2009) in the United States, as well as one category recognizing an international exhibition, were made by a Nominating Council of more than one hundred artists and art-world professionals. Final votes were cast by a larger representation of the community. The two Lifetime Achievement Awards were determined by Rob Pruitt along with organizing partners the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and White Columns, and the Rob Pruitt Award was decided solely by the artist. The winners in each of the ten categories—in addition to the Lifetime Achievement Awards—are:
WINNER: Mary Heilmann
Louise Bourgeois
Urs Fischer
Dan Graham
WINNER: Connie Butler
Klaus Biesenbach
Daniel Birnbaum
Massimiliano Gioni
WINNER: Jeff Koons, Versailles, Château de Versailles, France
Francis Bacon, Tate Britain, London
Mike Kelley: Educational Complex Onwards: 1995–2008, Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
Wolfgang Tillmans: Lighter, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
WINNER: Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns? Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
A Twilight Art, Harris Lieberman, New York
Your Gold Teeth II, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
ZERO in New York, Sperone Westwater, New York
WINNER: The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
After Nature, New Museum, New York
The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
WINNER: Ryan Trecartin
Elad Lassry
Daniel McDonald
Marlo Pascual
WINNER: Cynthia Plaster Caster
WINNER: Manzoni: A Retrospective, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Cindy Sherman, Metro Pictures, New York
Paul Sharits, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Picasso: Mosqueteros, Gagosian Gallery, New York
WINNER: Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Museum of Modern Art, New York
Dan Graham: Beyond, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Lawrence Weiner: As Far as the Eye Can See, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, New Museum, New York
WINNER: Jerry Saltz
Tim Griffin
John Kelsey
Walter Robinson
For the awards ceremony, Pruitt invited the Delusional Downtown Divas to preside over the event as Masters of Ceremonies, with Glenn O’Brien stepping in as the Announcer, or, as Pruitt describes his role, “the Voice of God.” Guests entering the Museum on the red carpet were entertained by live interviews being conducted with Yvonne Force Villareal, Doreen Remen, and Casey Fremont of the Art Production Fund.
A distinguished list of presenters distributed the awards, created by Pruitt to resemble a celebratory bucket of champagne that also serves as a fully functional lamp. These presenters included Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum; Cecily Brown; Francisco Costa, Women’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection; Jeffrey Deitch; James Franco; Knight Landesman; Kylie Minogue; Julianne Moore; Nancy Spector, Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; and Italo Zucchelli, Men’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection, among others.
Jane Rosenblum presented a memorial film honoring some of the artists and art world contributors who had passed away over the past year. Original music was composed by Matthew Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces, who performed at the event. Christine Muhlke, food editor of the New York Times Magazine, designed a menu of locally sourced foods culled from Brooklyn-based restaurants and chefs for the seated dinner, celebrating the neighborhoods where many of the honored artists live and work.
Net proceeds from the 2009 Art Awards will benefit the following not-for-profit arts organizations: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, White Columns, and Studio in a School. Tickets for the event were offered by invitation only. Highlights from the Art Awards ceremony including video montages created for each category will be available to view on Guggenheim.org.
Additionally, a series of segments devoted to The First Annual Art Awards will be broadcast after the event by Ovation TV and available on OvationTV.com.
Arts Agencies To Get Highest Funding In 16 Years
02 Nov 2009
The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law by this weekend.
Under the Interior Appropriations Bill passed Thursday by the House and Senate, both cultural agencies were slated to receive $167.5 million for the 2010 fiscal year. Last year's budget allocated $155 million.
The increase — amid a record federal budget deficit — comes after an aggressive push by lobbyists to show that arts organizations provide thousands of jobs across the country. Many arts groups, including the Baltimore Opera, have closed their doors or cut jobs because of the tough recession.
In a statement, the advocacy group Americans for the Arts credited Obama and key congressional leaders with edging federal arts funding closer to its high of $176 million for the NEA in the 1990s.
"This important budget increase recognizes the essential role the arts play in our lives, schools and communities," said Robert Lynch, president and CEO of the lobbying group.
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, a Washington state Democrat and chief author of the House bill, said interior accounts had been "chronically underfunded" for the past eight years under Republican President George W. Bush. The bill also includes an increase for environmental programs.
Republicans slashed funding for the arts endowment to less than $100 million in 1996, and the annual allocation has yet to fully rebound to its high from 1992. The arts endowment did, however, receive an extra $50 million this year as part of the federal stimulus package to help struggling nonprofit groups sustain arts jobs.
The bill also includes increases for the national museums in Washington and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The Smithsonian Institution, the largest federal arts allocation, is slated to receive a $30 million increase — from $731.4 million to $761.4 million. It covers increasing costs, funds to digitize museum collections for the Internet and $12.6 million to help renovate the shuttered Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall.
The separate National Gallery of Art is slated to receive $167 million, up from about $123 million in 2009.
Under the Interior Appropriations Bill passed Thursday by the House and Senate, both cultural agencies were slated to receive $167.5 million for the 2010 fiscal year. Last year's budget allocated $155 million.
The increase — amid a record federal budget deficit — comes after an aggressive push by lobbyists to show that arts organizations provide thousands of jobs across the country. Many arts groups, including the Baltimore Opera, have closed their doors or cut jobs because of the tough recession.
In a statement, the advocacy group Americans for the Arts credited Obama and key congressional leaders with edging federal arts funding closer to its high of $176 million for the NEA in the 1990s.
"This important budget increase recognizes the essential role the arts play in our lives, schools and communities," said Robert Lynch, president and CEO of the lobbying group.
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, a Washington state Democrat and chief author of the House bill, said interior accounts had been "chronically underfunded" for the past eight years under Republican President George W. Bush. The bill also includes an increase for environmental programs.
Republicans slashed funding for the arts endowment to less than $100 million in 1996, and the annual allocation has yet to fully rebound to its high from 1992. The arts endowment did, however, receive an extra $50 million this year as part of the federal stimulus package to help struggling nonprofit groups sustain arts jobs.
The bill also includes increases for the national museums in Washington and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The Smithsonian Institution, the largest federal arts allocation, is slated to receive a $30 million increase — from $731.4 million to $761.4 million. It covers increasing costs, funds to digitize museum collections for the Internet and $12.6 million to help renovate the shuttered Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall.
The separate National Gallery of Art is slated to receive $167 million, up from about $123 million in 2009.