http://themaclive.com/mac-international-2014
MAC International is the MAC's first ever
open arts prize, which offered professional artists worldwide the opportunity
to exhibit in the MAC.
A substantial prize of £20,000 has been
awarded to the artist deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the
exhibition. This is the largest art prize in Ireland and one of the few major
prizes in the UK.
The exhibition, which runs across all three
MAC galleries, offers you the very best in contemporary visual art across all
art forms including sculpture, painting, photography, film, installation and
performance.
MAC International has built on the
innovative visual art practice developed by the MAC and offers a similar
experience to the Turner Prize in Derry-Londonderry as part of 2013's City of
Culture.
A jury of respected international curators
whittled down over 1,000 entries to the final shortlist of exhibiting artists
before finally selecting one winner on Thursday 30 October, 2014.
The winner of the MAC International Ulster
Bank Prize 2014 is Mairéad McClean.
Jury
A jury of respected international curators including Francesco Bonami, an Italian art curator and writer who is currently the Artistic Director of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, and Judith Nesbitt, Head of National and International Partnerships at Tate, London, will select the winner.
The shortlisted artists are:
Rolando Vargas - Film (Santa Cruz, USA)
Lenz Geerk - Painting/sculpture (Dusseldorf, Germany)
Andrew Cranston - Painting (Glasgow, Scotland)
Zimoun - Sound installation (Switzerland)
Jordan Baseman - Film (Glasgow, Scotland)
Darek Fortas - Photography (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Harri Palviranta - Photography (Helsinki, Finland)
Roxy Walsh and Sally Underwood - Painting /installation (London, England)
Salla Tykka - Film (Helsinki, Finland)
Hanibal Srouji - Painting (Beirut, Lebanon)
Maria McKinney - Sculpture (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Mike Harvey - Film (London, England)
Grace Ndiritu - Photo/archive based installation (Birmingham, England)
Tim Ellis - Painting (London, England)
Shelly Nadashi - Film (Brussels, Belgium)
Euyoung Hong - Installation (South Korea)
Tsahi Hacmon - Sculpture/Installation (Israel)
Dougal McKenzie - Painting (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Cian Donnelly - Performance (Rome, Italy)
Steven Baelen - Drawing (Gent, Belgium)
Ulf Lundin - Film (Enskede, Sweden)
Mairead McClean - Film (London, England)
Charbel Samuel Aoun - Sculpture/installation (Lebanon)
Colin Darke - Sculpture (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
