The Ravel Ravel Unravel Anri Sala project at the Art Biennale in Venice in May 2013. © AFP.
The Albanian-French artist Anri Sala (1974) is the winner of The Vincent Award 2014, a prestigious European art prize 50,000 euros. Which was published Friday in the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague.
The Vincent Award is one of the largest international awards for contemporary art and also serves as encouragement. A European jury nominated five artists. Besides Sala were also artists from France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the race.
Sala gets the prize for an installation in which two video projections are simultaneously displayed. Are simultaneously hear different renditions of the famous song Should I Stay or Should I Go? punk band The Clash.
“He’s the best to which the viewer is challenged by sight, sound and motion constantly installation successful,” said jury chairman of the Municipal Benno Temple. And Director The works of the nominated artists are up to February 1 seen in GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art in The Hague.
Video Artist in Berlin
in Albania born artist Anri Sala mainly makes video art and lives and works in Berlin. He studied painting, video art and film. He had recent solo exhibitions in the Serpentine Gallery in London, Japan National Museum of Art in Osaka, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit and the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.
The Vincent Award established in 2000 by the Broere Foundation, which manages a high-quality art collection. The Broere Foundation was founded by James and Bastiaan Broere, founders of ship and oil storage company Gebr. Broere in Dordrecht.
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