Essl Art Award CEE 2013 – Hungry for more…

by Viktoria Tomek

The exciting first week of openings is over and we fondly remember the great moments in this little showcase of impressions during the Nominees’ Nights:

Jurors Gábor Ébli, Johanna Langfelder and Andreas Hoffer during the on-site Jury Session in Slovenia, Foto: Sammlung Essl

Prof. Agnes Essl and our generous sponsors with the Slovenian Award-Winners Dan Adlešič and Gregor Maver (who seemed to not quite believe they were the chosen winners), Foto: Sammlung Essl

The Jury riveted by the haptic quality of the work by Award-Winner Jelena Lovrec in Zagreb, Foto: Sammlung Essl

A new star on “art-heaven”… Vanja Babić in front of his work “5% for the Art “ giving his first TV interview after the opening, Foto: Sammlung Essl

That’s us in Budapest in front of Mai Manó House, Foto: Sammlung Essl

Prof. Agnes Essl in front of Gábor Ébli awarding Dia Zékány and Kund Kopacz in Budapest

Jurors Zora Rusinová, Igor Spanjol and Gábor Ébli in a heated discussion…,

Collector and ESSL ART AWARD initiator Prof. Agnes Essl with the happy Slovakian Award-Winners, Zuzana Žabková und Marcel Mališ, Foto: Sammlung Essl

For now we have a few days time to take a deep breath before we meet the Jury again for the second week of Nominees’ Exhibitions in Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the Czech Republic. I’m sure breathtaking new artworks await us and I’m excited for another round of interesting discussions with the Jury members. Apart from the creative production in Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic, we’re particularly keen on the artistic input from Turkey, who participates for the first time in the ESSL ART AWARD this year.

If you happen to be around in any of our ESSL ART AWARD destinations, we would be pleased to see you at the Nominees’ Nights!

BULGARIA, NOMINEES’ NIGHT, 27 May 2013
Academia Gallery / National Academy of Art Sofia (NAA); 1 Shipka street, BG-Sofia 1000
Exhibition: May 27 – June 16, 2013

Nominees: Zoran Georgiev, Velina Kokalova, Konstantin Petkov Kostov, Pavel Lefterov, Kalina Mavrodieva, Martin Penev, Yasena Popova, Boris Pramatarov, Alexander Valchev, Leda Vaneva

ROMANIA, NOMINEES’ NIGHT, 28 May 2013
Victoria Art Center for Cultural Contemporary Production, Calea Victoriei street, Nr. 12C, bl. A, Sector 3, Bucureşti
Exhibition: 28 May – 23 June 2013                                                                                                             

Nominees: Alin Bozbiciu, Vladimir Buburuzan, Raluca Croitoru, Daniel Nicolae Djamo, Carmen Dobre, Andreea Floreanu, Lucian Indrei, Mădălina Lazăr, Andrei Mateescu, Andra Nedelcu

TURKEY, NOMINEES’ NIGHT, 29 May 2013
MSGSU Tophane-i Amire (Tek Kubbe), Boğazkesen cad. Defterdar Yokuşu No:2, Tophane-Beyoğlu, İSTANBUL
Exhibition: 29 May – 23 June 2013

Nominees: Sabahattin Ömer Akdağ, Emre Anılmış, Ragıp Basmazölmez, Bashir Borlakov, Seçil Büyükkan Atmaca, Hakan Dağdelen, Burak Delier, Nezihe Karakaya, Volkan Kızıltunç, Irem Tok

CZECH REPUBLIC, NOMINEES’ NIGHT, 31 May 2013
FUTURA Centre for Contemporary Art, Holečkova 49 – Smichov, CZ – 150 00 Praha 5
Exhibition: 31 May – 30 June 2013

Nominees: Matej Al-Ali, Karíma Al-Mukhtarová, Jan Brož, Terezie Foldynová, Jakub Geltner, Blanka Kirchner, Eliška Perglerová, Rudolf Samohejl, Viktor Takáč, Tomáš Werner

 About the exhibition: Essl Art Award CEE, 2013