The jury, consisting of Zdenka Badovinac, director
of the Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Hou Hanru,
artistic director of the MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI
secolo, Rome; Sheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder
Chairman for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York; Sven Beckstette, curator at Hamburger
Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin; and Udo
Kittelmann, director of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche
Museen zu Berlin, decided after intensive discussions on Agnieszka
Polska (born 1985 in Lublin) as the prize winner.
With the award Agnieszka Polska wins a major solo exhibition
next year in one of the Nationalgalerie’s institutions as well as an
accompanying publication.
Jury statement:
“The jury congratulates each one
of the artists for their excellent and thought-provoking exhibitions
here at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. After a
robust discussion of all four artistic positions, the jury decided to
award the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2017 to Agnieszka Polska.
Throughout her work, Polska ingeniously interweaves some of the most
pressing issues of our time. She deftly creates a poetic and affective
relationship between the visual and acoustic language of our digitally
infused daily lives by using contemporary imaginary and cultural
references–including scientific theories, early animation, and the
utopian inclination of the avant-garde. In her exploration of multiple
temporalities within our universe she destabilizes the very notion of
humanity and humanness. As the personification of the sun in her film
states: ‘My gaze was moving at constant speed, and everything was
becoming irreversible the moment I observed it.’ We look forward to
seeing Agnieszka Polska’s exhibition at the Nationalgalerie in autumn 2018.”
Dr Nicolas Peter, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG,
Finance, said: “Take a good look at the shortlist of the Preis der
Nationalgalerie within the past decade and you will realize that
having been nominated jumpstarted many of an artist’s career. As
long-term partner since the award’s inception we wholeheartedly
congratulate Agnieszka Polska! It will be great to see what she may
come up with for her exhibition next year.”
In addition to Agnieszka Polska, the shortlisted artists for
this year’s Preis der Nationalgalerie were Sol Calero, Iman Issa and
Jumana Manna. The works of the artists will be shown in a group
exhibition until January 14, 2018 at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für
Gegenwart – Berlin.
In cooperation with the Deutsche Filmakademie the Förderpreis
für Filmkunst, endowed with 10.000 Euros, was awarded for the fourth
time. The winner is Sandra Wollner for “Das unmögliche Bild”.
The Jury, consisting of Meret Becker, actor,
member of the Deutsche Filmakademie; Alexander Beyer,
actor, member of the Deutsche Filmakademie; Natasha
Ginwala, curator of the Contour Biennale 8 and curatorial
adviser of the documenta 14; Alice Motard, chief
curator at the CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; and
Alya Sebti, head of the ifa-Galerie Berlin, chose
the winner from a shortlist of four candidates.
As a symbolic prize Iris Berben, President of
the Deutsche Filmakademie, and Alexander Beyer,
Deutsche Filmakademie, awarded both winners Agnieszka Polska and
Sandra Wollner with a signed multiple “Intuition” by Joseph Beuys from 1968.
The actor and singer Meret Becker hosted the
award ceremony. Over 500 invited guests and members of the Freunde der
Nationalgalerie celebrated the two winners along with longstanding
partner BMW.
The Preis der Nationalgalerie was enabled by the Verein der
Freunde der Nationalgalerie seventeen years ago. For nearly twelve
years BMW supports the Preis der Nationalgalerie as a long-term
partner, as well as the Förderpreis für Filmkunst in cooperation with
the Deutsche Filmakademie.
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