THE PRIX MARCEL DUCHAMP 2010
The shortlist for the tenth edition of the French contemporary art prize has been finalised:
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot (Galerie Xippas). Born 1961, installation.
Cyprien Gaillard (Galerie Bugada&Cargnel). Born 1980, video.
Camille Henrot (Galerie Kamel Mennour). Born 1978, installation.
Anne-Marie Schneider (Galerie Nelson Freeman). Born 1962, painting.
An exhibition will be presented of the four artists’ work during the FIAC next October, from which the winner will be selected by an international jury. On top of the 35,000€ prize, he or she will also be honoured with a solo show at the Pompidou Centre (Espace 315) next year.
Here’s a video interview with Cyprien Gaillard by the Tate (London), explaining his electronic opera Desniansky Raion presented at the Tate Modern last July, to music by Koudlam: