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Published: March 10. 2010 08:23AM
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Ninth Bacardi Biennial set to open on June 18 By Nancy Acton
Forty-one works by 20 local artists have successfully made it into this year's Bacardi Limited Biennial of Contemporary Art. The exhibit opens at the Bermuda National Gallery (BNG) on June 18. Veerle Poupeye of the National Gallery of Jamaica and Tumelo Mosaka of the University of Illinois' Krannert Art Museum, juried 277 pieces by 71 local artists. All submissions were created within the last two years. Successful artists include Meredith Andrews, John Battersbee, William Collieson, James Cooper, Louisa Flannery Bermingham, Graham Foster, John Gardner, Charlie Godet Thomas, Kathy Harriott, Scott Hill, Antoine Hunt, Christina Hutchings, Bill Ming, Kevin Morris, Bryan Ritchie, Alan Smith, Ian Macdonald-Smith, Michael Walsh, Sunell Lombard, and Charles Zuill.
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BNG director Lisa Howie commended all of the artists on their submissions. "Looking across the eight previous biennials, we can see how the exhibition has evolved, and how this current exhibition makes a strong statement about contemporary art in Bermuda," she said. "All of the artists who submitted work must be commended, as submitting to an international jury takes some courage. "I trust that all of the artists will embrace the jury's selection, and that this biennial will help to locate Bermuda's artistic talent on the map."
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Shortlist revealed 41 Bermudian artists will have their work judged BNG curator Sophie Cressall agreed. She said the jurors were by international panel "committed to examining the submitted art through the Video media makes its international lenses within which they work, and this has led to a debut at the Bacardi very tight, cohesive exhibition which has strong international Biennial exhibition credibility". Diverse, innovative and thought-provoking – a snapshot of Bermuda's contemporary art scene
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