Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art Press release April 2007 PRIXDEROME.NL 2007 AT DE APPEL & WITTE DE WITH EXHIBITION 20 May – 1 July 2007 Opening 19 May 2007 1 p.m. in Witte de With, Rotterdam 6 p.m. in de Appel, Amsterdam This year, for the first time, works by candidates for the Prix de Rome (Visual Arts) will be exhibited simultaneously at two venues. Contemporary art centers Witte de With (Rotterdam) and de Appel (Amsterdam) each present five of the ten long-listed candidates, including two of the four short-listed artists. The opening will take place during the afternoon of Saturday 19 May. The exhibition will be on view at both locations from 20 May until 1 July 2007 The Prix de Rome is the oldest Dutch, from origin state-funded, prize for artists based in the Netherlands and under 35 years of age. Its generous prize, established status and its jury consisting almost entirely of artists make the Prix de Rome unique. An international jury – comprising David Bade (artist, NL), Angela Bulloch (artist, CA) Jean-Marc Bustamante (artist, FR), Chris Dercon (director Haus der Kunst, Munich) and Germaine Kruip (artist, NL), – selected ten candidates from over 200 submissions. Witte de With will show work by: Sema Bekirovic (NL, b. 1977), Sagi Groner (IL, b. 1971), Claire Harvey (GB, b. 1976), Viviane Sassen (NL, b. 1972) and Anne Wenzel (DE, b. 1972). De Appel will show work by: Sung Hwan Kim (KO, b. 1975), Maartje Korstanje (NL, b. 1982), Alon Levin (IL, b. 1975), Pablo Pijnappel (BR/NL, b. 1979) and Maaike Schoorel (NL, b. 1973). The jury selected four finalists – Claire Harvey, Sung Hwan Kim, Maartje Korstanje and Viviane Sassen – who will receive prizes of € 45.000, € 20.000, and two awards of € 10.000. In addition, they have already been awarded a three-month residency at the Rijksakademie to create new work for the exhibition. The final judging will take place in the exhibition, taking into consideration this new work. The prizes will be announced on 26 June 2007. Special offers during PRIXDEROME.NL2007 The entry ticket to the exhibition is valid for both venues. Reduced train tickets for the route Rotterdam – Amsterdam are available at the front desks of de Appel and Witte de With. (Now: €10, -, normal price: €22,80) Holders of a Museumkaart receive a free Kunstbeeld cahier. Saturday 19 May 2007, program of the opening 1 p.m Opening @ Witte de With 4 p.m. Buses leave Witte de With for Amsterdam, reservations via info@wdw.nl 6 p.m. Opening @ De Appel 8.30 p.m. Bus back to Rotterdam The PRIXDEROME.NL 2007 is organized as a network structure by the Rijksakademie of Visual Arts, with SNS Reaal Fonds as a main sponsor, de Appel and Witte de With as exhibition partners, and AVRO Kunst and Kunstbeeld as media partners. It has been made possible by the Dutch Ministry of Culture.
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