Thursday, December 16, 2010

First recipient of Victor Pinchuk's Future Generation Art Prize announced


Cinthia Marcelle, a Brazilian artist who makes films, photographs and installations, is the winner of the first Future Generation Art Prize from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. She receives USD$60,000 in cash and USD40,000 to be invested in the production of new work.

Marcelle was seleted by a jury consisting of Daniel Birnbaum, Okwui Enwezor, Yuko Hasegawa, Ivo Mesquita, Eckhard Schneider, Robert Storr and Ai Weiwei. 

You can see her work here.
Image: Cinthia Marcelle, O Conversador (The Speaker), 2005, photograph, 50 x 70cm