Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Video artist wins Praemium Imperiale Award for painting


Video artist Bill Viola, whose works have been referred to as "moving paintings", has won the 15 million yen award for painting in the 2011 Praemium Imperiale Art Awards. The other winner in fine arts was Anish Kapoor who won the award for sculpture.
Image: still from Bill Viola's Quintet of Remembrance.