INVITATION to APPLY for CCAA CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART CRITIC AWARD 2011

ABOUT CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART AWARD CCAA 

 The Contemporary Chinese Art Awards CCAA was set up in 1997 by Uli Sigg, leading collector of Chinese contemporary art. It is given annually alternatingly  to Chinese artists or to art critics who show particular talent in artistic creation and in its critique, in order to encourage their professional development through publications and exhibitions, and to foster a wider public appreciation, domestically and internationally, of what today’s Chinese art contributes to contemporary culture.

ABOUT CCAA CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART CRITIC AWARD

The vibrant Chinese contemporary art scene lacks sufficient independent art criticism. At present, the market is the main arbiter of what is considered good or bad work. The weight of its judgment, based primarily on commercial crteria, stems from a shortage of alternative resources. China currently has neither enough museums willing and able to participate in the discourse through stable  curatorial practice, nor enough self-directed critics determined to educate this rapidly growing audience that is willing to experience—and, in some cases, invest in—progressive visual art.

The ART CRITIC AWARD addresses these issues by identifying key examples of independent art criticism, which is so essential to the advancement of art creation and appreciation, and by granting the winning art critic financial support for an in-depth research project that might otherwise be difficult to fund.

THE AWARD 

-10,000 Euros for a research grant

-Publication in 2012 of the resulting essay

SELECTION CRITERIA

-relevance for the current discourse on Chinese contemporary art

-originality in analysis and conclusion

REQUIREMENT

-Applicant living in or working predominantly for PRC, Hongkong SAR or Taiwan.

JURY MEMBERS

1) Philip Tinari          Editor-in-Chief of <LEAP> Magazine

2) Wang Huangsheng   Director of CAFA Art Museum

3) Gong Yan           Editor-in-Chief of <Art World> Magazine, Director of O Art Center, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Fu Dan University.

4) Lars Nittve                      Executive Director of M+ Museum,Hongkong

5) Uli Sigg              Founder of CCAA

 

DIRECTOR

-Liu Li Anna

 

JURY MEETING AND PRESS MEETING:

- January, 2012，In Beijing

APPLICATION PROCESS

-Deadline: 25th Nov. 2011

 

APPLICATION CONTENT

-Fill in the Application Form

-Essay OUTLINE only for a piece, outline not to exceed 3000 characters in Chinese or 1500 words in English (or, ideally, in both languages)

-Self introduction with CV

-One sample of previous writing

 

APPLICATION  ADDRESS

Rm.714, Office Tower 3, Henderson Center, No.18 Jianguomennei Ave, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, 100005

-Email address:  / info@ccaa-awards.org /

-Contact person: 

Director :   Liu li Anna   anna@ccaa-awards.org /  86-18601293501

Coordinator: Wangweiwei info@ccaa-awards.org  /  86-15000679012

Coordinator: Zhao Miaoxi info@ccaa-awards.org  /  86-13701389083