Born in Enugu in 1983, the Los Angeles-based artist creates large-scale works that combine collage, drawing, painting, and photo transfer to weave complex narratives that reflect an abundance of art historical references and images from her own personal archive, as well as from contemporary culture. She is known for exploring a wealth of themes in her pieces such as literature, identity, race, assimilation, and memory, but she specializes in teasing out her own relationship with colonialism and representation as an expatriate working in the US.
For Brett Littman, the president of the jury and the director of the Drawing Center, Akunyili Crosby has “a unique voice in the way that she thinks about and approaches portraiture.”
He told Lauren Cavalli of artforum.com that as the jurors deliberated on whom to choose, her work “kept burning in our minds.” Littman added,
“I think her work really moved us. We felt like if you are going to give a prize to someone you give it to someone who is going to push the medium forward.”Out of the five nominees for the Prix Canson, four were women, three of which were women of color. The artists shortlisted for the prize were Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Bethany Collins, David Shrigley, and Lucy Skaer. An exhibition of the works of Akunyili Crosby as well as the four finalists will be on view until July 1.
Each year different institutions act as hosts of the award, this is the first time it has been presented in the United States. It has previously been held in Paris (2015) and Barcelona (2014).
Akunyili Crosby will receive over $11,000 of Canson paper and an invitation to be part of a residency that was established by artist and former president of the jury, Tunga, who recently passed.
Established in 2010, the Prix Canson Award celebrates the legacy of the sixteenth-century paper company Canson, which has been supplying artists such as Ingres, Delacroix, and Van Gogh, among others, for generations.
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Source: ARTFORUM
22 comments:
Congregations
Wow!!!Congrat to her!
Big congrats to her. Linda take note!
Congratulations to her. Her mama must be so proud
...merited happiness
3 women of color on the short-list, 2 Nigerian women and the ultimate prize won by our very own Njideka. Congrats sis, thanks for making us proud and yes we are inspired.....
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Youe Mama was great, so are you! congrats girl.
Congrats to her...nice!
Congrats to her.
That's beautiful!
***"************************bfr i type my congrats***""""seriously nne biko gini wu crosby ???????????? nke a omeanuru gini ???????????? ur mom didnt giv u dat name right ?????????
***"************************bfr i type my congrats***""""seriously nne biko gini wu crosby ???????????? nke a omeanuru gini ???????????? ur mom didnt giv u dat name right ?????????
GOOD TO SEE
AUNTY LINDA....
Congrats 2 her..Nice one dear..... #Lindatakenote
Nice one
She is married to a white man, Ode!. Always looking out for the negatives 2 spew. Is dt all u saw in this write up?
You didn't know that she married oyibo man?
well done!
congratulations
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-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
I give up for Chizzy already. Negative energy for sale
Congratulatios..u rock.
Congratulation... dee
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