Rockbund Art Museum 上海外滩美术馆

The Rockbund Art Museum together with HUGO BOSS hereby announce that an exhibition of artworks by finalists in the 2019 edition of the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists opens on October 18, 2019 at the museum.

The HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists since its inception in 2013 has encouraged and promoted new and diverse narratives in contemporary Asian art, while continuously reviewing and improving its own selection methodology. This year’s competition employs the same process as last year’s, where finalists are carefully chosen from a list of names established by a multiregional group of nominators and a selection jury. Following the deliberations of the nominating committee, the finalist artists of the fourth edition of the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award are: Hao Jingban, Hsu Che-Yu, Eisa Jocson and Thảo-Nguyên Phan.

From October 18, 2019, to January 5, 2020, an exhibition of works by the four finalists opens to the public at the Rockbund Art Museum, curated by Billy Tang, Senior Curator of Rockbund Art Museum. The winner of the Award was announced on November 6; the Award carries a stipend of RMB 300 000.

Since its inauguration in 2013, the “HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award” represents a network of multiregional and multidisciplinary partners from all over Asia. Throughout significant societal, economic and cultural changes in Asia, it has played a role in critical developments in contemporary art and exhibition projects in the region.

Over the period of a few years, the competition has developed alongside artists, independent curators, researchers and art institutions in the region, and has reconstructed the art network in Asia into one that goes beyond standard definitions and boundaries. It is within this context that these artists, curators and other participants may observe, learn, and search for breakthroughs or opportunities to collaborate with one another, reimagining and developing art projects as well as a unique vision which challenge the fixed definitions related to the region.

上海外滩美术馆与HUGO BOSS宣布2019年“HUGO BOSS亚洲新锐艺术家大奖 ”入围艺术家作品展于2019年10月18日拉开帷幕。

“HUGO BOSS亚洲新锐艺术家大奖”自2013年创办以来，在持续鼓励与促成亚洲新锐艺术多样性和崭新叙事的同时，亦不断反观自身完善评选机制。本届奖项沿用上一届的评选流程，由多元且跨地域的提名人及评委会委员厘定名单后斟酌评选，最终确认第四届“HUGO BOSS亚洲新锐艺术家大奖”的入围艺术家分别为郝敬班、许哲瑜、艾萨·霍克森（Eisa Jocson）、潘涛阮（Thảo-Nguyên Phan）。

从2019年10月18日至2020年1月5日，四位入围艺术家的作品展在上海外滩美术馆对公众开放。展览由上海外滩美术馆资深策展人曾明俊（Billy Tang）策划。最终获奖者于2019年11月6日公布，并获得奖金30万元人民币，以支持其创作实践与发展。

自2013年设立以来，“HUGO BOSS亚洲新锐艺术家大奖”积累了遍布亚洲的跨区域、跨领域合作者网络，在亚洲范围内重大的社会、经济、文化变迁之中，共同参与当代艺术和策展实践的重大演变。短短几年中，奖项与区域内的艺术家、独立策展人、研究人员和艺术机构一同发展，在固定的边界和定义之外重新构建亚洲艺术网络，在彼此的语境下，互相观察、学习，寻找突破与合作可能性，重新想象与构思挑战固化地域概念的艺术项目和独特视野。