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The Cartier Award 2008

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The winner of the Cartier Award 2008 is Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto. Prieto, based in Barcelona, is a talented young conceptual artist whose work often takes the form of site specific installations. His proposal was chosen from over 400 applications submitted by artists from across the world.

For Frieze Art Fair 2008, Prieto will present Pond, a site-specific installation of more than 100 oil drums. The mirrored pond-like effect created by water in the lids of the drums will be punctured by the presence and movement of a frog. The work will be a beautiful and poetic reflection on the current international obsession with accumulation and growth. 

The Cartier Award

The Cartier Award, for emerging artists living outside the UK, is a major initiative in collaboration with Gasworks and sponsored by Cartier.

What The Cartier Award includes:

A 3 month residency at Gasworks from August to October 2008 including accommodation, per diems and travel expenses
Project production costs of up to £10,000
An artist’s fee of £1,000

The Cartier Award 2008 selection committee is:

Neville Wakefield (Curator, Frieze Projects)
Hervé Chandès (Director, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art)
Mia Jankowicz (Residency Curator, Gasworks)
Richard Wentworth (Artist)

Cartier UK is the Associate Sponsor of Frieze Art Fair supporting Frieze Projects and the Cartier Award. Cartier has a long-standing relationship with contemporary art and over twenty years ago the company established the fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris. This private foundation is a unique example of corporate patronage for contemporary art.

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