Frieze Foundation | Cartier Award

The Cartier Award 2007 was awarded to Mexican artist Mario Garcia Torres. Garcia Torres is a conceptual artist, whose work includes film, video and photography. His proposal was chosen from over three hundred applications submitted worldwide.

For Frieze Art Fair 2007 Mario Garcia Torres reframed the body of work of film auteur Allen Smithee through a series of interventions around the fair. Smithee delivered a keynote lecture elaborating the complex relationships between his public persona and the long filmography for which he has become known.

Script written by Mario Garcia Torres and Aaron Schuster and performed by Stephen Campbell Moore.

The Award 2010 selection committee will be:

Roger Hiorns (Artist)
Grazia Quaroni (Curator, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art)
Catalina Lozano (Residencies Co-ordinator, Gasworks)
Sarah McCrory (Curator, Frieze Projects)

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

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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Frieze Projects 2006–2008

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The second in a series of publications recording the commissions and talks at Frieze Art Fair. Featuring artists including Mike Nelson and Richard Prince and speakers from Dave Hickey to Adrian Piper.

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