2021 CONTEST

SUBLIME DEATH

The idea for the theme came from reading the book by philosopher Salvatore Schiffer “Treatise on Sublime Death – The Art of Dying from Socrates to David Bowie”.

The goal is to achieve a superb and casual treatment of death.

As Immanuel Kant says, the sublime is not necessarily beautiful, the sublime is great! Is sublime compared to what, everything else is small …

The shapeless or the deformed, the ugly, can acquire in art, when they see themselves sublimated by the genius of the artist, a value of transcendence.

At all times, death has been represented by artists.
Vanity has always been “in fashion” regardless of the era.
Many artists have represented death using all existing media (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.).
But some have made of themselves, their life, their death, a work of art.

This theme can be approached in so different ways according to the times, the cultures: fear, anguish (Jérôme Bosh…), joy of finding a better world (Bella Morte among Mexicans…) etc…

It is up to everyone to convey their own feelings about Death, but what is certain is that it never leaves people indifferent and that it concerns us all …

AWARDS

  • 1st Prize : 500€ + 1 residency of one month* + the teaching of a paid workshop** + exhibition in the Terra Rossa Museum*** (one month ) in 2022
  • 2nd Prize : 1 month residency* + exhibition in the Terra Rossa Museum*** (one month ) in 2022
  • 3rd Prize : exhibition in the Terra Rossa Museum*** (one month ) in 2022
  • « Public » Special prize : One Masterclass workshop of your choice in 2022

From 25 to 30 works can be selected. They will be exhibited*** in the C-k’OMSA Gallery in Salernes in 2021. The exact dates will be communicated later.

INSCRIPTIONS : FROM 2020, OCTOBER 1st TO 2021, FEBRUARY 28

PICTURES OF THE FINALIZED WORK TO SEND WITH A COMPLETED FILE THAT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, DEADLINE FOR SENDING: MARCH 31, 2021

SELECTION RESULTS : 2021, APRIL 30

WORKS’ SHIPMENT**** : 2021, MAY 1st TO 2021, JUNE 15

SELECTED WORKS’ EXHIBITION*** : SUMMER 2021 (PRECISE DATE TO COME)

Registration fees (mandatory and non-refundable in case of withdrawal): 35 €, payable by card via Paypal. Registration will only be processed upon receipt of payment. The cost includes the annual membership fee.



*under the same conditions as paid residencies (see our website)

**The artist, laureate of the 1st prize must have experience in the transmission of know-how and pedagogy and the workshop must relate to an original technique which is specific to him. Otherwise, VIA may decide that the organization of an workshop will not be appropriate.

***In case of sale, the commission is 50%

**** Shipment fees (round trip) are on your own charge








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