{"id":22923,"date":"2024-05-09T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T08:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/naujienos\/announcing-the-shortlist-for-this-years-art-criticism-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T08:44:42","slug":"announcing-the-shortlist-for-this-years-art-criticism-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/national-gallery-of-art\/news\/announcing-the-shortlist-for-this-years-art-criticism-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Shortlist for This Year\u2019s Art Criticism Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The organisers of the second iteration of the Art Criticism Awards \u2013 Contemporary Art Centre, LNMA National Gallery of Art, and the online contemporary art magazine Artnews.lt \u2013 are delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees (published below) and invite readers to become acquainted with 2023\u2019s most prominent initiatives and contributors to visual art criticism in Lithuania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>From 14 February to 17 March writers, publishers, editors, readers, artists, viewers, and listeners submitted their nominations for the Art Criticism Awards. A total of 136 nominations were received in four categories: Short Form, Long Form, Texts by Artists and Curators, and Phenomenon of the Year. The shortlists of nominees have been selected by this year\u2019s jury comprising art critics Monika Krik\u0161topaityt\u0117 and Helmutas \u0160abasevi\u010dius, cultural commentator and film critic Monika Gimbutait\u0117, and two recipients of last year\u2019s awards, artists Aurelija Maknyt\u0117 and Agn\u0117 Jok\u0161\u0117.<\/span><\/p>\n

When considering the SHORT FORM nominations this year, both the proposers and the jury seem to have paid more attention to the review as a specific genre. The shortlist, was carefully chosen to be reflective of the different approaches to examining the viewer’s or narrator’s relationship to the exhibition in question. The jury has acknowledged both the texts that become works of art themselves, and those that evidence in-depth knowledge of the subject matter, and demonstrate an ability to step back and look critically, with a curious eye, at what the exhibition produces by encountering the audience and the context. It was not only important to include texts about the vitality of local centres but also a gaze directed toward the wider region and contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, in assessing contenders for the LONG FORM category, the concern was to cover the variety of expressions of art criticism that create a deeper or broader relationship with phenomena, which can unfold powerfully in an exquisitely crafted conversation, or unwind as if in casual conversation, be evident in the book’s dialectically structured structure, or find inventive suggestions in the seemingly unmistakable cobwebs of love and hate, open up in the exploration of complex themes or by listening attentively to authors already known.<\/span><\/p>\n

TEXTS BY ARTISTS AND CURATORS differ from texts of art criticism first of all in their locus of speech. They do not come from \u2018the side\u2019 but are themselves narrators, characters, and voices, who are not bound by arguments but would perish without their persuasiveness. Sometimes they speak constructively, sometimes from a distance and ironically, and sometimes to the point of chilling nakedness.<\/span><\/p>\n

In thinking about the PHENOMENON OF THE YEAR, the intention was to highlight what constitutes the foundations of art criticism: the need for freedom and empathy, the promotion of empowerment and rights, and the development of self-esteem through professional conversation. The curatorial discussion series \u2018Taking the Longer Road\u2019 was noted for its focus on bringing intergenerational players from the field of art criticism together for a vibrant dialogue and focusing on more complex issues; the initiative to discuss fair pay, as it is relevant to the future of both art criticism and curatorship; and the interdisciplinary project \u2018Obscene West\u2019 for its resilience to intolerance, and the actualisation of queer memory through creative means.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The second Art Criticism Awards ceremony will take place at the National Art Gallery on the evening of 1 June 2024. The recipients will be presented with cash prizes worth 900 euros and be awarded with statuettes created by the artist Ona Juci\u016bt\u0117. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>The candidates for the awards are (in alphabetical order):<\/span><\/p>\n

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