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Story by Jack Foley
NOW
in its third year, Beck's Futures is the UK's largest arts award offering
a total of £65,000 to participants. It is open to UK-based artists of
any age, working in any media, regardless of nationality. And this year's
selection, currently on show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
in London, includes four painters, three film and video artists, one photographer,
one sculptor and one artist working in multimedia.
The 10 short-listed artists are: David Cotterrell, Toby Paterson, Kirsten Glass, Dan Perfect, Paul Hosking, Neil Rumming, Rachel Lowe, Hideyuki Sawayanagi, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph, and Tom Wood.
The artists were nominated by curators, critics and artists as being the
most promising talent in the UK. The shortlist this year was drawn up by a
selection panel which includes the curators Mark Francis and Saskia Bos (Director
of the De Appel Foundation), the writer and artist Harland Miller, the recording
artist Marianne Faithfull, and artist Julian Opie.
The overall winner will be announced on April 23, at a special awards night.
In the meantime, members of the public can make their own judgement by visiting
the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), at The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH. Tel:
020 7930 3647.
Of the three painters on show - Dan Perfect, Neil Rumming and Kirsten Glass - all make works in which borrowed graphics, images and stylistic licks a