Juan Luis Moraza (Vitoria, 1960), the artist nominated by the gallery Espacio Mínimo, has won the Audemars Piguet prize for the production of a work of art, to be shown in the VIP Lounge at ARCOmadrid 2013 in the Audemars Piguet space, during the Fair, which will be held from 13 to 17 February.
The panel of judges, consisting of Octavio García, artistic director of Audemars Piguet (represented by Antonio Seward), Fietta Jarque, art critic of El País newspaper; Luis Garcia Fraile, interior architect, Agustín Pérez-Rubio, director of MUSAC, and Carlos Urroz, director of ARCOmadrid, especially noted the high quality of the presented projects.
Finally, after much deliberation, the prize of €15,000 for the production of the work of art was awarded to the project “Arules”, by the Basque artist Juan Luis Moraza. The panel highlighted the effective way the piece resolves the approach of this first edition of the competition, based on the brand's philosophy, “To break the rules, you must first master them”. The panel also valued the conceptual precision of the artist's work, the quality of the formal resolution, and how, despite its sophistication and subtlety, it can communicate with a large audience.
Juan Luis Moraza
Juan Luis Moraza (Vitoria, 1960), sculptor. His latest individual exhibitions include "Software" (Moisés Pérez Albéniz, Pamplona, 2010); "IMPLEJIDADES" (Montehermoso, Vitoria, 2009), "Repercusiones" (Trayecto, 2007), S¡ (Elba Benitez, Madrid, 2004); and group shows include “Soy el final de la reproducción” (Sculpture Centre. N.Y. 2009); “Mais tempo menos historia”, Oporto (1996); “Cocido y crudo” (Madrid, 1994). His work is exhibited in many galleries, such as the Guggenheim (Bilbao), Reina Sofía (Madrid), MACBA (Barcelona), ARTIUM (Vitoria), and collections including the Rhona Hoffman collection, the Donna & Howard Stone collection, and the Helga de Alvear collection. He has curated such exhibitions as "El retorno de lo imaginario, REALISMOS ENTRE XIX y XXI" (Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, 2010), and "Incógnitas: cartografías del arte contemporáneo en Euskadi" (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2007).
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