Drawing Award 2015

Winners of the Faber-Castell International Drawing Award, Anastasia Ax’s works are on view at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg alongside those of the four other nominated artists.

Anastasia Ax, <i>The World As Of Yesterday</i>, 2015. Performative Installation. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

The Faber-Castell International Drawing Award 2015, a cooperation with the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, has been won by Anastasia Ax.

The prizewinner’s work is currently being shown alongside that of the four other nominated artists in a joint exhibition at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, curated by Melitta Kliege.

A jury of international experts selected Anastasia Ax from the five contemporary artists who had been proposed. Ax, who was born in 1979 in Stockholm, now lives and works in Athens and Stockholm. She was nominated by Daniel Birnbaum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the other nominees were Ed Atkins, London, Ulla von Brandenburg, Paris, Aleksandra Chaushova, Bruxelles, and Julia Haller, Wien.

Anastasia Ax uses paper and ink, traditional materials of drawing, in an unexpected and impressive way. Ax deploys these materials to create imposing sculptural, even architectural works, in which she commits herself physically through performance and an explosion of energy. Bales of recycled paper have been temporarily removed from the economic cycle to provide the material for the installation and performance. Her use of paper in this way temporarily transforms waste into a platform for meaning. With many layers of references, including action painting and calligraphy, Ax’ artistic position opens up many possibilities for the future development of the Prize.

Anastasia Ax, The World As Of Yesterday, 2015. Performative Installation. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Anastasia Ax, The World As Of Yesterday, 2015. Performative Installation. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Anastasia Ax, The World As Of Yesterday, 2015. Performative Installation. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Ed Atkins, Happy Birthday!!!, Mixed Media, HD Film-Installation mit 5.1 Sound-Surround-System. Courtesy the Artist and Cabinet, London. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Ed Atkins, Happy Birthday!!!, Mixed Media, HD Film-Installation mit 5.1 Sound-Surround-System. Courtesy the Artist and Cabinet, London. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Aleksandra Chaushova, Annulment of the End of Things Costume I-VI (A Surgeon, The Body, The Mortician, The Lover, The Architect, The Official Speaker), 2015, Annulment of the End of Things Theater set I-VII (Sensors for the temperature and humidity, Hermetic box, Hermetic box handle, Plan of movement, Northern Façade, Cut through the Façade, Lifting Mechanism), 2015, Digitalprints. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Aleksandra Chaushova, Annulment of the End of Things Costume I-VI (A Surgeon, The Body, The Mortician, The Lover, The Architect, The Official Speaker), detail, 2015, Annulment of the End of Things Theater set I-VII (Sensors for the temperature and humidity, Hermetic box, Hermetic box handle, Plan of movement, Northern Façade, Cut through the Façade, Lifting Mechanism), 2015, Digitalprints. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Julia Haller, Knochenleim, Kreide, Eisenoxidpigment, Leinwand, Glasgravur, gerahmt, 2015. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Julia Haller, Knochenleim, Kreide, Eisenoxidpigment, Leinwand, Glasgravur, gerahmt, 2015. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Ulla von Brandenburg, Der eigene Schatten, 2015. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

Ulla von Brandenburg, Der eigene Schatten, 2015. Photo Neues Museum (Annette Kradisch)

until October 11, 2015
Faber-Castell International Drawing Award 2015
curated by Melitta Kliege
Neues Museum
Luitpoldstraße 5, 90402 Nürnberg,

Drawing Award 2015

Winners of the Faber-Castell International Drawing Award, Anastasia Ax’s works are on view at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg alongside those of the four other nominated artists.

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