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Max Mara Art Prize
Corin Sworn wins the biannual award Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery, that aims to promote and nurture Uk female artists.
Iwona Blazwick, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery announced Corin Sworn as the fifth winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy on 23 January 2014.
The Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery is a biannual award established in 2005 open to UK female artists working across any medium who have not previously had a solo survey exhibition.
Top: Corin Sworn, Temporal Arrangements (2010-present) Courtesy of the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow. Above: Corin Sworn, The Foxes (2012). Installation at Scotland+Venice, 2013, The Venice Biennale (Palazzo Pisani), Venice. Courtesy the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow
The winner is awarded a six month Italian residency starting in March 2014 which is tailored to fit the artist and their winning proposal for the Prize. During the residency the artist will have the opportunity to realise a new project which will be presented in major solo exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery in London and Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 2015
Corin Sworn, The Foxes (2012). Installation at Scotland+Venice, 2013, The Venice Biennale (Palazzo Pisani), Venice. Courtesy the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow
Sworn’s film and installation works are often created through a mesh of fragmented references, suggested memories and oral histories. Her winning proposal for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women draws from the rich history and elaborate costumes of the Commedia dell’Arte, reviving the improvised theatrical comedies performed by acting troupes who toured Italy from the 16th century onwards. The new work will also reflect her continued interest in exploring the stories around migration.
Corin Sworn, Lens Prism (2010), HD video, 15 min 14 sec loop. Originally commissioned by Tramway, Glasgow, 2010. Courtesy of the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow
Sworn’s bespoke residency is divided between three of Italy’s greatest cities, Rome, Naples and Venice. In Rome, she will spend three months immersing herself in the diverse art scene and cultural history of the city whilst researching the project and looking at the relationship between the Commedia dell’Arte and Italian cinema. For the next phase of the residency, she will be based in the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina Napoli (MADRe), located in the centre of Naples, where the Commedia dell’Arte flourished through forms of street and popular theatre in the past. Her experience will end in the libraries and archives of Venice, at Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa.
Left: Corin Sworn, Lens Prism (2010), HD video, 15 min 14 sec loop. Originally commissioned by Tramway, Glasgow, 2010. Courtesy of the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow. Right: Corin Sworn. Photo: Alan Dimmick. Courtesy Whitechapel Gallery
