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A Korean American Artist Gyun Hur was awarded for the Hudgens Prize

Hudgens Prize Winner Named


The winner of the $50,000 Hudgens Prize visual arts competition was finally announced at the special Award Ceremony on the evening of November 30 at the Hudgens Center for the Arts in Duluth.  The packed crowd at the invitation-only event held its collective breath as Linda Lindeborg, Chairman of the Hudgens Prize Committee, revealed the winner.

 

Gyun Hur of Atlanta was chosen as the recipient of the life-altering cash prize, as well as the opportunity to have a solo exhibit in December of 2011 at the Hudgens Center.

 

The distinguished jurors, David Kiehl, Curator of Prints at The Whitney Museum of American Art; Sylvie Fortin, Editor in Chief of ART PAPERS Magazine; and Eungie Joo, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at The New Museum, all visited the Finalists Exhibit earlier in the day on the 30th, to view the exhibit and make their deliberations in person.

 

Fortin stated, "the Hudgens Prize sets an amazing precedent. Today, we come together to celebrate our community by recognizing the contributions of five contemporary artists.  It is also the first time we award a Geogia artist a prize that has the real potential to be transformative.  It issues our entire community, and our arts leaders in particular, a welcome challenge."  She continued, "What I am calling for is a mutual promise and a new open social contract: innovative patronage that fosters the emergence of new artistic experiments and that supports the needs of artists."

 

The jurists' statement concluded, "we would like to congratulate both the anonymous foundation that has made this award possible and the Hudgens Center for the Arts for initiating this remarkable prize.  We congratulate the finalists and tonight's awardee. The Hudgens Prize celebrates the arts in Georgia and we hope will fuel the potential of artistic production in the area."



Gyun Hur
Atlanta

Hur painstakingly created a complex installation of bright stripes from both deconstructed silk flower elements and paint, with an accompanying photograph.  She states, "narratives of memory, loss, and place are vital elements in my construction of a visual and psychological space in which improvised rituals and materials converge.  Silk flowers are carefully disassembled and hand-shredded by [the artist] and a community of people around her.  


"The pattern produced by a labor-intensive installation references the artist's mother's wedding blanket, beckoning memories of the past and inherent ephemeral comfort.  Re-contextualizing a cultural reference to the colors of seck-dong that are believed to drive out bad luck, [I] create an aesthetic space that imposes on issues of culture, beliefs, and aesthetics."


마리에타에 거주하는 허견씨(27, 여)가 허즌스 아트센터가 주최한 '제1회 허즌스 프라이즈(Hudgens Prize)' 비주얼 아트대회에서 최종 수상자로 선정돼 화제를 모으고 있다.

허즌스 아트센터는 지난 9월 총 369명이 참가한 비주얼 아트대회 심사결과, 5명의 파이널리스트를 발표했으며 11월30일 시상식을 통해 허씨 작품을 최종 우승작으로 선정했다.

허씨와 함께 다른 한인 화가 문지하씨도 5명의 '허즌스 프라이즈' 파이널리스트 명단에 올랐다.

이번 우승으로 허씨는 현금 5만달러의 부상과 함께 귀넷아트센터 개인 전시회와 더불어 레녹스몰 전시회, 시카고 전시회를 개최하는 특권을 갖게 된다.

허씨는 이번 대회에 비디오와 그림, 천 등을 소재로 한국 전통미 넘치는 설치 미술작품 ('She Prays Happiness')을 선보여 심사위원들로부터 최고점을 받았다.

지난 2일 허씨는 “심사위원들에게 감사 드리며 이번 수상이 내 인생의 전환점이 될 것으로 기대한다”며 “이번 수상이 앞으로 작품활동에 전념하는 데 크게 기여하게 될 것”이라고 밝혔다.

허씨는 “이번 수상작은 어린 시절 기억과 환상을 설치미술로 표현한 것”이라며 “평소 과거의 기억을 작품에 담는 작업을 많이 하며 한국의 색동칼라를 즐겨 사용하고 있다”고 설명했다.

13세 미국에 이민 온 허씨는 UGA 학부를 거쳐 사바나아트&디자인대학 대학원에서 조각을 전공했으며 졸업 후 파트타임 직에 종사하며 작품활동을 해왔다.

허즌스 아트센터는 조지아지역 화가의 작품활동을 격려하기 위해 '허즌스 프라이즈' 비주얼 아트대회를 열고 있다.

조숙희기자 cho@atlantachosun.com


 
 

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