An art competition created by the Loewe Foundation in 2016, has announced it’s finalists for this year.
The Loewe Foundation recently announced the top finalists for their seventh annual Craft Prize competition. The finalists, which include thirty artists, were announced on the Loewe Foundation’s website recently. The exhibition will be held in Paris this year, with the finalists having the opportunity to have their art exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo from May 15th to June 9th, 2024 and have the chance to win €50,000 euros to continue making their art.
“Craft is the essence of Loewe. As a house, we are about craft in the purest sense of the word. That is where our modernity lies, and it will always be relevant.”
Loewe creative director, Jonathan Anderson
Artists from over 124 countries and regions were given the opportunity to create crafty art pieces made from ceramics, woodwork, furniture, paper, furniture, basketry, jewelry, leather, metal, glass, and lacquer. The mission for the competition is to heighten the appreciation of craftsmanship as well as sustainable art. There were over 3,900 submissions this year, representing 16 different countries and regions. Loewe initially started as a craft workshop dating back as far as 1846.
The works are made out of recycled materials that you would use everyday to create a piece of art. The idea is to celebrate the idea of craftsmanship and artistic merit. The Loewe Foundation started this competition in 2016, along with creative director Jonathan Anderson, who wanted to show the importance of craftsmanship, when it comes to art.
Since then, the Loewe Foundation has assembled a jury and expert panel which included Jonathan Anderson, to judge each art piece and choose each of the thirty finalists. Some of the finalists include Japanese artist Miki Asai, who submitted vessels made out of paper and egg-shells that are inspired by still-life paintings.
Other artists include French artist Emmanuel Boos, who created a coffee table out of ninety-eight hollow bricks, and New Zealand artist Karl Fritsch, who created a set of five contemporary rings made out of wax, as well as synthetic gemstones. These are just a few of the thirty artists that have been chosen as finalists.
The winner is selected by 12 prominent figures from the arts such as Naoto Fukasawa, designer and Director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Tokyo, Sheila Loewe (chairwoman), President of the Loewe Foundation and Magdalene Odundo, ceramist, will be announced on May 14th, 2024, in Paris and will also be posted on the Loewe Foundation website.
Homepage image coffee table by Emmanuel Boos. Top left image wax rings by Karl Fritsch and right; paper and egg vessels by Miki Asai. All images courtesy of Loewe.
