Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and chair of the jury highlights that the Hugo Boss Prize was created in 1996 to “honor innovation in contemporary art, and to single out artists who were creating truly inventive works of art.”1
Previous winners include Tacita Dean and Douglas Gordon, together with many innovators who really push contemporary mindsets to the edge, this prize poses a real kick for anyone who likes to be pushed in the new directions of the new age. This years' international finalists include: Cao Fei, Hans-Peter Feldman, Roman Ondak, Walid Raad, Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
1 http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/news/3352
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