Short List for the First Ordway Prize

Friday, 11 November 2005 11:37

NEW YORK.-Jennifer McSweeney, Director of the Penny McCall Foundation (PMF), today announced the names of the six finalists for the first Ordway Prize, one of the most generous international art prizes awarded in the United States. Given biennially, the prize will recognize two recipients, a mid-career artist and arts writer and/or curator, each of whom will receive an unrestricted monetary award of $100,000. The four remaining finalists will each receive awards of $7,500. The Ordway Prize recognizes mid-career artists and arts writers and/or curators who have made important contributions to the field of contemporary art and letters. Recipients must be at least forty years of age and have created a significant body of work over a minimum of fifteen years. Nominees are considered from around the world. The short list for the 2005 Ordway Prize comprises three artists and three arts writers and/or curators selected from seven nominees in each category. The nominators, who were invited by Ms. McSweeney to participate in the selection process, are a distinguished group of artists, curators, writers, museum professionals, scholars, philanthropists, and leaders in the field of contemporary art. The finalists for the 2005 Ordway Prize in the art category are American artists Sam Durant and Senga Nengudi, and Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. The finalists in the arts writer and/or curator category are Lynne Cooke, curator, Dia Art Foundation; David Rimanelli, freelance art writer and critic; and Ralph Rugoff, director, California College of the Arts’ Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts—all of whom are American. Ms. McSweeney said, “The Ordway Prize is intentionally exceptional in terms of its international scope and in the amount of money it awards, which is intended to have a real impact on the lives and creative output of the recipients. The Prize is also designed to honor the quiet grace of Katharine Ordway, a creative philanthropist who believed that with privilege comes responsibility to humankind and to the Earth."

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