Award Furla 2015: Maria Iorio and Raphael Cuomo winners

Maria Iorio and Raphaël Cuomo are the winners of the tenth edition of the Premio Furla titled The Nude Prize. The announcement took place during the press conference to present the tenth edition of the prize, which was held this morning in Melvyn Palazzo Reale.
The international jury, composite Vanessa Beecroft as Chairman, Teresa Gleadowe (President, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham), Barbara Hernandez (Director, SOMA – Mexico City), Alya Sebti (Artistic Director, Fifth Biennial Marrakech) and Benno Tempel (Director, Foundation Gemeentemuseum, The Hague) the motivation for his choice:
“The jury thought long about the opportunities offered by the Furla Prize: residence at SOMA in Mexico and the retrospective exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan in March 2015, as well as the complete production of a new opera plan. We tried to figure out which artist had the potential to benefit from these opportunities and who among the five finalists could respond better to different contexts fielded by Nobel. The work chosen creates a bridge between the history and the most significant instances of this in Europe and around the world. Explores issues such as migration (immigration / emigration), archival practices in museums, the memory and the cultural construction of these themes, counterbalancing the way they are normally treated in the society of the media and by introducing new perspectives. The jury is pleased to deliver the Premio Furla Maria Iorio and Raphaël Cuomo.”
Simone Frangi Italian who is the curator, flanked by Virginie Bobin, has selected the artist couple Maria Iorio and Raphaël Cuomo for participation in the Award Furla 2015.
Winners of Award Furla win the chance to carry out the work proposed in the project, which will be entirely produced by Fondazione Furla.
– Together with the winners of the nine previous editions the artist couple will attend the retrospective exhibition dedicated to the Premio Furla, to be held in the Royal Palace 5 March 12 April 2015.
– The winners and their work will be presented to the public at the next edition miart, the International Fair of Contemporary Art to be held in Milan from 9 to the 12 April 2015.
– The work carried out will premiere at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in May 2015, in conjunction with the 56. Biennale of Visual Arts in Venice.
– Also, as well as for previous editions, the pair of Furla Prize winners will have the opportunity to study and work abroad, through participation in a project of artist residency lasting three months, which this year will take place at SOMA in Mexico City. The management of the residence is entrusted to Viafarini, documentation center on contemporary art that, the fifth edition, collects the general store of the Furla Prize, and the hospitality of foreign curators working through the residency program in Milan VIR Viafarini-in-residence.