Hugo Boss Asia Art 2019, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, Oct 18, 2019 - Jan 5, 2020

The Rockbund Art Museum together with HUGO BOSS hereby announce that an exhibition of artworks by finalists in the 2019 edition of the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists will open on October 18, 2019 at the museum. 

The HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists since its inception in 2013 has encouraged and promoted new and diverse narratives in contemporary Asian art, while continuously reviewing and improving its own selection methodology. This year’s competition will employ the same process as last year’s, where finalists are carefully chosen from a list of names established by a multiregional group of nominators and a selection jury. Following from the deliberations of the nominating committee, the finalist artists of the fourth edition of the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award are: Hao Jingban(Mainland China), Hsu Che-Yu (Taiwan), Eisa Jocson (Philippines) and Thảo-Nguyên Phan (Vietnam).

From October 18, 2019 to January 5, 2020, an exhibition of works by the four finalists will be open to the public at the Rockbund Art Museum, curated by Billy Tang, Senior Curator of Rockbund Art Museum.The winner of the Award will be announced on November 6; the Award carries a stipend of RMB 300 000.

Since its inauguration in 2013, the “HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award” represents a network of multiregional and multidisciplinary partners from all over Asia. Throughout significant societal, economic and cultural changes in Asia, it has played a role in critical developments in contemporary art and exhibition projects in the region.

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