19 Sep 2015

Graphic Arts Prize Linocut today 2016

Conditions of Entry


Competition organiser and aim
Since inaugurating the Linocut Today prize in 1989, the city of Bietigheim-Bissingen has been awarding it every three years. The aim of the competition is to support contemporary artists working in the linocut technique and to encourage others to use it. From the Beginning the Linocut Today prize has been generously supported by Deutsche Linoleumwerke Bietigheim-Bissingen.

Linocut Today involves three prizes of € 5000, € 3000 and € 2000 respectively. All the works that are awarded a prize are then acquired for the linocut collection of the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen. Furthermore, the prize-winning works, another three acquisitions by the jury and all the other works selected by the jury are shown in an exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen. An exhibition catalogue is also published.


Conditions for participation
The competition is open to all professional artists; there are neither regional nor national restrictions. Only works created exclusively or mainly using the linocut technique can be submitted. If the work involves a combination of techniques, these must be declared. The submitted works must had been produced in 2014 or 2015 and should not have been entered for any other competition. All the works must be available for purchase.


Preliminary round
Each artist can submit a maximum of three works. In the preliminary round, an internal jury decides, on the basis of photographs (at least 13x18 cm) or computer print-outs (DIN A4), which artists will be invited to enter original works for the final round of the competition.

Photographs and/or computer print-outs and the completed participation forms should be sent to:

Städtische Galerie
Hauptstr. 60-64
D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen
Germany

Deadline for the preliminary round is December 4, 2015

To facilitate the work of the jury, the quality of the pictures of the works envisaged for the competition must be as expressive as possible. Only the postal submission of your own photos or computer print-outs guarantees that the image quality and the colour fidelity correspond to your wishes and artistic intentions. Since we want to ensure equal opportunities to all applicants, we cannot accept online applications.

The application forms pertaining to this preliminary round will not be returned to the applicants.

The result of the preliminary round will be announced and the invitations to submit the originals sent out in late January. Unless you have specified your email address on the participation form, you will be notified by email, otherwise by mail.

Final selection
The artists chosen in the preliminary round will be requested to submit their original works for the final selection. The works must be submitted unframed. Originals submitted without having been requested by the gallery will not be included in the competition.

The works can be sent by post to the Städtische Galerie between February 1 and March 3, 2016, or can be delivered personally to the gallery between Monday 29 February and Thursday 3 March 2016 (from 8:00-12:00 a.m. and from 2:00-4:00 p.m.). Delivery at an earlier date is also possible by prior arrangement (Tel.: ++49 7142-74483 or email: galerie@bietigheim-bissingen.de).

Packaging (especially of the personally delivered works) must be appropriate and secure for the contained print/s, made for easy transportation or storage in the gallery and if necessary for return to sender. Only Postal transport or Parcel delivery services for any artwork sent will be accepted, there shall be no acceptations for express delivery (for example haulers, forwarding agencies etc.).

The participants will receive written confirmation (by email or by post) of the receipt of the works as soon as possible; therefore it is advised for the artist in question to check his/her email or post regularly.

The works not selected by the jury will be returned as of mid-April 2016. The works selected for the exhibition will be returned after the exhibition closes, or the account settled should they have been purchased.


Prizes and purchases
The jury awards three prizes worth € 5000, € 3000 and € 2000 respectively. All the works awarded prizes will be purchased for the linocut collection of the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen. Moreover, the jury will decide on the purchase of three other works and will choose the works to be shown in the exhibition.

The jurors are:
Dr. Anne Buschhoff (Kupferstichkabinett der Kunsthalle Bremen), Dr. Andreas Schalhorn (Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz), Cees Andriessen (winner of the Graphic Arts Prize „Linocut today IX' 2013), Dr. Isabell Schenk-Weininger (Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Director) and Head of Cultural office, City of Bietigheim-Bissingen (Stefan Benning).

Exhibition and catalogue
The works of the prize-winners, the jury purchases and all the other works selected by the jury will be shown in an exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen from July 16 to October 3, 2016. An exhibition catalogue will be published with reproductions of all the selected works.

The artist agrees that the submitted works may be reproduced free of charge in the exhibition catalogue published by the gallery
The respective artists declare their compliance with the conditions of entry by entering the participation forms with the photographs and later by submitting their works.

The works must be available for purchase; the prices (incl. VAT) are to be stated in the participation forms. The competition participants thus declare their agreement that their works will be exhibited for sale and reproduced in the catalogue. In the case of a sale, the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen receives a commission of 30% of the selling price.


Result of the competition
The prize winners and the artists whose works are selected for the exhibition will be informed promptly after the meeting of the jury in mid-April 2016. The result of the competition will be publicly announced in the run up to the exhibition. The prize presentation will take place at the opening of the exhibition, presumably Friday, July 15, 2016, at 7 p.m.


Warranty
The city of Bietigheim-Bissingen will be liable for the original works from the moment of their delivery to the Städtische Galerie. Damaged works or works damaged due to having been insufficiently packed cannot therefore be accepted. Liability ends when the works are returned and handed over to the participants. If the works are collected personally, warranty ends when they are handed over for transportation.