Emmanuel Van Der Auwera Awarded Second Annual Otazu Art Prize at the Eighth Edition of UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach

Emmanuel Van der Auwera Awarded Second Annual Otazu Art Prize At the Eighth Edition of UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach

Miami Beach, FL, December 4, 2019 – UNTITLED, ART is pleased to announce the 2019 Otazu Art Prize has been awarded to Emmanuel Van der Auwera for his work titled VideoSculpture XXI (Vegas), 2019, presented by Harlan Levey Projects, Booth B4. The work was selected from the artworks on view in UNTITLED’s 126 international galleries and nonprofit spaces by Sofia Mariscal and Omar Lopez- Chahoud, UNTITLED, ART’s Artistic Director.

"Emmanuel's work often applies documentary, fictional, and deconstructive approaches to investigate how we interact with the intersection between digital and physical spaces,” says Harlan Levey. “He is one of the brightest individuals I have ever met. I want to extend my sincere thanks to UNTITLED and the Otazu Foundation for developing this wonderful initiative to promote emerging artists.”

In 2018, VideoSculpture XXI (Vegas) was selected by WIELS Director Dirk Snauwaert to receive the Goldwasser Award, and a prior edition is held in the permanent collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Art in Belgium. The piece will now be part of the Fundación Otazu permanent collection. Otazu is also pleased to present a special-edition wine and label designed by José Luis Landet, 2018 winner of the Otazu Art Prize, on view in the UNTITLED, ART Lounge. Van der Auwera will design a label for a new special-edition wine to be released in 2020.

Fundación Otazu was created with the purpose of managing and directing a comprehensive program around its collection of contemporary art located at Bodega Otazu winery, in Navarra, Spain. In addition to curated exhibitions around the art collection, the foundation has developed a program ranging from scholarships and residences for young artists, to a biennial of monumental sculpture for internationally renowned artists. The foundation’s mission is to move beyond the boundaries of a contemporary art collection, and to create a community of artists and thinkers who collaborate on projects that integrate art, history, nature and wine on the premise of artistic creation as a tool for reflection, innovation, awareness and social improvement

The eighth edition of UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach takes place December 4 - 8, 2019 on the beach at Ocean Drive and 12th Street in Miami Beach.

About UNTITLED, ART UNTITED, ART is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. UNTITLED, ART innovates the standard fair model by selecting a curatorial team to identify, and curate a selection of galleries, artist- run exhibition spaces, and nonprofit institutions and organizations, in discussion with a site- specific, architecturally designed venue. The fourth edition of UNTITLED, ART San Francisco will take place January 17 – 19, 2020 at Pier 35 in San Francisco.

For more information please visit: untitledartfairs.com

General Information: December 3 Press and VIP Preview 1pm – 8pm December 4 – 8 Open to the public Open Wed–Sat: 11am – 7pm Open Sun: 11am – 5pm Admission: General Admission: $40 Discounted Admission (Seniors and Students): $25 Miami Beach residents: $25 Groups of 15 or more: $25 per person

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