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News of May 22, 2002

DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Sculpture 2002 goes to Jane Alexander

"African Adventure", Jane Alexander

• Prize to be presented by Jürgen E. Schrempp in Stuttgart
• Award for the country's best young artists awarded for the third time

Stuttgart - On May 16, South African Artist Jane Alexander had been presented with the "DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Sculpture 2002". At a reception on the occasion of the South African National Day, "Freedom Day", the CEO of DaimlerChrysler AG and Honorary Consul General for the Republic of South Africa, Jürgen E. Schrempp, presented the award. According to Schrempp, "With it we want to pay tribute to the high standards on the art and culture scene in South Africa. This year's DaimlerChrysler Award goes to Jane Alexander for her marvelous achievements in the field of 'sculpture'. With her unusual, vivid figures she has created a remarkable work of art."

"African Adventure", Jane Alexander

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The renowned members of the international jury awarded the prize to Jane Alexander because her figures expressed "the fragility of a multicultural society". Her central work, "African Adventure" (1999 through 2002), is on display at the DaimlerChrysler headquarters. The exhibition showing this and other important works by Jane Alexander will be open to the public from May 23 to June 14, 2002. From July 26 to September 15, 2002, the works will be on display at the DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Haus Huth, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.

The jury for the DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Sculpture 2002 included: Akiko Miki, Chief Curator at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (substitute juror replacing Fumio Nanjo, exhibit organizer, Tokyo); Richard Flood, Chief Curator at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Harald Szeemann, Director of the Visual Arts Section at the Venice Biennale and Professor at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Switzerland; Marilyn Martin, Director of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; and David Koloane, artist, curator and critic in Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as Fanyana Shiburi and Dr. Uli Kostenbader for DaimlerChrysler.

The prize comprises various elements: The monetary component is intended to support the artist in his/her personal development, and international shows of the artist's work in Germany and at home, together with the production of a monograph and the financing of a workshop or a study period, aim at enhancing international reputation and artistic development.

The award was created in 1999 in order to promote exceptional artistic achievements. In 2000 the prize was awarded for the first time. It is an important element in DaimlerChrysler's cultural sponsorship program. The award program focuses on South Africa in the period from 2000 to 2002. The first winner of the award was Kay Hassan, who received the "DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Contemporary Art 2000". In 2001, the "DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Jazz 2001" went to jazz musician and composer Themba Mhkize.

The significance of the DaimlerChrysler Award is underscored by the fact that the initiative received this year's BASA Award (Business and Arts South Africa), established by South African Head of State Thabo Mbeki. The award is generally considered the country's most important award in the field of culture. In previous years, DaimlerChrysler had been nominated twice for the BASA Award.

Jane Alexander was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1959. She studied art at the University of Witwatersrand. She currently lives in Cape Town and works as a free-lance artist and teacher at the famous Michaelis School of Fine Arts. Her sculptures and installations attracted attention at many international group exhibitions and biennials, e.g. in Berlin, Havana, Lyon, Venice, Fellbach, Dakar, Chicago and New York.

The exhibition realized in the context of the DaimlerChrysler Award offers an overview of the artist's complete oeuvre and is her first individual exhibition outside South Africa. The exhibition focuses on the installation "African Adventure". This extensive group of sculptures, which was created over the past three years, consists of a rectangular sand-filled pit in which a total of 14 figures and numerous objects have been placed. The sculptural ensemble is augmented by monitors showing video presentations and by 10 large-format and 15 small-format photomontages. They are complemented by four more installations that have been created since the early eighties.

The monographic catalog accompanying the exhibition, published by HatjeCantz Verlag, Ostfildern, is available in English and German. It is the most comprehensive publication to date concerning the artist.

(May 16, 2002)

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