Wannabee Gallery is pleased to invite you to the Inauguration of the group exhibition of the finalists of the Wannabee Prize International Art Contest 2011 which will be followed by the ceremony award ceremony for the Wannabee Prize winner and the winners of the Special Prizes Gazz’art – The whole story of life, organized by Gazzetta dello Sport, and The Shape of Things to Come / The Medium Justifies the End, called by Whomade

Saturday 17 SEPTEMBER from 18.00
Via Ventura 6, Milan
The works will be available from 13 to 20 September

We are proud to present the second edition of the Wannabee Prize international art contest, a prize for contemporary art born with the aim of giving an answer to very high level for transparency, prestige of the curatorial apparatus and international scope to the question of visibility of the best talents in the artistic field. A career policy international, in the field of art, in Italy it is still not widely used among operators of the sector, with the consequence that the opportunities for consent for the work of an artist are often subjected to a judgment vitiated by the regionality. The goal of the Wannabee Prize International Art Contest is therefore to create an interaction between the operators of the international system, a concrete and fruitful exchange that can offer one global showcase for participating artists and real career and growth opportunities in Italy both abroad. In addition to the cash bonus, the most important award of this contest is the contracting the winning artist’s career starting from one of his shows personnel.

Finalist artist

Fabio Adani	Igor De Marchi	Jara Marzulli
Edoardo Aruta	Annaclara Di Biase	Francesco Minnucci
Antonio Biancalani	Marco Di Lauro	Silvio Porzionato
Carlo Bonfà	E.G.O.,Ente Gestazioni Oniriche (Gaetano Accettulli e Vito Livio Squeo)	Iva Recchia
Barbara Bonfilio	Simona Fedela	Robert David Ross
Andrea Bovara	Antonietta Foschini	Maurizio Sapia
Mario Branca	Chiara Franceschi	Giovanna Sottini
Paola Brusa	Max Gasparini	Vincenzo Todaro
Saturno Buttò	Andrea Gnocchi	Andrea Vannini
Ferruccio(Fero)Carletti	Cristina Iotti	Imma Visconte
Elisa Cella	Andrea Lanzi (Antikorpo)	Dajana Vujcic
Cristina Cerchi	Marco Lugli	Xianyong Zhang

Jurors

Francesca Bolsi	Collector
Samir Chala	Critic curator, president of gallery without borders, San Diego
Critic president of Parco museum PortofinoDaniele Crippa	Critic president of Parco museum Portofino
Denis Curti	Critic curator, president of Forma museu Milan
Ughette Del Mauro	Critic, curator, Santiago del ChileCritic curator, president of Forma museum Milan
Zunino
Paola ForniZunino	Gallerist, Bologna, Ragusa
David J Getsy	Distinguished Chair in Art History and Associate Professor School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Yuko Hasegawa	Chief Curator Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Salima Hashmi	Dean, School of Visual Arts and Design, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
Mella Jaarsma	Chief curator Cemeti Art House / Rumah Seni Cemeti Indonesia
Giorgio Lodetti	Critic, curator, owner of Libreria Bocca
Clarice Pecori Giraldi	Managing director, Christie’s Milano
Silvia Pettinicchio	Gallerist, Milan
Marco Pozzi	Movie director, Milan
Ivan Quaroni	Critic, curator , Milan
David Raskin	Professor and Chair Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism Art Institute of Chicago
Alessandra Redaelli	Critic, curator , editor arte magazine
Stefania Ricci	Director Ferragamo Museum, Firenze
Bianca Maria Rizzi	Gallerist, Milan
Necmi Sönmez	Independent curator, Dusseldorf, Istanbul
Dominic Thomas	Dean UCLA, Los Angeles
Charles Traub	Chair, MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Dept. School of Visual Arts, NY