Hao Jingban Wins 2019 Han Nefkens ARCOmadrid Video Art Award
The Han Nefkens Foundation has named Chinese artist Hao Jingban the recipient of its 2019 ARCOmadrid Video Art Award. She receives €15,000 to create a new video work inspired by Felix González-Torres's clock piece, Perfect Lovers. This commission will debut at Matadero Madrid during ARCOmadrid 2020 before touring internationally. Hao is recognized for her Beijing Ballroom project, which documents ballroom culture from the 1950s to the present. A jury including Han Nefkens, Ana Ara of Matadero Madrid, Manuel Segade from Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Sunjung Kim of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, and Rein Wolfs of Bundeskunsthalle selected her. Shortlisted artists were Karimah Ashadu, Manuel Correa, Aziz Hazara, Polina Kanis, Ross Little, Jorge Scobell, and Wong Ping. ArtReview Asia previously featured Hao as a 2017 Future Great.
Key facts
- Hao Jingban won the Han Nefkens Foundation's ARCOmadrid Video Art Award 2019
- The award includes €15,000 to fund a new video work
- The work responds to Felix González-Torres's Perfect Lovers
- It will premiere at Matadero Madrid during ARCOmadrid 2020
- The work will then travel to international art centers
- Hao is known for the Beijing Ballroom project (2012–2016)
- The jury included Han Nefkens, Ana Ara, Manuel Segade, Sunjung Kim, and Rein Wolfs
- Shortlisted artists included Karimah Ashadu, Manuel Correa, Aziz Hazara, Polina Kanis, Ross Little, Jorge Scobell, and Wong Ping
Entities
Artists
- Hao Jingban
- Felix González-Torres
- Karimah Ashadu
- Manuel Correa
- Aziz Hazara
- Polina Kanis
- Ross Little
- Jorge Scobell
- Wong Ping
Institutions
- Han Nefkens Foundation
- Matadero Madrid
- Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo
- Gwangju Biennale Foundation
- Bundeskunsthalle
- ArtReview Asia
Locations
- Beijing
- China
- Madrid
- Spain
- Bonn
- Germany
- Gwangju
- South Korea
- UK
- Colombia
- Afghanistan
- Russia
- Mexico
- Hong Kong