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The selection panel of Stephen Farthing (chair), Anita Taylor, and Jason Brooks, invited a long list of artists to submit works. From this, they selected twenty artists to take part in an exhibition at the Jerwood Space, London in April 2008. This is a departure from the format established in the first exhibition of selecting thirty artists. The judges selected a smaller exhibition as the twenty works formed a tighter, more cohesive show. Stephen Farthing: 'We didn't count, we simply chose the very best works, while paying attention to both their individual merits and ability to sit and make sense as a group. As it happens we ended up with twenty which was fewer than expected, but that's where our method took us and that's where we were happy to rest.'.
'What is so good about being offered the privilege of selecting emergent artists for exhibitions and prizes is the opportunity it provides the judges to "catch up" with what is new. Clearly it is important for both the audience and the judges to take a structured look from time to time at the changes that are taking place in that wonderfully traditional activity called Painting. This exhibition we hope does just that...
