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Roanne Dods, Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation: 'The selectors were rigorous in the collation of work that they saw and in the final judgments that they made. The result is a group of very strong work and range of artists that contribute to an enriched debate about practice and interests among a special group of emerging artists. It will be very exciting to see the exhibition come together.'
Jerwood Contemporary Painters was launched at Frieze Art Fair 2006 as part of the Jerwood Visual Art Series, which encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, moving image and applied arts. Each award or exhibition within the series is concerned with defining a given discipline within the larger context of the visual arts.
Professor Stephen Farthing
Stephen Farthing has exhibited extensively in international one man shows since his first solo exhibition held at the Royal College of Art Gallery, London in 1977. From 1990 - 2000 he was the Ruskin Master of Drawing at the University of Oxford. He was elected Royal Academician in 1998...
