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19TH LEGNICA INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY COMPETITION
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Does really “less means more”?
(More or less)
Sławomir Fijałkowski
During two days: the 9th – 10th April in the Gallery of Art in Legnica took place jury session of the Competition. In the jury sat on following members: Maria Rosa Franzin (Italy), Ramón Puig Cuyàs (Spain), Theo Smeets (Netherlands), Andi Gut (Switzerland), Sławomir Fijałkowski and Arkadiusz Wolski (Poland).
Jury assessed 493 pieces which were sent by 267 artists from all over the world. For the competition were sent applications from 30 countries (European countries, Argentina, Colombia, Japan, Canada, Korea, Israel, Australia, India). Jury selected works which will be presented at the main exhibition of the Festival and awarded chosen artists.
GRAND PRIX OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE
II AWARD OF THE MARSHALL OF THE LOWER SILESIA PROVINCE
7.500 PLN + 1 KG OF SILVER
Cooperation//STANDARD (I. Römmich, T. Schäfer, L. Pregger, M.Walther) - Germany, Switzerland
GRAND PRIX OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE
II AWARD OF THE MARSHALL OF THE LOWER SILESIA PROVINCE
7.500 PLN + 1 KG OF SILVER
Judy McCaig - Great Britain
III 3ND AWARD OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEGNICA
2.500 PLN + 1 KG OF SILVER
Silke Rehermann - Germany
AWARD OF THE GALLERY OF ART IN LEGNICA
STATUETTE „MAREK”+ 1 KG OF SILVER
Katarzyna R. Wójcik - Poland
THE ORGANIZERS’ SPECIAL AWARD
FOR CREATIVE COURAGE AND UNCOMPROMISING
ATTITUDE, INNOVATION, SENSE OF HUMOUR
“SILVER SPUR” + 1 KG OF SILVER
Tabea Reulecke - Niemcy
HONOURABLE MENTION
Mirjam Hiller - Germany
HONOURABLE MENTION
Inhorgenta Europe Award – stand at Inhorgenta Europe 2011
Award of the Goldsmithing Artists' Association - 1 kg of silver
Taehee In - Korea
HONOURABLE MENTION
Sham Patwardhan - Germany
HONOURABLE MENTION
Fabrizio Tridenti - Italy
HONOURABLE MENTION
Patricia Wieckowski - Germany
HONOURABLE MENTION
Jarosław Westermark - Poland
AWARDS BEYOND THE COMPETENCE OF THE JURY:
The Joachim Sokólski Award established by
the Polish Modern Art Foundation - 1 kg of silver
Krzysztofa Staniszewska - Poland
The Three Windows Gallery Award – 0,5 kg of silver
Tuija Hietanen - Finland
Honourable mention of the Director of the Gallery of Art in Legnica
Peter Skubic - Austria
Honourable mention of the International Amber Association
Katarzyna Gemborys - Poland
Honourable Mention of Polish Jewellery
Monica Wickström - Finlandia
Honourable mention of the artistic magazine FORMAT
Sigurd Bronger - Norway
