ICA/Boston announces 2021 recipients of the James and Audrey Foster Prize
Born and raised in Boston, Eben Haines (b. 1990, Boston) investigates the life of objects through works that emphasize the constructed nature of history.
BOSTON, MASS
.- Marlon Forrester, Eben Haines, and Dell Marie Hamilton have been named the recipients of the 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition, the museum announced today. This group of artists works in a diversity of media, including collage, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and installation, with unique artistic practices that share the impulse to create connections with other artists through their work. Developed against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the individual projects reflect each artists approach to community and exchange. The 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition is organized by Jeffrey De Blois, the ICAs Assistant Curator and Publications Manager, and will open to the public on August 25, 20
ICAâs 2021 Foster Prize goes to three artists who âhelp illuminate the way forwardâ
By Natachi Onwuamaegbu Globe Correspondent,Updated February 26, 2021, 3:03 p.m.
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The 2021 Foster Prize winners are, from left, Dell Marie Hamilton, Eben Haines, and Marlon Forrester.Terrence Jennings and ICA Boston
The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston has announced the winners of its 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize: Marlon Forrester, Eben Haines, and Dell Marie Hamilton.
The prize, which was established by James and Audrey Foster in 1999, recognizes the work of three Boston-based artists by providing funding and an exhibition at the ICA.
âReceiving this specific award is so important,â said Forrester, a Boston-based artist and educator born in Guyana. âIt shows that Iâve reached a certain era in my maturation as an artist and Iâm being acknowledged in a public space. But it also allows my work to stand with these other artists who a
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