To Apply to The Young Masters Art Prize 2012, artist’s are invited to review the To Apply section above.  Featured artists include 2009 Winners Ghost of a Dream & Hector de Gregorio along with 2009 shortlisted artists Lluís Barba, Charlotte Bracegirdle.

Our ‘Call to Artists’ coincides with the solo exhibition of Young Masters Art Prize 2009 winners –  Ghost of a Dream – at the London Art Fair 2012. Ghost of a Dream’s installation, this is it, will be on display in the Art Projects section between 18 – 22 January 2012. On Wednesday 18th Adam Eckstrom (one half of the artist collaborative, Ghost of a Dream) will be in conversation with Godfrey Barker (esteemed art historian and chair of the Young Masters Art Prize 2012 judging panel) between 4.30 – 5.30pm. To reserve tickets for this event, please check the London Art Fair website, or click here.

Here, Lauren Was (second half of Ghost of a Dream) explains the creative process that went in to the making of this is it during the artist collaborative’s residency at The Wassaic Project, New York state:

Art Projects, London Art Fair
18 – 22 January, 2012

To mark the official opening for applications for the Young Masters Art Prize, 2012, winners of the inaugural 2009 prize, Ghost of a Dream, will exhibit their installation this is it in the Projects Section of the London Art Fair. The exhibition will be on display for the duration of the London Art Fair (18^th – 22^nd January). On the opening afternoon, Adam Eckstrom, from the artistic duo Ghost of a Dream, will be ‘in-conversation’ with renowned art historian and journalist and Chair of the Young Masters Art Prize 2012  Judging Panel, Godfrey Barker. This forms part of the scheduled Talks programme of the London Art Fair.

The sculptures and installations of the Brooklyn-based collaborative pair (Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom) explore cultural obsessions for opulence and the present-day consumer dream. Using the by-products and refuse generated by popular culture, Ghost of a Dream create artworks that invite the spectator to muse upon their personal aspirations and the lure of wealth.

Constructed from a combination of old mirrors, lottery tickets, romance novels and sand-bags, this is it surrounds the viewer with a highly sensory display of colour, light and detailed decoration. With its conflicting blend of lavishness and detritus from cheap consumer culture, the installation embodies the conceptual sophistication and talented craftsmanship characteristic of Ghost of a Dream’s work.

This Is It will be on display between 18^th – 22^nd January  at:
Art Projects, London Art Fair
Business Design Centre, Islington London N1

http://www.londonartfair.co.uk

Adam Eckstrom from Ghost of a Dream will be in conversation with Godfrey Barker at 4.30pm on Wednesday 18^th January. Check the London Art Fair website to reserve tickets.

Please look under “Applications” for more information on entering the competition.

The Call to Artists will be open from January to April, 2012.

Young Masters Art Prize 2012 press release