EASTinternational 09

Contemporary Art Norwich

location

St. George Street

correspondence

Norwich School of Art and Design

Francis House, Redwell Street

Norwich NR2 4SN

t. 44 (0) 1603 756248 l.morris@nsad.ac.uk

www.eastinternational.net

Press Release 10.04.08

EASTinternational 2009 will be selected by Art & Language and Raster Gallery Warsaw. The application forms will be launched 14.04.2008 with the closing date for applications

04.07.2008. EASTinternational is now part of the biennial Contemporary Art Norwich programme produced by the Norfolk and Norwich Festival. The exhibition will open at Norwich School of Art and Design Saturday 11.07.2009.

Lukasz Gorczyca and Michal Kaczynski run Raster an independent art space in Warsaw. They are also known for "Raster" art magazine launched in Krakow in 1995. In Autumn 2000 it was transformed into an online weekly journal www.raster.art.pl. Raster works both internationally and locally to combine progressive art with a spirit of everyday social existence and has been instrumental in promoting the work of the Ladnie Group Wilhelm Sasnal, Marcin Maciejowski and Rafał Bujnowski as well as the work of Aneta Grzeszykowska who featured prominently in the 2005 Berlin Biennale.

Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden will select for Art & Language. The name Art & Language was adopted in 1968, to refer to a collaborative practice that had developed over the previous two years. The journal Art-Language was first published in May 1969. By the mid 1970s some 20 people were associated with the name, divided between England and New York. From 1976, however, the genealogical thread of Art & Language’s artistic work was taken solely into the hands of Baldwin and Ramsden, with the theoretical and critical collaboration of these two with Charles Harrison. Art & Language have also collaborated with BANK, the rock band The Red Krayola and on theory installations with The Jackson Pollock Bar. They have been included in many international exhibitions including Documenta in 1972, 1982 and 1997 and Galerie Foksal in 1975. Major exhibitions include the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1993), F.A.T Barcelona (1999), P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (1999) and the Musée d'Art Moderne, Lille (2002). They are represented by the Lisson Gallery and are preparing a show at EMMA, Finland in 2009. They live in South Northamptonshire.

Lynda Morris Curator

History

2007 EASTaward	Patricia Esquivias Selectors Matthew Higgs and Marc Camille Chaimowicz

2006 EASTaward	Jarrett Mitchell and Ruth Ewan Selectors Jeremy Deller and Dirk Snauwaert

2005 EAST	Selector Gustav Metzger www.east05.net

2004 EASTaward	Justin Mortimer Selectors Neo Rauch and Gerd Harry Lybke

2003 EASTaward	Richard Hughes EASTwork Chris Landoni Selectors Toby Webster Eva Rothschild

2002 EASTaward	Adam Blumberg, Clare Iles, Milohnic/Paschke, Hiraki Sawa, Jessica Jackson Hutchins EASTwork Mathew Holding Selectors Lawrence Weiner/Jack Wendler

2001 EASTaward	Zarina Bhimji Selectors Mary Kelly and Peter Wollen

2000 EASTaward	Hew Locke and Jananne Al-Ani Selectors Keith Piper and Sebastian Lopez

1999 EASTaward	Lucy McKenzie Selectors Peter Doig and Roy Arden

1998 EASTaward	Martin McGinn Selectors Alan Charlton and Michel Durand-Dessert

1997 EASTaward	Tomoko Takahashi Selectors Nicholas Logsdail and Tacita Dean

1996 EASTaward	Jacqueline Mesmaeker Selectors Richard Long and Roger Ackling

1995 EASTaward	Mary Evans Selectors Giuseppe Penone and Marian Goodman

1994 EASTaward	Stephanie Smith Selectors Jan Dibbets and Rudi Fuchs

1993 EASTaward	Kenny Hunter Selectors David Tremlett and Konrad Fischer

1992 EASTaward	Victoria Arney&Naomi Dines Selectors Helen Chadwick&M.Allthorpe-Guyton

1991 EASTaward	Sandy Guy Selectors Alexander Moffat and Andrew Brighton

EASTinternational Steering Committee

Simon Willmoth Chair Lynda Morris Curator Roger Ackling Niki Braithwaite ACE:E Manuel Chetcuti Richard Denyer Amanda Geitner SCVA Nav Haq Jonathan Harvey Norfolk & Norwich Festival Carl Rowe Barbara Howey Alison McFarlane Contemporary Art Norwich Andrew Moore Norwich Castle Museum Mary Muir Norfolk County Council Nikki Rotsos Norwich City Council Alex Sainsbury Mark Wilsher Jon Wood Henry Moore Institute co-op Kaavous Clayton Paul Kuzemczak

EASTinternational 09

Lynda Morris

2008-04-14

Catherine Moseley

Norwich Gallery