"One of Japan's most radical living poets, Yoshimasu has spent over six decades dissolving the boundaries between language, sound and visual art, and at 87, continues to push into new territories."
"The prize is intended to provide artists, at a significant stage in their careers, with the time, freedom and resources to experiment, follow new lines of enquiry and develop work in whatever direction feels most meaningful."
"The Serpentine x Flag Art Foundation Prize will honour five artists over ten years, awarding £1m in total."
"Artists selected for the prize can be any age, based anywhere worldwide, and will need to have been exhibiting professionally "in major global institutions" for less than ten years, the organisers say."
Gozo Yoshimasu, a Japanese artist and poet, received the inaugural Serpentine x Flag Art Foundation Prize, worth £200,000. The prize is the largest contemporary art award in the UK and will be followed by a solo exhibition at Serpentine North in autumn 2027 and a presentation at the Flag Art Foundation in spring 2028. Yoshimasu’s experimental poems traverse geographic and discursive themes while testing translation limits. Organisers describe him as a radical living poet who has spent more than six decades dissolving boundaries between language, sound, and visual art. The prize will honor five artists over ten years, awarding £1m total, and supports experimentation through time, freedom, and resources for artists with professional exhibition experience in major global institutions for under ten years.
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