The Open Call for the Social Art Award 2019 under the topic “We are the People – Peaceful Revolutions” was closed on December 15, 2019. We are very impressed by 558 submissions that were contributed by artists coming from 65 countries across all continents.
The winners of The Social Art Award 2019 are Narcissa Gold (USA), Melinda Mouzannar (Lebanon) and Bogna Grazyna Jaroslawski (Poland/Germany). The Honorary Mention goes to Kingson Kin Sing Chan (Hong Kong/UK).
Below you find the artworks, that passed the initial jury round. The public voting took place till 30 December and is a tool to give more public visibility to the topic and the artworks. It does not replace the final jury judgment. There were two wildcards for the most voted artworks that entered the final shortlist.
The focus diversity of applications shows that artists are active in the multi-faceted fields of socially engaged art reflecting on wars, genocides, femicides, traumata, violence against refugees, children, women, men, disabled people, LGBTIQs, animals. They share feelings for the planet and its living species, but also showing hopelessness due to complex crises be it climate change (e.g. in regard to water pollution), capitalism, corruption, a violation against human rights, nature, protected national parks. Many of the artists are constantly trying to give a voice to the poorest or empower unheard social groups.
It’s not only about peaceful revolutions, but it’s also about feeling a deep connection and showing love and respect for each other.
Thank you all for sharing your great and inspirational work and look at all the great contributions!
"Beach Cell"
Anja Claudia Pentrop
open category
„Beach cell“ is a collaborative piece of art of „Ink Junkie“ and german artist Anja Claudia Pentrop. During the process of this artwork the person behind bars was in solitary confinement on death row in Florida. The access to artistic material in prison is often very limited and the collaboration allows the person behind bars to be part of the transformative process when an idea sketched on lined prison paper becomes a colorful threedimensional piece of art. Technique: mixed media embroidery. How can art catalyze change?: The process of creating art collaborations through prison bars helps to handle the burden of solitary confinement by breaking the isolation and reconnecting the imprisoned and the free society.
„Beach cell“ is a collaborative piece of art of „Ink Junkie“ and german artist Anja Claudia Pentrop. During the process of this artwork the person behind bars was in solitary confinement on death row in Florida. The access to artistic material in prison is often very limited and the collaboration allows the person behind bars to be part of the transformative process when an idea sketched on lined prison paper becomes a colorful threedimensional piece of art. Technique: mixed media embroidery. How can art catalyze change?: The process of creating art collaborations through prison bars helps to handle the burden of solitary confinement by breaking the isolation and reconnecting the imprisoned and the free society.