The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation* announced 2011 fellows from the U.S. and Canada the other day. Of the 180, 20 were in “fine arts” (that means visual arts) and another eight were in photography. These are prestigious awards, and I always wonder, what does it take to win one?
Here’s the list, and — to find what kind of work was deemed worthy — links to the best website about them I found: their own, their dealer’s, or another art website.
UPDATED: It turns out that I can not do a list with links…the names, I think, are too close together and the links all run together. Some work, some don’t. Apologies.
It’s a range of work. You know some of them already; some, probably not.
Fine Arts
Ann Agee
Judith Barry
James Mark Biederman
Katherine Bradford
Rick Briggs
Beth Campbell
Janet S. Echelman
R. M. Fischer
Charles Adam Goldman
Duncan Hannah
Corin Hickory Hewitt
Bernie B. Lubell
Andrew Masullo
Jesus Mora
Endi E. Poskovic
Charles Ross
Lisa Beth Sigal
Stephen Vitiello
Bradford’s “Ferry” is above.
Photography
Karolina Karlic
Jonathan Scott Lowenstein
Richard Mosse His “Breach: is at right.
Pipo Hieu Nguyen-duy
Betsy Schneider
Katherine M. Turczan
Penelope Umbrico
John M.Willis
Photo Credits: Courtesy of the artists
* I consult to a foundation that supports the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation