‘Art Patronage to Support Production: The Prix StudioCollector’
Wednesday 17 November 2021, 1 — 2 pm
- Speakers
- Guillaume de Saint-Seine, Pascale Pronnier and Jean-Conrad & Isabelle Lemaître
- Venue
- La Pedrera
- Language
- English
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Initiated by French video art collectors Isabelle & Jean-Conrad Lemaître in 2007, and endowed with € 6,000, the StudioCollector Prize rewards an artist from Le Fresnoy – National Studio (Tourcoing). The winning work is then selected for the “Panorama” exhibition, an annual creation meeting at Le Fresnoy. Every year, the winner is chosen by a collector or a curator appointed the Lemaître’s. The 15th StudioCollector Prize, presented within the context of the LOOP Talks, will be awarded by collector Guillaume de Saint-Seine. The awarding announcement will be followed by the screening of the work. Besides, the talk will delve into debating issues related with the production of moving image works and how collectors can be key players in making this happen.
Guillaume de Saint-Seine
- Speaker
Contemporary art collector based in Paris. In 2021 he has been invited for the awarding ceremony of the Prix Studio Collector award.
Pascale Pronnier
Exhibition’s manager in Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains of Tourcoing, France.
Jean-Conrad & Isabelle Lemaître
Paris-based Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître are among the most cutting edge international contemporary film and video collectors. They began collecting contemporary art in 1983. Their collection includes painting, sculpture and photography, but their focus over the past ten years has been video art. This deep interest in video art has its origin in their passion for cinema. The Lemaîtres have been generous in lending works for museums, exhibitions and showing their video art at home. They support a number of public institutions. They are Friends of the Pompidou Centre and Friends of Fondation La Maison Rouge in Paris. Lemaître have also created and sponsored “StudioCollector” prize at Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing, which is a prize for young video artists. The Lemaître collection includes work by the Turner Prize-winner Gillian Wearing, Mark Wallinger, Tacita Dean, Isaac Julian, Steve McQueen and Keith Tyson, among others.
