The Saatchi Gallery and the Guardian are joining forces to create the first 'reader-curated' contemporary art show, featuring emerging new talent from Your Gallery. The exhibition 'Your Gallery @ The Guardian', will take place from 24-28 October in the Guardian's gallery in London's Clerkenwell.
A panel of judges has chosen the work of 30 artists from the 10,000 artists who are registered on
the Your Gallery website. These 30 artists were featured in a special launch issue of the Guardian's G2 supplement on 6 September and on the Guardian's website. Readers were given until 18 September to vote for their favourite work, and the ten most popular artists have now been selected for exhibit in October.
Your Gallery aims to provide a global platform for artists to exhibit their work to the international art community, including dealers and collectors. By collaborating with the Guardian the Saatchi Gallery hopes to further enhance the profile of the artists on Your Gallery and to encourage the general public and the art community to visit the site where they can find some of the best new talent from around the world.
The judges are: artists Marc Quinn and Cornelia Parker; Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, co-director of the Gagosian gallery; Tim Marlow, director of White Cube, and broadcaster and Guardian art critic Jonathan
Jones. Their shortlist of 30 artists is revealed in the Guardian's G2 supplement today and below.
To coincide with the launch G2 featured an exclusive interview with Charles Saatchi in which he discussed his passion for art and shared his fascination for the internet and online opportunities for artists and collectors.
The work of the ten selected artists will appear in the Guardian Newsroom gallery from Tuesday 24 October to Saturday 28 October.
Your Gallery @ The Guardian
Tuesday 24 October - Saturday 28 October 2006
The Guardian Newsroom gallery
60 Farringdon Road
London
EC1R 3GA
Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 12 noon-4pm
Admission: Free
The 30 artists who readers could vote for to be in the exhibition are listed under the judges who nominated them:
Brian Ulrich: Untitled, Thrift, Indianapolis, 2006
nominated by Cornelia Parker
Amy Stein: The Trasheaters, 2005
nominated by Cornelia Parker
James R Ford: General Carbuncle, 2006
nominated by Cornelia Parker
David Graham: I Cannot Believe My Eyes, 2006
nominated by Cornelia Parker
Monica Hernandez: Carnival of Puppets, 2006
nominated by Cornelia Parker
Jasiek Mischke: America Today, 2005
nominated by Cornelia Parker
Marcin Cienski: Do Not Talk About It, 2005
nominated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Christian Siekmeier: Snow White, 2005
nominated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Fujiko Isomura: Story of Veranda - Nusumigiki, 2000
nominated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Peter Root: Transformer, 2000
nominated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Elena Bajo: Sheltering Sky, 2006
nominated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Randy Wray: Nest Raider, 2005-6
nominated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Georgi Tushev: V, 2006
nominated by Marc Quinn
Robin Cracknell: Acid Summer, 2005
nominated by Marc Quinn
Louise Galea: Just a Girl Standing in front of a Boy Asking Him to Love Her, 2006
nominated by Marc Quinn
Anthony Elliott: (Ear) Air Your Views, 2006
nominated by Marc Quinn
Rui Matsunaga: Machine Dream, 2005
nominated by Marc Quinn
Lotta de Beus: Chandelier, 2005
nominated by Marc Quinn
Arno Bojak: The Judgement of Paris, 2006
nominated by Jonathan Jones
Michael Just: Untitled black aluminium piece, 2005
nominated by Jonathan Jones
Amy Russell: All The Girls I Could've Been, 2002
nominated by Jonathan Jones
Joshua Hagler: Portrait of an American Christ, 2006
nominated by Jonathan Jones
Anthea Bush: Icarus, 2006
nominated by Jonathan Jones
Claire Morgan: Things That Fall, 2005
nominated by Jonathan Jones
Paul John Taylor: Shell, 2005
nominated by Tim Marlow
Marguerite Horner: Until She Listens, 2006
nominated by Tim Marlow
Sarah Jeffries: Look Over There, 2006
nominated by Tim Marlow
Paul Beliveau: Humanities, 2006
nominated by Tim Marlow
John Burke: Timed, 2005
nominated by Tim Marlow
Ronald Hall: The Forgotten, 2006
nominated by Tim Marlow
Vote online at guardian.co.uk/yourgallery OR text GU[space]ARTIST[space] [insert first three letters of their surname] to 82222 (texts cost 25p plus standard network rate).
