Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery announce today the two winners of 4 New Sensations, a competition for BA and MA students graduating from UK's art schools in 2008.
This year there are two winners, one chosen by the judges - artist Yinka Shonibare; the writer and broadcaster Matthew Collings; David Roberts, collector and founder of Gallery One One One in London; and Maureen Paley, founder of Maureen Paley gallery in London - and one chosen by public vote.
The judges' winner is Mark Davey.
He will receive prize money of £3000.
The winner chosen by public vote is Robert Sherwood. He will receive prize money of £1000.
The four finalists of the 2008 competition were:
Mark Davey
Mark Davey The Slade School of Fine Art, London
Davey makes ordinary elements of everyday life extraordinary - specifically lights, making them kiss and touch, move and swing or rub themselves over other materials. Using motors, the fragility and precarious repetition of the bulbs' movement is shown off, enticing a point of collapse, which never quite arrives.
Amy Moffat
Amy Moffat Wimbledon College of Art, London
Moffat works from early 20th century postcards, using specific colours to erase the original information contained in the cards. The documentary purpose of the postcard is turned into a sensory experience, creating a feeling of the familiar and uncanny. Her paintings become less about what they portray and more about the act of portrayal itself.
Robert Sherwood
Robert Sherwood Chelsea School of Art & Design, London
The central theme of Sherwood's paintings is the conflict between the organic forms of idealised landscapes and the artificiality of modern structures and technologies. Through different languages of paint application, he plays with perspective, leaving an awkward and disorientating view of the world.
Camilla Wills
Camilla Wills Wimbledon College of Art, London
Wills works with a process of appropriation that draws upon significant and aspirational imagery, such as movie logos, ancient boulders and rocket launchers. Objects and paintings are displayed together and used as props to produce a narrative, or narrative potential.
The four finalists were chosen by the panel of judges and they were each awarded a £1000 bursary to make a new work of art. They also each had a 3 Minute Wonder film made about them, produced by Tiger Aspect and broadcast on both Channel 4 and Saatchi Online in October.
Work by the four finalists and 16 other shortlisted graduates was shown at the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in London from 14-19 October, coinciding with the Frieze art fair.
The dates of the 2009 New Sensations competition will be announced in May 2009.
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