'It's a big deal': $100,000 Mohn prize for Hammer's Made in L.A. biennial goes to dancer Adam Linder
The Hammer Museum announced the Mohn prizes for the Hammer's Made in L.A. biennial
Did you vote for your favorite Made in L.A. artist to win the Mohn Award? Dancer Adam Linder snagged the top spot. Read on to find out which other artists were recognized.
"The Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award, granted for artistic excellence to a Los Angeles artist featured in the museum’s biennial, “Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only,” has been announced and it’s not going to a painter, sculptor or installationist. Instead, the award has gone to a dancer.
Adam Linder, an Australia-born, L.A.-based dancer and choreographer, whose “Klein Paradiso” pokes a stick at the abstract (his dancers take to the stage in costumes that match the design of the scenery), has taken the biennial’s generous top prize.
“It’s a big deal,” the performer says via Skype from Berlin, where he’s preparing for another show. “[Dance] is definitely not at the top of the disciplinary pinnacle in [museums]. ... But I think performance and dance have had a resurgent invitation into the visual arts and museological practice in the last decade to two decades.”"— Carolina A. Miranda, August 16, 2016
Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times website.