Rodney McMillian Wins First $100,000 Suzanne Deal Booth Prize
McMillian will get a solo show at the Jones Center.
Department of Art Associate Professor Rodney McMillian has been awarded the inaugural Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize from The Contemporary Austin. With the award, McMillian receives an unrestricted award of $100,000, alongside a solo exhibition and scholarly publication.
"Artist Rodney McMillian is the winner of the Contemporary Austin’s inaugural Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize. In addition to receiving a $100,000 award, his work will be the subject of solo exhibition at the Jones Center, the museum’s downtown venue, slated to open February 3, 2018.
The prize, which was announced in July, is part of the museum’s mission to attract global talent to Texas.
“When I joined the Contemporary in 2013, my goal was to bring in artists and exhibitions that added to the ongoing dialogue in the contemporary art world and that would help us bring new ideas to the Austin area,” said Louis Grachos, director of the Contemporary Austin, in a statement."— Sara Cascone, November 3, 2016
Read the full article at the Artnet News website.
Header image: Installation view, "Rodney McMillian: Landscape Painting," Aspen Art Museum, 2015. Artwork © Rodney McMillian. Image courtesy the artist, Aspen Art Museum, and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. Photograph by Tony Prikryl.