Byron Kim Awarded 2019 Robert De Niro, Sr. Prize
Byron Kim Synecdoche, 1991-1992 Wax and oil on panel 100 panels 8 x 10 in. each (JCG10305) Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. © Byron Kim 2019. Image courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York.
We are thrilled to announce that the 2019 Robert De Niro, Sr. Prize has been awarded to Byron Kim. Established in 2011 by Robert De Niro, in honor of his late father, the accomplished painter Robert De Niro, Sr., the prize recognizes a mid-career American artist for significant and innovative contributions to the field of painting. Nominated each year by a distinguished selection committee, Byron Kim is the eighth recipient of the $25,000 merit-based prize, administered by the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) for which Robert De Niro is a co-founder.
It was a pleasure collaborating with the 2019 selection committee: Carmen Hermo, Associate Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum; Norman Kleeblatt, former Chief Curator of The Jewish Museum and now an independent curator and critic; and William S. Smith, Editor of Art in America.
Byron Kim’s work sits at the threshold between abstraction and representation, between conceptualism and pure painting. Kim explores issues of time, identity, and deeply personal ruminations through a minimalist approach. To learn more about Byron Kim, please see: (https://www.jamescohan.com/artists/byron-kim)
Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory began managing Robert De Niro, Sr.’s estate in 2010. Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922-1993) was part of the celebrated New York School of Post-War American artists. His work blended abstract and expressionist styles of painting with traditional representational subject matter, bridging the divide between European Modernism and Abstract Expressionism.
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