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...whose work went on display in London last week, setting off the usual firestorm of controversy over what constitutes art. (British Culture Minister Kim Howells dismissed the nominations as "conceptual bullshit.") Well, now the French have a prize that's designed to start the same kind of arguments. The Marcel Duchamp Prize, named after the father of Conceptualism, aims to do for French contemporary art what the Turner has done for the British. As this year's winner, Gonzalez-Foerster must be hoping to generate the buzz that Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread got from their Turners. The French prize...
...fully private initiative, with a short list compiled from the nominations of over 100 individual art collectors and an international jury selecting the final winner, the Marcel Duchamp Prize is a rarity in France's state-dominated cultural landscape. For although the country is home to some of the world's best-known museums, it is often regarded as an also-ran in the contemporary art world. "Contemporary creation in France still isn't getting the international recognition it deserves," says Jennifer Flay, a Paris gallery owner...
...Foerster has another explanation. What makes British contemporary art world-famous is "the way the British media have latched onto young artists. We don't have that in France." With the Turner Prize acting as the main vector for that media attention in Britain, it's inevitable that the Marcel Duchamp Prize's founders should have adopted it as their model. "The Turner Prize has contributed to the emergence of British artists who have gone on to acquire international reputations," says Fuchs. "This prize aims to boost the visibility of French artists...
...little inconvenient, then, that Gonzalez-Foerster says she's never thought of herself as a French artist at all. But perhaps that is only fitting. The organizers may have chosen his name as a symbol for French artistic innovation, but they neglect to point out that Marcel Duchamp died an American...
...Marcel A. Q. LaFlamme is public relations chair for the BGLTSA. Justin C. Ocean and Zachary M. Subin are co-chairs of BOND...