Hugo Boss Asia Art Award Bodies and Genders

Created in 2013 by the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award honours emerging Asian artists, especially those who are only at the beginning of their art practices. On November 6, for its fourth edition the jury – a mix of museum directors, curators and art critics – chose the Philippine dancer Eisa Jocson. The prize? 300,000 yuan… or 38,700 euros to be precise!

by Audrey Levy

This year, the Taiwanese artist Hsu Che-Yu, the Chinese artist Hao Jingban and the Vietnamese artist Thao-Nguyên Phan all thought they might win. But it was the pretty 33-year-old brunette, straight from Manila in the Philippines who dethroned them, earning the award they had been waiting for: the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award. They will have the privilege of exhibiting alongside her until January 5, 2020, in a room at the Rockbund Art Museum (RAM). It’s no coincidence that Eisa Jocson was selected. First of all, she is unclassifiable: she comes from a classical ballet background but received training in the visual arts. She says she is a dancer and as much a choreographer as a performer. Her obsession? Bodies in movement and their representations in places where they are…

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