Congratulations to Nairy Baghramian, who collaborated on a performance with Maria Hassabi during Performa 19 at 1014, for her nomination for the Hugo Boss Prize 2020

The Hugo Boss Prize honors outstanding achievement in contemporary art, celebrating the work of remarkable artists whose practices are among the most innovative and influential of our time. The biennial prize, established in 1996, sets no restrictions on age, gender, nationality, or medium. Juried by an international panel of distinguished museum directors, curators, and critics, it is administered by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and carries an award of $100,000. Since its inception in 1996, the Hugo Boss Prize has been awarded to Matthew Barney (1996), Douglas Gordon (1998), Marjetica Potrč (2000), Pierre Huyghe (2002), Rirkrit Tiravanija (2004), Tacita Dean (2006), Emily Jacir (2008), Hans-Peter Feldmann (2010), Danh Vo (2012), Paul Chan (2014), Anicka Yi (2016), and Simone Leigh (2018). Work by each artist who receives the award is presented in a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

In this video showing part of her work at 1014, Nairy Baghramian discusses her process for creating memorable sculptures that reimagine the workings of the body. “I have a very classical way of working, a traditional way of thinking of materials,” says Baghramian. “To get the sense of the politics of the material and the shapes, I have to understand it. Looking at a piece of marble, it already creates so many questions, and so many memories.”