*Open Call* Smash the Narrative Art Prize
Welcome to the Smash the Narrative project. The purpose of this project is to use art to promote public discussion around major political and social issues. Every two years we award a prize for art relating to a specific topic.
Last year’s theme was alternative interpretations of nationality, “Alter-Nation”. We had over 100 entries from around the world. The top twenty artists were showcased in a month long special exhibition at GO Gallery Amsterdam. The top three artists were awarded prizes of €2,500, €1,000 and €500.
This years theme is titled “You can’t paint that!“. The topic is taboo and censorship. This is an important issue at the moment with governments, educational institutions and big tech companies taking it upon themselves to decide which ideas can and can’t be discussed. We would like to encourage artists to think about what it feels like to be told they should avoid expressing certain ideas or alternatively the necessity of limiting creative and intellectual expression to avoid causing offence.
Freedom of expression and censorship in the modern age.
3rd prize (audience choice) €500 art materials
Top 25 submissions will be displayed in a month long gallery show in NSDM Fuse Gallery, Amsterdam in Spring 2020.
Entry opens: 1st August 2019
Entry closes: 31st December 2019
Gallery exhibition: 7th March 2020