The Comme Ca Art Prize North

On the 8th October 2003, Claire Turner awarded £10,000, along with Prize Art Patron Chris Ofili, to one of five artist nominees from The North.

The Comme Ca Art Prize North was awarded to Paul Rooney, a Liverpool based artist. ‘Flat 23’, [the winning work], is a three monitor video installation with sound. A former resident of a block of flats about to be demolished was asked by Rooney to list the objects that filled three rooms in her former flat. These words were set to music and sung by a lead female voice with two-part harmony, and a multiple voice backing by the same singer. This forms the soundtrack to static video shots of the same, now empty, rooms.

Comme Ca NYC
645 West 27th Street, between 11th/12th Ave. New York, NY 10001

Manchester-based Comme Ca Art Ltd. opened a 3,500-square-foot gallery in Chelsea, Comme Ca NYC, on the 16th October 2003, with the aim of introducing emerging artists from The North of England to New York.
Comme Ca NYC was a yearlong project, culminating in a number of solo shows including the artists, David Hancock, The Little Artists and Vincent James.
David Hancock is a Manchester based photorealist painter who wowed the New York art scene with his ‘Beautiful People’ series of paintings.
The Little Artists, now based in London, became the darlings of the New York art scene with their ‘Lego’ art world creations.
Vincent James had previously shown with the ACE Gallery in LA. His cartoon inspired 2D and 3D artworks premiered in New York at Comme Ca NYC to much acclaim.

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