This morning councilor of Culture, Raúl David García’s most emblematic landmarks, the captain-director of Marina Dénia, Gabriel Martínez and members of the jury, Toni Marí, Nicolás Merle, Joan Castejón and Modesto Marí have presented the awards to the winners of the VII “Sculptures in front of the sea” contest.
El first prize of this edition, 1.500 Euros, it has been for Manuel Marti and sculpture 'Lightness'. The second prize, 1.000 Euros and also to fernando herranz by 'I was standing, you were there' and the third prize, 500 Euros and also to Isidro Alonso and his sculpture 'Salt Arrow'. The Department of Culture of the City of Dénia y Marina Dénia have also granted three special mentions for the works of Georgie Poulariani, Marta Bacceiredo and Paqui Giner.
This year the selection of the award-winning works has been made with the jury's votes (50%), those of the public (30%), as well as the 20% remaining The artists' own votes. "The number of exhibitors has grown exponentially, and the quality of the works has grown exponentially. Thank you all for your participation, for the presence of the Dénia City Council and the members of the jury for this competition, as without their collaboration it would not have been possible. More than 1.000 people participated in the voting, and many more shared the works on their social media," he noted. Gabriel Martínez.
The artist and jury member, Joan Castejón, commented that "we are very pleased with this year's participation, given the quality of the works." For his part, Modesto Marí He said that "we liked the popular vote, as we saw that people really got involved in this contest. We encourage you to continue participating in future editions." Nicolas Merle"Seeing a public-private collaboration is a triumph for culture. Thank you all for your participation." For his part, Tony Mari He thanked the Navy, the artists, and the City Council for their support. Councilor for Culture He stated that "thanks to the artists for the dedication you put into the works and to Marina Dénia for launching this project and space."
The following people participated in the exhibition: Ángel Solana, Vicent Ferri, Luciano González, Marta Bacceiredo, Luis Miguel González, Manuel Martí, Alejandro Inglés, Michel Touma, Carlos César Zorrilla, Paqui Giner, Magali Charmillot, Pepe Vegas, Maire-Louise Kersbergen, Isidro Alonso, José Luis Menéndez, Fernando Herranz, Salvador Mollà, Georgie Poulariani, Alberto Messeguer, Cristina Minguillón, María Dolores Trujillo, Rosa María Ibáñez, José Ortiz and Ángel Lamela.
Most of the exhibits look like a pile of junk - where did the prize money come from? Can someone please tell me?
Good afternoon.
There is an error in the footer of the article's winning sculptures, where it says the second prize is the third and vice versa.
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