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NEW WORK UK 1999

Following the success of the ground-breaking New Work UK 98, the project returned in 1999 with an even greater number of applications. The format of NWUK was three complete exhibitions, chosen from open submission, with only a forty-eight hour turnaround between each show. Over 500 applications were received from artists, artists groups and curators.

The selectors for NWUK in 1999 were Rose Finn Kelcey (artist), John Chilver (artist and member of curating group UNIT), Bart de Baere (curator, SMAK Belgium), Sue Jones (Director, Chisenhale) and Darren Flook (curator, Chisenhale).

One of the key curatorial objectives of NWUK was to contribute to the current debate on the function of ‘opens’. NWUK was a national project, with a strong identity and relevance to younger artists and curators.

The 1999 exhibitions were:

Trippa a Modo Mio (7-11 July)
Norman Hogg
Marijke Steedman
Simon Wood

Jasper Joffe (14-18 July)

The Natives are Restless (2-25 July)

Sigalit Landau
Saskia Olde Wolbers