BATTAGLIA

The Prize is promoted by the historic Battaglia Fine Art Foundry, located in the city centre of Milan. First opened in 1913, the foundry has always been home to some of the most important national and international artists: from Marino Marini to Kengiro Azuma, from Alighiero Boetti to Giuseppe Penone, all supported throughout their work by the expert and skilled hands of the foundry’s master artisans. The most recent generation of young artists nurtured by Battaglia includes artists like Francesco Arena, Giorgio Andreotta Calò and Peter Waechtler.

THE PRIZE

The BFSP is an annual award addresses to young international artists established with the aim of promoting the use of bronze and the ancient lost-wax casting process in contemporary art practices.
The BFSP wishes to be an international showcase for new emerging talents, through the monitoring, selection and formation of international artists in the production of innovative works.
Ten international leading figures of the contemporary art world select ten artists each presenting a proposal for a bronze cast. A jury then evaluates the projects paying specific attention to their procedural features, which are of extreme challenge within the casting process.

FIRST EDITION

This first edition of the BFSP #01 focuses on a new technical and artistic investigation of the lost wax bronze casting process - one of the most ancient sculptural techniques of all times - and its relevance in contemporary artistic practice.


Click here to download the BFSP #01 leaflet

THE EXHIBITION