The Saatchi Gallery have teamed up with Channel 4 for their announcement of those lucky art graduates who have been chosen for inclusion in New Sensations. For over a decade Saatchi’s New Sensations project has sought to find the most imaginative and talented artists graduating in the UK and to support students leaving art college. Previous art graduates who have been included in the pretigious club are Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst.
Tracey Emin was one of Saatchi's New Sensations
Since 2007 The Saatchi Gallery have been working in partnership with Channel 4 to gain greater attention for the project. The four finalists of the competition will be given a bursary to make a new work to present at the exhibition, and each of these ‘New Sensations’ will have a 3 Minute Wonder Channel 4 film made about them which will also be aired in October. The ultimate winner of the competition will be awarded prize money to support his or her future artistic endeavours.
An exhibition of the 20 shortlisted graduates chosen by the judges will take place in London during Frieze Week in October 2009 at the A Foundation at the Rochelle School in Shoreditch.
