International Art Medal Federation
Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d'Art
| FIDEM GRAND PRIX WINNERS |
2010 - Elly Baltus (The Netherlands)
Running Round "Concept innovation and techniques were the agreed main guidelines employed by the jury at their first meeting for the selection process for the FIDEM Grand Prix. It was also agreed that the first viewing would look at every countries display and each juror would select their nominations for further consideration. A second meeting was then held during which each juror listed their particular choices. These were then discussed and a new list prepared over artists whose work had received a general consensus. A third meeting was then held during which more debate covering such issues as quality of modelling, construction, carving, patination and originality of concept and the appropriateness of the medal in expressing the ideas. A fourth meeting then decided on the final nomination which each individual members viewed again before formally agreeing on their choice. It was felt that Elly Baltus group of medals were of outstanding quality and fully met the agreed criteria." The jury
Elly Baltus receiving the Grand Prix from FIDEM's President, Ilkka Voionmaa Elly Baltus is a Dutch artist living in Amsterdam. She studied art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the University of Wales. Next to monumental sculpture, Baltus makes medals. She made her first medals in 1994 and has exhibited in FIDEM since 2000. In 2003, she won a prize at the Medal Biennale of Seixal in Portugal. For this years’ FIDEM exhibition, Elly Baltus choose three medals, which refer to the idea ‘Time Based’: Moving images have to do with time. They are small cast bronze medals, not necessarily pleasing to the hand, but clear in their message. Next to Waiting for the Bus and Killing Time, the medal Running Round was exhibited in Tampere Art Museum. In a ‘static’ medal-object Baltus envisages how we deal with time: the small figures at the rim, like some sort of a perpetuum mobile, recall at the same time 21 century’s rat race. The meeting of ancient and modern, tradition and experiment have lead to exciting developments and new directions in her medals. A philosophical spirit is ever present in her work. PREVIOUS FIDEM GRAND PRIX WINNERS 2007 - Helder Batista (Portugal)
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