Marc Larré wins the Antoni Vila Casas d'Escultura Award 2024

The Vila Casas Foundation has awarded the Antoni Vila Casas Sculpture Prize 2024 to the artist Marc Larré (Barcelona, 1978) for the work 2 arms, 3 knees, 5 hands and 12 feet (2023), a sculptural group made of plaster, mud and sand that condenses the main lines of work that the artist has developed in recent years. The jury has also awarded an entry to Ariadna Parreu (Reus, 1982) for Viró, a work that is part of her Plasma fantasma project and which aims to delve deeper into the concept of superficiality.

The winner of the first prize, Marc Larré, has been awarded €15,000 and will hold a solo exhibition in Can Framis in 2025. The two winning works will become the property of the Vila Casas Foundation.

The verdict of the jury - made up of Caterina Almirall, Pilar Bonet, Natàlia Chocarro, Bernat Puigdollers, Stella Rahola Matutes and Joan Torras - was announced on April 27 at 12 noon at the Can Mario Museum (Palafrugell), during the event of the opening of the exhibition of the finalists of the Antoni Vila Casas d'Escultura Award 2024. The exhibition, which can be seen until June 23 at Can Mario, brings together the 28 finalist works chosen by the jury from among all the proposals received in this edition.

The 28 finalist artists are: Lluc Baños, Leonard Beard, Béatrice Bizot, Pau Borràs, Irene Cases, Natalia Castañeda, Xavier Escribà, Agustina Fioretti, Jordi Gich, Toni Giró, Alejandro Granero, Anna Ill, Laura Juanós, Marc Larré, Marga de la Llana, Ariadna Mangrané, Oscar Moya, Ariadna Parreu, Jordi Plana Visual Artist, Lúcia Prancha, Artiatzar, Xavier Ristol, Sofia Salazar, Tura Sanglas, Ines Schaikowski, Laura Sebastianes, Agata Serafin and Jordi Tolosa.