Voting starts today for the final head-to-head of the 12 finalists in the Showdown competition. On Monday 2 March the two highest scoring works will then go into another head-to-head round to decide on an overall winner. The winner will receive £1000 and the runner-up will receive £750. The winning work will go on display at the new Saatchi Gallery.
To cast your vote, click here.
To remind you, here are the winning works of the 12 rounds of the first SHOWDOWN competition:
Christine Coste, winner of Round 1
Nikki Wilson, winner of Round 2
Mark York, winner of Round 3
Christina Howard-Shurts, winner of Round 4
Laura E, winner of Round 5
Vilmantas Marcinkevicius, winner of Round 6
Wenqin Chen, winner of Round 7
Zoe Vadim, winner of Round 8
Espen Erichsen, winner of Round 9
Pablo Peñalba, winner of Round 10
Santiago Lara, winner of Round 11
Isabel Barbas, winner of Round 12
Showdown round winners are now being displayed at the new Saatchi Gallery, and during the inaugural exhibition of new Chinese art over 400,000 visitors saw the Showdown works, a record number for any contemporary art exhibition in the UK.
Showdown is one of the most popular sections on the Saatchi Online site, and is a highly visible showcase for your art. Artists seen here, and on the Critic’s Choice on the Online Magazine, have had great success when we organize presentations at art fairs of our members’ work, which is sold free of commission to artist and buyer.
SHOWDOWN – LOAD UP FOR NEW ROUND
All visitors are invited to start voting on the twelve SHOWDOWN finalists, and all artists are now able to submit their artwork to enter the next SHOWDOWN which starts on 9 March 2009.
