Fact File

John Moores Exhibition Fact File

John Moores 14, 1985

• Exhibition rescheduled from 1984 to 1985 owing to gallery roof repairs
• Artists' statements and biographies become a major component of the catalogue, which is also fully illustrated for the first time
• Purchase prize retained

Selected by:

• Sir John Moores (Chair)
• Michael Craig-Martin
• Christopher Le Brun
• John McEwen
• Nicholas Serota

 

Conditions of entry:

Artists working in the UK; oil, emulsion or other accepted modern techniques, designed to hang on a wall and not project more than six inches. Each artist could submit one work, preferably new. Sculpture, kinetics, watercolours and graphic arts excluded.

Number of exhibits 52

Prizewinners:

Bruce McLean 1st prize (Purchase prize) £11,000
Stephen Buckley 2nd prize £3,000
Terry Setch 3rd prize £2,000

10 prizes of £250:
Allan Boston
Gerard de Thame
Ansel Krut
Simon Lewty
Lisa Milroy
Thérèse Oulton
Adrian Searle
Jack Shotbolt
Andrew Stahl
Christopher Stevens