John Moores 2010
The exhibition for JM2010 will run from 18 September 2010 - 3 January 2011.
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Must live or be professionally based in the United Kingdom.
Must adhere to the key dates as follows:
May enter one painting only.
Substitutes cannot be accepted.
Undertakes that thework submitted
is of his or her own origination, and
that he or she holds allmoral and
intellectual property rights in
that work.
Accepts that the images and painting,
if shortlisted,are entered at the artist's
risk. The entrantmust submit the
official registration form or the entry
will be invalid.The organisers are not liable for any loss or damage incurred
to the image or painting, if shortlisted
or selected for the exhibition itself.
If shortlisted for Stage 2 and the
exhibition, the entrant remains entirely
responsible for the transportation of
the painting to and from the depot.
The organiserswill not be liable for any
loss or damage, however caused, either
in transit to and from the exhibition, or
during any period of storage, packing
or unpacking, or in any period in which
theworkmay be on their premises or
in their keeping.
Is strongly advised to take out
their own commercial insurance to
cover their work in transit (two-way),
at the depots, throughout the judging
period and, if selected, during the
exhibition itself. Exhibitors will be
required to collect their work from
the specified depots.
Accepts that the painting submitted
will be available for sale in the exhibition
and that the Walker Art Gallery, should
they be interested, is given first option
to purchase thatwork.
Accepts that, if a final exhibitor,
all sales of exhibited work must be
undertaken by NMLTrading Ltd
during the exhibition period.
If selected for the exhibition agrees
to the reproduction of their work
(at no fee) in association with the
exhibition, including press, publicity,
merchandise, catalogues and
postcards etc.
Is aware that National Museums
Liverpool is registered under the
Data Protection Act 1998.
The image(s)
Digital images of the submitted
work must be JPEGS no larger than
5MB in size.
One image showing the painting as a
whole must be submitted. An optional
second image may be submitted if
collage and/or relief have been used
within the painting.This may show
a detail or a different angle of the
same work.
The image(s) of the painting must not
be manipulated in any way and must
be of the painting entered.The painting
shown on the image(s) must be
available, if shortlisted, for Stage 2
of the competition and the
exhibition itself.
The image(s) and completed entry
form can be submitted online. If you
are unable to enter or submit images
online, you can post your image
(via CD or 35mmcolour slide) to the
John Moores Projec tManager with
a completed entry form. Slide entries
will be converted to digital images
for Stage 1 judging. Unfortunately
we are unable to return slides or
digital images.
Full details about entering online
or by post, including digital image
requirements, will be given in your
Confirmation of Registration form
once you have registered. Please
do not submit images until you have
received Confirmation of Registration.
The painting
Must be new or recent (preferably
executed since the last John Moores
exhibition held in Autumn 2008).
Must be wholly or partly executed
in any painted medium.
Must be designed to hang on a wall.
Must be the originalwork of the artist named on the registration form.
Must, if shortlisted for Stage 2, be
the same work as that submitted
as an image at Stage 1 and be available
for Stage 2 of the competition and if
selected for the exhibition itself.
When packed for transport, should
measure nomore than 3m x 3.75m.
When unpacked, it must project no
more than 0.5m from the wall. Work
made up of more than one piece, such
as a diptych or triptych, must also
be no larger than 3m x 3.75m when
displayed on a wall.
The exhibition
Works shortlisted for Stage 2 must
be available from the sending in week to their return following the judging.
If selected for the exhibition, they
must continue to be available from
Stage 2 judging to the close of the
exhibition.
They may not be removed
before the exhibition closing date
which is Monday 3 January 2011.
Work sold from the exhibition is
subject to a 20% commission charge.
This charge will be made by NML
Trading Ltd upon completion of
the sale and will be invoiced to the
exhibitor. The commission charge
will attract VAT at the prevailing rate
and this will be shown on the invoice
to the exhibitor. The charge will be
based upon the sale price cited by
the exhibitor. Where the exhibitor is
registered for VAT, the sale price will,
for commission purposes, be the price
exclusive of the VAT charge.