Prize
Debbie Han Seated Three Graces Korean artist Debbie Han was the winner of the 2009 Sovereign Asian Art Prize for her photographic work Seated Three Graces. By combining the nude bodies of real, contemporary Asian women with idealized Western classical heads, Han challenges the Eurocentric standard of beauty. The US$25,000 Prize is awarded to two-dimensional works by nominated artists resident in Asia as judged by a panel of international Asian art experts which this year included Dr Uli Sigg, Nanjo Fumio, David Elliott, Apinan Poshyananda and Xu Bing.
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