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School's out: the Catlin Art prize 2010

Catlin art prize 2010: Stay Behind the Line, video installation by Reynir Hutber
Hutber's video installation, entitled Stay Behind the Line, impressed the judging panel with its political reference to prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy Reynir Hutber/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: Stay Behind the Line, video installation by Reynir Hutber
A visitor watches Hutber's video. Judge Ben Lewis said the work turns 'the viewer into the perpetrator'
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy Reynir Hutber/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: BodyCash by Miyo Yoshida
BodyCash, by Miyo Yoshida, consists of resin casts of parts of her body with black market price tags attached. These were inspired by her research into international organ trafficking
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Miyo Yoshida/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: The Thief by David A Smith
The Thief by David A Smith, whose sculptures earned him a special mention from the judges for the beauty of their strong, minimalist forms
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of David A Smith/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: Runner by Sonny Sanjay Vadgama
The Second Law by Sonny Vadgama, a striking immersive work revolving around ideas of social entropy and the thermal entropy of the heat in runners' bodies
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Sonny Sanjay Vadgama/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: The Glade by Adam Dix
The Glade by Adam Dix, whose 'beautifully wrought' paintings explore the connection between communication technology and our desire to communicate
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Adam Dix/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: Biscuit and Stretcher by Alexander Allan
Biscuit and Stretcher by Alexander Allan, whose works were a close contender for the winning spot, say the judges. His rugged sculptures made of unfired bricks were praised for their evocation of the death of industry
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Alexander Allan/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: Ladies in Waiting by Victoria Matkin
Ladies in Waiting, by Viki Matkin, are eerie sculptures made of petrified canvas that evoke femininity, and meditate on themes of veiling and concealment
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Victoria Matkin/Art Catlin
Catlin art prize 2010: Vanitas by Alex Virgi
Vanitas by Alex Virgi, whose small, brightly coloured abstract canvases take the tradition of portraiture as their point of departure
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Alex Virgi/Art Catlin
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