![Elger Esser , Sully II, Frankreich , 2001](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5309059de4b0695e51417c64/1440204048437-NXNT2NFTPZJTL0YG4JT6/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kG31K60vYyfl5fLJ-YdjkT9Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpySNPrFaIRC1WkJCuXi7NXunSr_TBwyqNpzlsseD5F4IbFL6GgN354AcvkaUNAL9i0/image-asset.jpeg)
Elger Esser, Sully II, Frankreich, 2001
![Portrait of Elger Esser (Photo: Nicolas Cattelain)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5309059de4b0695e51417c64/1440210825014-SDAHTTAAB147F1O7EN0M/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAdMa1YBJMriRriQZLJEUb1Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpwYQKkilGLBkXjshgQ_tEYFn7ojL7MxTh_xDGvB6m-m844vTnT9KTuOldNKRnZKNWE/image-asset.jpeg)
Portrait of Elger Esser (Photo: Nicolas Cattelain)
The 2016 Great State Prize for Visual Arts of Baden-Wuerttemberg, which is named after Oskar Schlemmer, to Dusseldorf artist Elger Esser. The award was announced by Art Secretary Jürgen Walter, and is connected with a recipient's exhibition to be presented in the coming year at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.
With this award we put a strong emphasis in the promotion of contemporary art and to honor an artist who brings the boundary between photography and painting to flow.
–Jürgen Walter.