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This catalogue is published alongside the exhibition, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015 (Backlit, One Thoresby Street and Primary, Nottingham, 18 September - 31 October 2015; ICA, London, 24 November 2015 - 24 January 2016).The catalogue includes a text by Emma Cocker, Reader in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University and an interview with the selectors and New Contemporaries' Director Kirsty Ogg.Since 1949, New Contemporaries has consistently provided a critical platform for new and recent fine art graduates primarily by means of an annual, nationally touring exhibition.The selectors for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015 are Hurvin Anderson, Jessie Flood-Paddock, and Simon Starling.