Earlier tonight, the winners of the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011 were announced (as I was somewhere else gawking at Kevin Spacey in Richard III during an extremely packed day). But anyway, here's the list. Grand Prize -- Rodel Tapaya's Baston Ni Kabunian, Bilang Pero Di Mabilang (Cane Of Kabunian, Numbered But Cannot Be Counted). Juror's Choice Awards -- Aida Makoto's Ash Color Mountains, Daniel Crooks' Static No. 12 (Seek Stillness In Movement), and Sheba Chhachhi's The Water Diviner. People's Choice Award -- Michael Lee's Second-Hand City. Congratulations to the winners! Here's what the judges had to say about Tapaya's work. “Rodel Tapaya’s Baston ni Kabunian, Bilang Pero di Mabilang (Cane of Kabunian, numbered but cannot be counted) is a compelling and monumental-scale work. With its multiple narratives and diverse allegorical references, this stunning mural-sized painting embodies a vibrant strain in contemporary art from the Asia-Pacific region. While Tapaya does not shy away from drawing on the folklore of his native region, his is neither a naïve nor self-exoticising practice. The artist is audacious in his use of the Philippine mural tradition as well as Latin American magic realism and Bosch-like phantasmagoria. Anchored in a postcolonial setting but with far-reaching universal relevance, the work will surely provoke discussion about emerging aesthetic tendencies in Asia-Pacific. Together with the three Jurors’ Choice Award winners, the prize-winning works are ground-breaking in their negotiation of cultural heritage and contemporary forms of expression. They are all worthy of recognition as being among the best art works from the region.” Three of my seven picks got in! Not bad ey? Maybe next time we could do a RAT Forgery Art Prize. Geddit? You can check out the winning works (and the other finalists) here. Or better yet, visit the Singapore Art Museum, where the works will be up until March 4.