Turner Prize 2001
dal 6/11/2001 al 20/1/2002
Segnalato da
6/11/2001
Turner Prize 2001
Tate Britain, London
The Turner Prize at Tate Britain is widely recognised as o ne of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual ar ts in Europe. An exhibition of a selection of works by all 4 shor t-listed artists is on view at Tate Britain from 7 November 2001 - 2 0 January 2002 and the winner of the £20,000 prize will be anno unced at Tate Britain on 9 December 2001 during a live broadcast by Channel 4.
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The Turner Prize at Tate Britain is widely recognised as o ne of the most important
and prestigious awards for the visual ar ts in Europe. An exhibition of a selection of
works by all 4 shor t-listed artists is on view at Tate Britain from 7 November 2001
- 2 0 January 2002 and the winner of the £20,000 prize will be anno unced at Tate
Britain on 9 December 2001 during a live broadcast by Channel 4.
The prize is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an o utstanding exhibition or
other presentation of their work in the twelv e months preceding 24 May 2001. It
was established in 1984 by Tate's Patrons of New Art and is intended to promote
public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art.
This year's short-listed artists are:
Richard Billingham for his solo exhibition at the I kon Gallery, Birmingham, and
for his contributions to The Sleep of Re ason at the Norwich Gallery and to Body
Beautiful at Gale rie Jennifer Flay, Nice, in which he showed the extension of his
work in to video and a poignant return to places of childhood memory in his recent
photographs.
Martin Creed for Martin Creed Works, organis ed by Southampton City Art
Gallery and shown at Leeds City Art Ga llery, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, and
Camden Arts Centre, London and Art Now: Martin Creed, Tate Britain, London,
in whic h he reaffirmed the rigour and purity of his work and its charac teristic
mixture of seriousness and humour.
Isaac Julien for his exhibitions at Cornerhouse, Ma nchester, the South London
Gallery and Victoria Miro Gallery, London in collaboration with Film and Video
Umbrella, of his films, which combine t heoretical sophistication with lush
sensuality, intelligence, wit and emotional complexity.
Mike Nelson for his contribution to the British Art Show, National Touring
Exhibitions, which exemplified the hauntin g resonance of his installation works, in
which he creates places that suggest a sense of threat, danger, or life on the edge.
The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under 5 0 for an outstanding
exhibition or other presentation of their wo rk in the twelve months
preceding 24 May 2001. The Prize was established in 1984 by Tate's Patrons of
New Art and is intended to pro mote public discussion of new developments in
contemporary Briti sh art. It is widely recognised as one of the most important and
pr estigious awards for the visual arts in Europe.
The members of the Turner Prize 2001 Jury are: Patricia Bickers, Editor, Art
Monthly; Stuart Evans, representative of the Patrons of New Art; Robert Storr,
Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York;
Jonathan Watkins, Direc tor, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Nicholas Serota, Director
of Tate and Chairman of the Jury.
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