The Turner Prize
dal 29/9/2008 al 17/1/2009
Segnalato da
Runa Islam
Mark Leckey
Goshka Macuga
Cathy Wilkes
David Adjaye
Daniel Birnbaum
Suzanne Cotter
Jennifer Higgie
Stephen Deuchar
29/9/2008
The Turner Prize
Tate Britain, London
The Turner Prize is a contemporary art award that was set up in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art. The jury changes every year. It usually consists of a writer or critic, a curator or gallery director working in Britain and a curator or gallery director working outside Britain. Four artists are shortlisted and they present works in a show before the winner is announced in December. The artists are: Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga, Cathy Wilkes.
The Turner Prize is a contemporary art award that was set up in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art.
The prize is awarded to an artist under fifty, born, living or working in Britain, for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation in the twelve months before 6 May 2008.
Nominations are invited each year, and the prize is judged by an independent jury that changes annually. Four artists are shortlisted and they present works in a show normally held at Tate Britain before the winner is announced in December. The artists are not judged on their show at Tate – the decision is based on the work they were nominated for.
Four artists are nominated for the Turner Prize each year. This year they are:
Runa Islam has been nominated for her solo exhibition Centre of Gravity at Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen and National Museum of Art, Oslo.
Mark Leckey has been nominated for his solo exhibitions Industrial Light & Magic at Le Consortium, Dijon, and Resident at Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne.
Goshka Macuga has been nominated for her solo exhibition Objects in Relation, Art Now at Tate Britain and her contribution to the 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art.
Cathy Wilkes has been nominated for her solo exhibition at Milton Keynes Gallery.
The Turner Prize jury changes every year. It usually consists of a writer or critic, a curator or gallery director working in Britain and a curator or gallery director working outside Britain.
The members of the Turner Prize 2008 jury are:
David Adjaye David Adjaye, Architect and Director, Adjaye Associates
Daniel Birnbaum Daniel Birnbaum, Director, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt
Suzanne Cotter Suzanne Cotter, Senior Curator and Deputy Director, Modern Art Oxford
Jennifer Higgie Jennifer Higgie, Editor, Frieze
Stephen Deuchar Stephen Deuchar, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury
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