Turner Prize 2010 shortlist announced
Tate Britain today announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the annual Turner Prize 2010.
The artists are probably less well known than usual, and are Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, Susan Philipsz and The Otolith Group.
The Turner Prize award is �40,000 with �25,000 going to the winner and �5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 27 April 2010. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art. Dexter Dalwood has been nominated for a solo exhibition at Tate St Ives, of paintings and collages which draw upon art history as well as contemporary cultural and political events. He paints imagined interiors and landscapes. Dalwood trained at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art.
Angela de la Cruz is shortlisted for her solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre, London. Her work is described as painting, but with smashed and broken wooden stretcher frames and ripped canvases is actually very three dimensional and sculptural.
Susan Philipsz has been nominated for work at the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and in Mirrors, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Spain. Philipsz uses her own singing voice to create uniquely evocative sound installations that respond to the character of specific, often out-of-the-way spaces including a seafront shelter in Folksetone and cemeteries in Berlin and Santiago de Compostela. She notoriously piped music into a Tesco superstore.. She has used folk song, music by bands like Radiohead, and made sounds with organ pipes and the rims of glasses.
Finally The Otolith Group are in the running for their project A Long Time Between Suns, which took the form of exhibitions at Gasworks and The Showroom, London with an accompanying publication. The Otolith Group was founded in 2000 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, who work collaboratively across a range of disciplines, in particular the moving image, to investigate overlooked histories through archival and documentary material.
Work by the shortlisted artists will be shown in an exhibition at Tate Britain opening on 4 October 2010. The winner will be announced at Tate Britain on 6 December 2010 during a live broadcast by Channel 4.
The artists are probably less well known than usual, and are Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, Susan Philipsz and The Otolith Group.
The Turner Prize award is �40,000 with �25,000 going to the winner and �5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 27 April 2010. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art. Dexter Dalwood has been nominated for a solo exhibition at Tate St Ives, of paintings and collages which draw upon art history as well as contemporary cultural and political events. He paints imagined interiors and landscapes. Dalwood trained at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art.
Angela de la Cruz is shortlisted for her solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre, London. Her work is described as painting, but with smashed and broken wooden stretcher frames and ripped canvases is actually very three dimensional and sculptural.
Susan Philipsz has been nominated for work at the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and in Mirrors, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Spain. Philipsz uses her own singing voice to create uniquely evocative sound installations that respond to the character of specific, often out-of-the-way spaces including a seafront shelter in Folksetone and cemeteries in Berlin and Santiago de Compostela. She notoriously piped music into a Tesco superstore.. She has used folk song, music by bands like Radiohead, and made sounds with organ pipes and the rims of glasses.
Finally The Otolith Group are in the running for their project A Long Time Between Suns, which took the form of exhibitions at Gasworks and The Showroom, London with an accompanying publication. The Otolith Group was founded in 2000 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, who work collaboratively across a range of disciplines, in particular the moving image, to investigate overlooked histories through archival and documentary material.
Work by the shortlisted artists will be shown in an exhibition at Tate Britain opening on 4 October 2010. The winner will be announced at Tate Britain on 6 December 2010 during a live broadcast by Channel 4.