in London yesterday held a ceremony awarding the most prestigious awards in the field of contemporary art - the Turner Prize. The winner was Richard Wright (Richard Wright). He got a check for 25 thousand pounds. Other nominees - Enrico David (Enrico David), Lucy Skaer (Lucy Skaer) and Roger Hiorns (Roger Hiorns) - received 5 thousand.

Richard Wright lives in Scotland. He became known for his ephemeral abstractions, "canvas" which is usually the walls of the gallery or museum. One of the main themes of his art - the fragility of art. In his view, the purpose of the artist - not a monument "for centuries", and give the viewer the impression that will stay with him forever. For nominees for the Turner Prize exhibition in the gallery Tate Britain he had fulfilled a huge collage of pieces of gold foil.

Turner Prize is awarded since 1984. It can only get artists younger than 50 years. If Wright was a year older, the award had he not inherited - a half-century banging him in the next year.

Contrary to popular belief, the Turner Prize is awarded not for the works exhibited in Tate Britain and for the exhibition that opened in the previous 12 months. This year's jury included: Frostrap TV presenter Mariella (Mariella Frostrup), art critic of the Guardian, Jonathan Jones (Jonathan Jones), Director Folkstonskoy triennial slurry Andrea (Andrea Schlieker) and director of the Van Abbe Museum (Netherlands), Charles Esche (Charles Esche ).

Exhibition of works by the nominees will continue until January 16. More about their work can be read more about creativity nominees for the Turner Prize in 2009 can be read here .

Material prepared Yulia Maximova, AI

Source: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru