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Declared a short-list of Britain's Turner Prize - 2012

It includes artists, Luke Fowler, Spartacus Chetwynd, Paul Noble and Elizabeth Price

Left to right: Luke Fowler, Spartacus Chetwynd, Paul Noble, Elizabeth Price. Source: nominees of the 28th annual Turner Prize, a prestigious British award for contemporary art, have this year four of the author - Luke Fowler (Luke Fowler), Spartacus Chetwynd (Spartacus Chetwynd), Paul Noble (Paul Noble ) and Elizabeth Price (Elizabeth Price). Their names were announced by the jury yesterday morning in London. Member of the Jury, director of the Tate Museum Penelope Curtis (Penelope Curtis) considered short-list is very balanced in gender and in the artistic sense.

Luke Fowler - 34-year-old Scot, the most youngest of the nominees. Winner of the Prize named after Derek Jarman for experiments in film, he is known for his video art - a documentary in which combines archival and contemporary footage. Elizabeth Price and video artist, author of intimate work with a lot of music. Paul Noble drew the attention of the jury of his exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, which presented a unique graphic work. Performance artists and sculptor Spartacus Chetwynd was nominated for his five-hour performance, the entourage which she later demonstrated in the form of exhibitions.

According to the judges, the nominees of this year, combines them a thoughtful look at the world and interest in art practices and style of the 1960s and 70s, as well as an appeal to the humanistic values ​​and the rejection of the arrogance with respect to the viewer.

In addition to the heads of Britain's museums and galleries, the jury of this year also included The museum of Zurich and Copenhagen.

Exhibition Turner Prize nominees - 2012 opened in the Tate on October 2, and the winner who will get to 25,000 pounds, will be announced on December 3. Three artists will be lost as a consolation prize of 5000 pounds.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

Source : artinvestment.ru


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