|
|
Page:10
Turner Prize 2010 The Turner Prize will be awarded this year for the 26 th time in the UK . The prize fund of £ 40 , 000 will be divided among the four shortlisted artists – Dexter Dalwood , Angela de la Cruz , Susan Philipsz , and The Otolith Group – with £ 25 , 000 going to the winner and £ 5 , 000 each for the runners-up . The winner for 2010 will be announced during a live broadcast of the award ceremony from Tate Britain on Channel 4 on years include artists who have become prominent players Mark Wallinger , and Richard Wright . Shortlisted Artists for 2010 Dexter Dalwood Born in Bristol in 1960 . Studied at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art , before staging his first exhibition London . He soon caught the attention of gallery owners collectors , was invited to participate in group exhibitions the Saatchi Gallery , and in 2002 his work was featured at Biennale of Sydney . Having acquired an artistic reputation , was invited to exhibit at the prestigious Gagosian Gallery 2004 , and today he is part of the Gallery's permanent stable Dalwood's paintings in the Prize exhibition are traditional on canvas . His subjects are depicted inside pleasant interiors He believes in painting that the viewer will cherish and with him , and strives to generate painterly interest on canvas rather than convey partial fragments . Dalwood domestic interiors drawn from everyday reality . His masterful paintings function as self-standing compositions , introducing colorful combinations uncommitted to the prevalent laws painting . Dalwood is the only shortlisted artist this year paints on canvas . Even the Turner objectors lean in his ( see p . 9 ) , and many even bet on him . on the international art scene , among them Gilbert & George , Richard Deacon , Tony Cragg , Richard Long , Anish Kapoor , Antony Gormley , Damien Hirst , Douglas Gordon , Gillian Wearing , Chris Ofili , Steve McQueen , Wolfgang Tillmans , launched the Patrons of New Art , a high-powered group individuals , who assisted in the purchase of young British art . The prize was first awarded in 1984 to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary art . since it has been awarded annually to a British artist for outstanding work exhibited in the UK in the twelve months preceding . In the first years , there was no age limit , but 1991 it was decided to restrict the Prize to artists under fifty The prize is judged by an independent , annually changing jury consisting of internationally renowned art figures , also base their choices on the expertise of other art figur from various fields . The Turner Prize is widely recognized as one of the most prestigious awards for the visual worldwide . 1984 saw an all-male shortlist , and the winning was Malcolm Morley . It was not before 1993 that a woman Rachel Whiteread , first won the Turner , and four years later in 1997 , she was selected to represent the UK at the Venice Biennale . Her Turner award caused a storm as Whiteread was a member of the jury . This was not the only storm the history of the Turner Prize : virtually every year intense debate and controversy arise regarding the choice of shortlisted artists . These disputes are granted wide media coverage in the UK , especially on Channel 4 , which has since 1991 . Prize winners in the past
|
|