THE TURNER PRIZE IS ONCE A YEAR – MONDAY 7TH 2015 ON CHANNEL 4

NOMINEES OF 2015:

  • Nicole Weimer
  • Janice Kerbel
  • Bonnie Camplin
  • Essemble – WINNERS of TURNER PRIZE 2015

This years broke the streak of holding the event at the Tate Britain and held it in a abandoned train station in Glasgow, Scotland called; The Tramway

  • 4 artists will be nominated
  • their work will be displayed in the Tate Britain ( which will make you a part of British history)
  • the competition will take place at the Tate Britain and the winners work will stay in the exhibition for a certain period

The Turner Prize created in 1984 by J.M.W.Turner is a way to celebrate the talent in Britain, to show off modern work and to attract a different audience to embrace the art culture.

YBA became well known in the early 90’s and began to make a name for themselves; an example being Sarah Lucas and Tracy Emin opening a store displaying and selling YBA’s work – this was a way to easily display unknown and upcoming artist, it was also a good way to make easy money because all art was very affordable.

Task.

We were given a little task to go out to exhibitons and review them with the new skills we’ve been taught and I decided to visit the Ikon gallery and that was going to be my first time