A rubbish bid to win the Turner Prize
A rubbish bid to win the Turner Prize
From the print edition of thelondonpaper
An artist is bidding to win the Turner Prize with a collection of rubbish she picked up from the floor outside her London studio.
Rebecca Warren has filled five display cases with bits of fluff, dust, hair, plastic, twigs, woollen pom-poms and a discarded cherry stone.
They were retrieved from the floor of her studio and the road outside in Hackney Wick, East London. Her other works include giant “chewing gum gobbets” made of clay.
The 41-year-old is one of four artists competing for the £25,000 art prize. Their entries for the award went on view today at Tate Britain. The other three nominees are painter Tomma Abts, poster artist Mark Titchner and film-maker Phil Collins. One of Collins’ installations is a TV production company set up within the Tate. Visitors stand behind a glass window and observe staff working hard on their next project.
His other installation on view is a film of Turkish people discussing how lives have been ruined by reality TV.
The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced on 4 December.
Warren, a graduate of Goldsmiths College and the Chelsea College of Art, said: “I’m interested in what a bit of fluff and twig put in a particular order can mean.”
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