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» Dexter Dalwood is bookie's favourite for Turner Prize

Tate has announced the finalists for its prestigious and often contentious Turner Prize. The four UK artists shortlisted for the £25,000 include Glaswegian Susan Philipsz, best known for singing over a supermarket PA system; London-based Angela de la Cruz, who displays her torn and folded paintings in the corners and doorways of galleries; Bristol-born painter Dexter Dalwood, who depicts famous death scenes; and the artist team the Otolith Group, aka Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, whose work includes a film investigating Mumbai’s sweatshops. They all sound like strong contenders, but if you’re a betting man (or woman) bookmaker William Hill has already come out with odds in favour of one artist, Dexter Dalwood, who has been installed as their 2/1 “obvious favourite” to win “as his work is well know and easy on the eye,” according to Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

I get the Dalwood favoritism, but I am going to go with Angela De La Cruz this year.  Hey, I was right last year.

May 04, 2010, 10:59am  

» Nominate someone for the Turner Prize

Your chosen artist must be under the age of 50 and British, which in this case applies to all artists working in the UK and to British-born artists who may be working abroad. They also need to have had an outstanding exhibition or display in the twelve months preceding 27 April 2010.

Can you guess who I nominated? 

Hint: I am too predictable.

April 08, 2010, 9:25am  

Congratulations to Richard Wright, the 2009 Turner Prize winner!

I don’t want to brag, but did I call it or what?

Now, if you are in London, you owe it to yourself (and to me, remember I did you that favor one time?) to go check this out at the Tate, it’s up until January 3, 2010*.  Also, while you are there, check out John Baldessari’s show which is up for a little bit longer at the Tate Modern until about mid-January.

People are shocked by the decision, but as I said before, there would inevitably be a backlash to the grandiose and shocking installations to something that is truly beautiful to look at.  We also know that Larry has his back, so that never hurts.

*Whoa. 2010.  Freaks me out.

December 08, 2009, 9:10am  

Roger Hiorns Seizure 2008

When do they announce the Turner Prize? I am getting antsy.

Side note: I don’t think it will be Hiorns who receives it this year, I think it will be Richard Wright. They haven’t chosen anyone so subtle this year and Larry Gagosian is pulling hard for him, and why not? It would make him even more money wouldn’t it?  I love Hiorns, but it seems a bit obvious.

November 19, 2009, 12:57pm  

Mike Nelson A Psychic Vacuum 2007

Ah, to have been nominated for a Turner Prize and therefor have the leverage to put on shows like this.

June 30, 2009, 12:01pm  

Richard Wright Untitled 2002

Turner Prize Shortlist

April 28, 2009, 10:55am  

» BBC Slideshow of Turner Prize Shortlist.

I’m rooting for Roger Hiorns, but I have a feeling that Enrico David (judging from the recent past) is probably the frontrunner.

April 28, 2009, 9:25am  

Richard Wilson Turning the Place Over 2007

January 30, 2009, 10:43am  

Fiona Banner

I have been looking for this artist for years. Not even kidding, I first read about her when she was shortlisted for the Turner Prize, promptly lost whatever reading material that the article was in and haven’t seen anything by her since. 

I don’t think it’s a secret that I love art incorporating letters/words/sentences the like, but when she does it, her straightforwardness really hits me.  Sometimes, they are handwritten, and the labor of love is just moving, other times (like above) it is stenciled or printed, but the choices of font, composition (both senses of the word) and color all work together so harmoniously, it is impossible to think of the text in any other form. 

Fiona Banner.  I will not forget her name again.  Also, excuse me if I post like 5 things because I am on overload excitement time.

January 09, 2009, 3:14pm