Favorite Martin Boyce won the prestigious Turner Prize last year, claiming a cash prize of 25,000 pound. A Scottish artist has won it for the second year running after Susan Philipsz did so for her sound installation in 2010.
The artist’s creation topped a shortlist of artworks, termed one of the best ever in the Turner's 27-year award history, some critics said. "Some really good, talented artists have won the Prize and some really good have not," Boyce stated at a press conference. "The impact of this award hasn't even hit yet. I don't know when or if it's going to (hit)."
Boyce added that the prize was an apt confirmation of his youthful dream and ambition to become an artist, a career choice fraught with uncertain future. "I never thought that I would be able to support my family through it, but I am now able to live a creative life; it's a privilege," he quipped.
Strewn across the floor of his exhibit at the BALTIC gallery, based in Gateshead of northern England were Brown paper ‘leaves’. A trashcan-like curious structure, fitted with fabric liner rectangular grills attached to the wall at ankle-height, created the atmosphere of a city park. "I guess it has something to do with hope as well as finding the poetic in the abject," he mentioned of his work.
"Boyce has shown himself to be strong through his works showed internationally in a number of big shows," The director of the Tate that runs the annual award, Nicholas Serota, was quoted as saying in a Reuters report. The winning choice was more restrained the last year than in the past, with the prize rather famous for sparking debate about what really constitutes art. Damien Hirst was given the prize for a pickled cow in 1995, whereas an empty room with a light that switched on & off clinched it in 2001 for Martin Creed.
But the lack of controversy did not dampen public interest in the exhibit. Works by the four shortlisted nominees drew strong crowds. More than 100,000 visitors watched the show since it opened at the BALTIC in October; double the number visiting the exhibit at the Tate, London, in 2010.
The artist’s creation topped a shortlist of artworks, termed one of the best ever in the Turner's 27-year award history, some critics said. "Some really good, talented artists have won the Prize and some really good have not," Boyce stated at a press conference. "The impact of this award hasn't even hit yet. I don't know when or if it's going to (hit)."
Boyce added that the prize was an apt confirmation of his youthful dream and ambition to become an artist, a career choice fraught with uncertain future. "I never thought that I would be able to support my family through it, but I am now able to live a creative life; it's a privilege," he quipped.
Strewn across the floor of his exhibit at the BALTIC gallery, based in Gateshead of northern England were Brown paper ‘leaves’. A trashcan-like curious structure, fitted with fabric liner rectangular grills attached to the wall at ankle-height, created the atmosphere of a city park. "I guess it has something to do with hope as well as finding the poetic in the abject," he mentioned of his work.
"Boyce has shown himself to be strong through his works showed internationally in a number of big shows," The director of the Tate that runs the annual award, Nicholas Serota, was quoted as saying in a Reuters report. The winning choice was more restrained the last year than in the past, with the prize rather famous for sparking debate about what really constitutes art. Damien Hirst was given the prize for a pickled cow in 1995, whereas an empty room with a light that switched on & off clinched it in 2001 for Martin Creed.
But the lack of controversy did not dampen public interest in the exhibit. Works by the four shortlisted nominees drew strong crowds. More than 100,000 visitors watched the show since it opened at the BALTIC in October; double the number visiting the exhibit at the Tate, London, in 2010.
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