Four artists up for Turner Prize

by amyjudd | May 13, 2008 at 06:18 pm | 459 views | 14 comments

Four artists have been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, with film and sculpture dominating the nominees.

Artist Mark Leckey has been included for his solo exhibition Industrial Light & Magic, which features cartoon characters such as Felix the Cat.

Glasgow-based artist Cathy Wilkes uses shop dummies in many of her installations. Runa Islam and Goshka Macuga are also in the running.

The winner of the £25,000 award will be announced on 1 December.

The Turner Prize has traditionally been won by bizarre and often controversial work.

Previous recipients include Gilbert and George, Damien Hirst, and transvestite potter Grayson Perry.

Wilkes' work features a female mannequin perched on a toilet with a bowl with left-over bits of dried porridge at her feet.

Dr Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain and chairman of the Turner Prize judges, said the prize did not exist to shock.
"You never know what people are going to be shocked by - or say what they are going to be shocked by - so we will have to wait and see what emerges at the exhibition.

"I should think 50% of the art world will say they hate the list, and 50% will say they love the list," he told the BBC News website.

"The general public look to the Turner Prize to introduce them to what is new.

"It is not about giving good service medals to artists who have been around for a long time; it is about spotting emerging trends that are especially interesting."

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jerry_x

at 01:41 on May 14th, 2008

I am a big fan of Felix the Cat movie among other things:) Looking at these photographs immediately recall from childhood cartoons ..

ivarborst

at 02:24 on May 14th, 2008

Graffiti of Felix the Cat by unknown. Taken in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Julius - Laid Back

at 04:30 on May 14th, 2008

Felix the Cat stencil found in a street of Brussels.

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EclatDuSoleil

at 05:14 on May 14th, 2008

I've seen the strange, attractive and questioning work from Cathy Wilkes in Toulouse, during the 2006 "Printemps de Septembre". I like this kind of "planting"...even if sometimes unsettling.

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nice kitty

at 06:09 on May 14th, 2008

A photo of Felix graffiti taken in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst in Sydney.

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beckerbuns

at 10:27 on May 14th, 2008

This photo was taken at the San Jose Holiday Parade in December of 2007.

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Mayra F.

at 11:48 on May 14th, 2008

He's so cute!

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waianae_jim

at 13:04 on May 14th, 2008

My Mom, brother John, his daughters Rose, Hazel, and girlfriend Britain went to the Albuquerque NM baloon fest October 11th 2007. The shaped baloons were definitely a crowd favorite. Who new cats could fly?

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bmxmyway

at 16:30 on May 14th, 2008

this was painted with acrylic paint.

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Einkastadi

at 20:12 on May 14th, 2008

i did that felix the cat its a stencil that i sprayed on with can of paint

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tooru

at 20:52 on May 14th, 2008

This is some things of Felix the Cat, that i found in my house, and put it together *^*

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Priscillão

at 01:05 on May 18th, 2008

my felix the cat <3

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openhammer

at 04:32 on May 20th, 2008

i was in melbourne, late summer, shooting stencils. like shooting fish in a barrel there's so much of it down there. viva felix!

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bean Sidhe

at 08:48 on May 20th, 2008

I found Felix in a vintage clothing store in Phoenixville, PA during Blobfest. The duck was already just sitting there on top of the trash can, so I put him there.

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