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Turner Prize 2001

 
Description: The Turner Prize at Tate Britain is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the ... more
Turner Prize 2001 ... visual arts in Europe. It is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the tw

Newest Review: ... exhibition, visitors pass into Creed's exhibition area. Martin Creed's exhibition for the Turner Prize 2001 consisted of just a single room, with just the one piece in it - 'Work #227: The lights going on and off' (2000). The room is completely devoid of content - the walls are plain white, the ... more

 ... floor is bare wood. The only thing that distinguishes the room as a work of art is that the lights (a combination of spotlights and neon tubes) turn on and off at five second intervals. OK, before I offer my interpretations and thoughts on the exhibit,...more

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Crowned Review Turner Prize 2001: Is Ignorance Bliss? (3114 words)
by MykReeve - written on 25.02.02 (Very useful, 479 readings)
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This was my fourth year visiting the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain. As ever, as soon as the exhibition started, the inevitable ignorant backlash began in the newspapers, and the public immediately began their grumblings about the nature of art. "If it ain't a painting, then it ain't art", "My five-year-old could do that", and so on. No, of course, most of them hadn't been to see the exhibition - the very idea of parting with hard-earned cash in order to go and actually see the art is glorious anathema to them. Cosseted in their ignorance, they're happy not to actually go and see something, simply passing judgement ...

Last one out,turn of the light. (591 words)
by - written on 10.12.01
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Looking at David Beckham picking up his well deserved no personality sports person of the year it couldn’t help remind me of the weekends other big winner. Martin Creed picked up a cool twenty grand for the Turner prize for switching alight on and off at the museum. Which is exactly what happens in Beckhams head on payday. They say if you want to make Posh n Beck’s eyes light up you should shine a torch into their ear. Two ludicrous wards have highlighted just how far we will go to be part of the crowd Previous winners of the modern art prize at the Tate have been Damien Hurst for his pickled live stock and Chris Offis for his elephant ...

 
 
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Turner Prize 2001