Turner Prize switches to ビデオ: Irish artist 勝利,勝つs award for film about African art - as critics say 競争 has become 'sober and middle-老年の'

  • Iriah Artist Duncan Campell’s ビデオ, ‘It for Others’, took 最高の,を越す prize
  • But 勝利,勝つ comes まっただ中に 批評 ?art prize has become too staid
  • Previous 勝利者s?Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst had 議論の的になる 作品

Irish artist Duncan Campbell has been 指名するd 勝利者 of this year’s Turner Prize for a ビデオ that 取り組むs African art and 植民地主義.

Mr Campell’s ビデオ, ‘It for Others’, was 奮起させるd by a 1953 文書の about African art, featuring a dance sequence created with choreographer Michael Clark.

However his £25,000 勝利,勝つ comes に引き続いて 批評 this year’s 指名された人s have turned the event into one that is ‘sober, respectful, polite, middle 老年の’ and 欠如(する)s the fun and excitement of previous 入ること/参加(者)s.

Irish artist Duncan Campbell has been named winner of this year’s Turner Prize for a video that tackles African art and colonialism but there is criticism the event has become ‘sober, respectful, polite, middle aged’

Irish artist Duncan Campbell has been 指名するd 勝利者 of this year’s Turner Prize for a ビデオ that 取り組むs African art and 植民地主義 but there is 批評 the event has become ‘sober, respectful, polite, middle 老年の’

Mr Campell’s video, ‘It for Others’, was inspired by a 1953 documentary about African art, featuring a dance sequence created with choreographer Michael Clark

Mr Campell’s ビデオ, ‘It for Others’, was 奮起させるd by a 1953 文書の about African art, featuring a dance sequence created with choreographer Michael Clark

Speaking to the Today programme yesterday, the BBC’s Arts Editor Will Gompertz said: ‘I think 現実に it’s やめる a weak year. I have to say I don’t think it’s a classic year.’

He said this year’s shortlist of three ビデオs and one instillation featuring different prints, was tame comparied to the controversey stoked by artists such as Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst.

He said: ‘The Turner Prize has been going for 30 years and it’s 井戸/弁護士席 beyond it’s 反抗的な, anti-設立, attention-捜し出すing 態度 of its teenage years ? the Damien Hirsts and the formaldehyde cows and Tracey Emin’s bed and ツバメ Creed’s lights going on and off.

‘All that fun and games has gone, and it’s a much more sober, respectful, polite, middle 老年の prize. And it is 十分な of introspection and 率直に it isn’t やめる as exciting.’

Ciara Phillips's 'Things Shared', 2014, during the press preview of the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, London. The prize is now in it's 30th year

Ciara Phillips's 'Things 株d', 2014, during the 圧力(をかける) preview of the Turner Prize 展示 at Tate Britain, London. The prize is now in it's 30th year

Astill from OU: Finding Chopin 2012 by Tris Vonna-Michell, a nominee for this year's Turner Prize

Astill from OU: Finding Chopin 2012 by Tris Vonna-Michell, a 指名された人 for this year's Turner Prize

Visitors viewing 'Rosebud', 2013, by James Richards, during the press preview of the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, London

訪問者s 見解(をとる)ing 'Rosebud', 2013, by James Richards, during the 圧力(をかける) preview of the Turner Prize 展示 at Tate Britain, London

設立するd in 1984, the Turner Prize is awarded to a 同時代の artist under 50, living, working or born in Britain, who is 裁判官d to have put on the best 展示 of the last 12 months.

In 1999 Emin won the prize for My Bed, which featured stained sheets surrounded by cigarette butts and condoms.

Four years earlier Hirst’s winning 入ること/参加(者) 含むd a cow and a calf 削減(する) in half and 保存するd in formaldehyde.

Damien Hirst’s winning 1995 entry included a cow and a calf cut in half and preserved in formaldehyde

Damien Hirst’s winning 1995 入ること/参加(者) 含むd a cow and a calf 削減(する) in half and 保存するd in formaldehyde

勝利者s have also 含むd Grayson Perry’s マリファナs 取り組むing 支配するs like death and child 乱用, and ツバメ Creed’s work featuring a light going on and off

Mr Campbell was 現在のd with his award by 12 Years a Slave actor Chiwetel Ejiofor at a 儀式 at the Tate Britain in London last night.

受託するing his prize, Mr Campbell 献身的な his 勝利,勝つ to his family 含むing his parents and son.

The artist joked: ‘A friend of 地雷 was reminding me recently about the poet W B Yeats, who, when a 新聞記者/雑誌記者 phoned him to tell him about to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first question he asked was “how much?”.

'I already know how much. This money will make a 抱擁する difference to me.’

In 1999 Emin won the prize
 for My Bed, which featured stained sheets surrounded by cigarette butts and condoms

In 1999 Emin won the prize for My Bed, which featured stained sheets surrounded by cigarette butts and condoms

Artist Grayson Perry
Pot 1 - Mr Sh*t Sex 1999

Previous 勝利者 artist Grayson Perry and his artwork 'マリファナ 1 - Mr Sh*t Sex'

Other artists to be shortlisted for this year’s prize 含むd James Richards for his ビデオ featuring censored, erotic images from a 調書をとる/予約する 設立する in a Tokyo library.

The Turner Prize 2014 展示 runs to January 4 at Tate Britain in central London. Work by the 指名された人s has been on show at the gallery since late September.

Duncan Campbell, 41, was born in Dublin, and 熟考する/考慮するd at the University of Ulster, Belfast.

The film-artist now lives in Glasgow, where he 卒業生(する)d from the Glasgow School of Art as a Master of 罰金 Art.

Campbell is the fourth 卒業生(する) from the university to have won the Turner Prize in the last 10 years.

受託するing the prize, Campbell paid 尊敬の印 to his family, 含むing his parents 米,稲 and Veronica, who watched the 儀式. He also spoke of his son, who was not able to be there.

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