recoil or not?

"In a shock to rank with any in the 25-year history of the Turner Prize, this year’s nominees all paint, draw or make objects that are recognisably works of art...
The exhibition for last year’s competition, won by Mark Leckey, drew 92,000 visitors but was condemned by critics as being too intellectual..." Ben Hoyle, TIMES Online

Get the women back in the kitchen, Mark Leckey wins the prize

Of course, the guy has to win it ("it" being the Turner Prize)...

In Leckey’s case, he admits that he’d like to have more exposure in Britain (he shows a lot in mainland Europe, but rarely in the UK), but he’s not interested in commercial gallery or museum exhibitions. ‘I want a TV show’ he said last night. ‘I want to do an art variety programme… like The Two Ronnies, but with art’. ‘Wow’, was the best the astonished interviewer could manage.

don't miss this today - Hammer lecture: Rachel Whiteread

Hammer Lectures

Wed. Nov 5th @ 7pm

UCLA Department of Art Lectures

Rachel Whiteread was awarded the 1993 Turner Prize and the 1997 Venice Biennale Award for Best Young Artist. Her commissions include the Water Tower Project for the Public Art Fund, New York (1998); the Holocaust Memorial, Judenplatz, Vienna (2000); and Embankment for the Unilever Series, Tate Modern, London (2005). She lives and works in London.

Turner Prize: who will win?

Meet the Turner Prize crew.
above top to bottom: Cathy Wilkes, Runa Islam, Goshka Macuga, Mark Leckey

I was pulling for Wilkes' collection of work - and how as a woman (sometimes hate when it is mentioned but feel that it is important in understanding the work) she stands out in contemporary sculpture (often a "man's world) and visually the work gets me thinking, but I really like Macuga's reasoning, history, and voice - "blurring the roles of artist, curator and collector". Tough call...