This morning 聽Britain announced the four artists shortlisted for the聽next edition of the Turner Prize.聽Assemble, Bonnie Camplin, Janice Kerbel and Nicole Wermers have all been selected for the 2015聽exhibition, which will be held at , Glasgow, in October. Geared at promoting聽public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art, the prize is widely recognised a highly prestigious award in Europe. Every other year the annual prize, which has been聽organised by Tate since 1984,聽is presented at a venue outside London. This is the聽first time in its 31-year聽history th补迟听the award has been staged in Scotland.
London-based collective work across the聽fields of art, design and architecture to create projects in tandem with the communities who use and inhabit them.聽Their architectural spaces and environments promote direct action and embrace a DIY sensibility. The group have been selected for various projects including聽the ongoing collaboration with local residents and others in the Granby Four Streets, Liverpool.
Bonnie Camplin has been nominated聽for聽The Military Industrial Complex 补迟听. The project聽took the form of a study room exploring what 鈥榗onsensus reality鈥 is, drawing inspiration from physics to philosophy, psychology, witchcraft, quantum theory and warfare.聽Camplin’s practice, which she broadly describes as ‘the Invented Life,’ is characterised by the critique of existing power-structures, and spans the disciplines of drawing, film, performance, music and writing.
Shortlisted for her聽operatic work DOUG, Janice Kerbel聽borrows from conventional modes of narrative in order to create elaborate imagined forms. Her precisely crafted works often take the form of audio recordings, performance and printed matter. For聽DOUG, a聽commission by at Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Kerbel compiled聽a performative work of nine songs intended for six voices.
Nicole Wermers creates sculptures, collages and installations which explore the appropriation of art and design within consumer culture. In her Turner Prize nominated piece聽Infrastruktur听补迟 , London, Wermers adopted the glossy聽aesthetics and materials of modernist design and high fashion, alluding to themes of lifestyle, class, consumption and control.
The shortlisted artists have聽been selected聽by the Turner Prize 2015 jury, which聽is chaired by Penelope Curtis, Director, Tate Britain. Panellists include Alistair Hudson, Director, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; Kyla McDonald, Artistic Director, Glasgow Sculpture Studios; Joanna Mytkowska, Director, Museum Sztuki Nowoczesnej; and Jan Verwoert, critic and curator.
The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under 50聽for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of work in the last 12 months. This year’s prize money is 拢40,000 with 拢25,000 going to the winner and 拢5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The聽overall winner will be聽announced at an award ceremony on Monday 7 December at Tramway.
The Turner Prize Exhibition 2015, 1 October 2015 – 17 January 2016, Tramway, Glasgow.
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Credits
1. Yardhouse by the Assemble collective.
