Turner prize exhibition unveiled
The work of the four artists nominated for this year’s Turner Prize has gone on display at Tate Britain in London.
Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga, Runa Islam and Cathy Wilkes are competing for the accolade, given to outstanding projects by UK artists aged under 50.
The winner of the £25,000 prize will be named on 1 December.
The exhibition’s curator, Sophie O’Brien, told the BBC it was a ‘really exciting’ year for the prestigious, and often controversial, prize.
She said:’The Turner Prize is about showing things that are intriguing and surprising and interesting.
‘It is about creating debate and I think this year is just like every ‘All of the four artists do very different things and I think it is a really exciting year and people should come and see for themselves.’
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