Nominated artists.27 works and press coverage 2006 Turner Prize

1 nominated artists works , press coverage

1.1 tomma abts (winner)
1.2 phil collins
1.3 mark titchner
1.4 rebecca warren
1.5 press judgment of exhibition whole

nominated artists works , press coverage
tomma abts (winner)

tomma abts exhibited works eleven abstract paintings (acrylic , oil on canvas). works titles taken book of german christian names , included:

ebe

abstract painting in blues , white of triangular , circular shapes.


lübbe

abstract painting in brown , pastel tones.


epko

abstract painting in light , dark browns.


ert

abstract painting in curved lines of blue-grey tones.


mehm

abstract painting angular lines in red hues (see guardian audio slideshow).


veeke

abstract painting angular lines of various hues on grey background (see guardian audio slideshow).

artist s statement:

can t ever or how finish or make work. s different idea or moment each painting. s not really... try composition , colour, , closer , closer, , there s moment there s surprise, when try , ... in place.

gallery text:

works consistently format of 48 x 38 centimetres in acrylic , oil paint. uses no source material , begins no preconceived idea of final result. instead, paintings take shape through gradual process of layering , accrual. internal logic of each composition unfolds forms defined, buried , rediscovered until painting becomes ‘congruent itself’.

press coverage:

@ most, well-ordered geometric forms mildly trippy trip doesn t lead anywhere. - guardian
vote - independent
seen in reproduction or distance, these low-keyed paintings nothing @ all. step close 1 of them, examine attention, , knocked off feet. - telegraph
hope abts takes turner prize year [...] because paintings have lovely sense of inner congruence. impossible reproduce or describe. have seen. work, quite simply, works visually. - times

phil collins

phil collins exhibited works films , installation consisting of staffed , functioning production office.

the return of real / gercegin geri donusu

a film in people have been on reality television or talk shows speak how experience had negative impact on lives.


shady lane productions

an installation consisting of staffed production office.


baghdad screentests
they shoot horses

a seven-hour video of palestinians disco dancing.

gallery text:

phil collins’s art investigates our ambivalent relationship camera both instrument of attraction , manipulation, of revelation , shame. operates within forms of low-budget television , reportage-style documentary address discrepancy between reality , representations.
gives potentially tedious of cultural productions, art video, bad name. interminable films less riveting reality tv programmes set out question.

press coverage:

thought-provoking , charming - guardian
[shady lane productions] is, duchamp s urinal, art because artist says art. - independent

mark titchner

mark titchner s exhibited works installations , pictures, including:

how change behaviour (tiny masters of world come out)

installation of multiple items, looking car batteries. picture on wall has tiny masters of world come out written on in large text. (see guardian audio slideshow).


the memory of our will dirt feet
if can dream it, must it

picture of outstretched hand title written above


ergo ergot

a tree structure motorised spirals

gallery text:

mark titchner’s art explores tensions between different belief systems inform society, religious, scientific or political. sculptural installations provocative hybrids combine new technologies old techniques.

press coverage:

titchner, work incorporates quotes heidegger , nietzsche, doesn t have say. - guardian
work oddly artless in sense of lacking guile, being unsophisticated , unworldly, unaffected. yet objects have charm. - independent
have written before enthusiasm mark titchener [but] need instruction manual figure out s banging on in ugly sculptures showing here.
left me wishing art work @ least have visual point - times

rebecca warren

rebecca warren s exhibited works sculptures , installations, including:

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 or 2005
loulou

a sculpture of clay , acrylic paint.


pony

a figurative sculpture.


bronzes

bronze sculptures (see guardian audio slideshow).


teacher (m.b)
teacher (w)
teacher (r)

three sculptures of varying approximations of female form large buttocks or breasts (see guardian audio slideshow).

gallery text:

deas of self-expression, gender , nature , purpose of sculptural form converge in warren’s work. however, adopts deliberately precarious stance, reinforcing slippage of meaning through hybrid titles incorporate references films, songs , made-up words, mirror varied forms of work.

press coverage:

eloquently expresses statements borrows, academic feminism [but her] works reinforce source materials primacy , potency. - guardian
creates works of art feel fresh , intimate - telegraph
doesn’t make pretty sight. , feminist message tired. - times
while of put stuff in bin, warren insists has place in art gallery - daily mirror

press judgment of exhibition whole

exhibition overall safe , cerebral generate controversy or stimulate viewers. perhaps year s judges tired of fighting. - guardian
left show after second of 2 visits thinking not vintage year turner prize. - independent
consistently fascinating exhibition - telegraph
[the prize] seems have turn except inwards — if turner, in part, represents state of contemporary, year’s contribution reflects drab mess is. - times




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