The four nominees for the Tate gallery's 2008 Turner Prize were Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes. The chairman of the jury was Tate Britain director, Stephen Deuchar. The award went to Mark Leckey on 1 December.
Nicholas Serota made a short speech before the award was presented by Nick Cave. Leckey had not prepared an acceptance speech. In an interview with Channel 4 News directly following the announcement Leckey said "the...
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The four nominees for the Tate gallery's 2008 Turner Prize were Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes. The chairman of the jury was Tate Britain director, Stephen Deuchar. The award went to Mark Leckey on 1 December.
Nicholas Serota made a short speech before the award was presented by Nick Cave. Leckey had not prepared an acceptance speech. In an interview with Channel 4 News directly following the announcement Leckey said "the worst place to be in terms of critics is Britain. They like middlebrow art. I don't make middlebrow art. Sod 'em."
An exhibition of work by the nominees was shown at Tate Britain from September 30, 2008 to January 18, 2009. The curator was Carolyn Kerr.
The Turner Prize is awarded for a show by the artist in the previous year. When nominees are told of their nomination they then prepare exhibits for the Turner Prize exhibition, often at short notice. As such, the Turner Prize exhibition may not feature the works for which the artist was...
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