In a continuation of last year’s move to broaden the artistic boundaries of the Turner Prize, the 2013 shortlist includes the first ever artist whose ephemeral participatory works are purely performance-based.
Trained in dance and economics prior to becoming a conceptual artist, Tino Sehgal is known for only issuing verbal instructions for his works, which he chooses not to document.
An ironically humorous performativity runs across the practices of all four nominees. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s portrait paintings of sitters are believably real characters, drawn from her imagination; Laure Prouvost often features in her fake documentaries that re-invent her family history; whilst David Shrigley’s humorous reflections on the trivia of everyday life hark back to his early public intervention works whilst a student on Glasgow School of Art’s now famous Environmental Arts course.
Last year’s nomination of Spartacus Chetwynd for the 2012 Turner Prize set a precedent for this often overlooked medium that is fast gaining currency within contemporary art.
Chaired by Tate Britain Director Penelope Curtis, the jury for the 2013 prize is Annie Fletcher, Curator of exhibitions Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Susanne Gaensheimer, Director of Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art; Declan Long, writer and lecturer National College of Art and Design Dublin and Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery London. The winner of the £40,000 prize will be announced Monday 2 December 2013.
As the third occasion that the prize will be hosted outside of London, the exhibition will take place 23 October 2013 – 5 January 2014 at Ebrington Derry-Londonderry as part of UK City of Culture celebrations.
More on a-n.co.uk:
Prizes & awards: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye – by Manick Govinda
Review: Laure Prouvost – Farfromwords – by Anneka French
See David Shrigley’s cover on the last ever issue of a-n Magazine June 2012.
