Turner. Shortlist.

"Sculptors and filmmakers reign on the shortlist for the 2008 Turner prize, which was unveiled this morning," announces Andrew Dickson in the Guardian. "Three women are in the running for this year's prize, which is awarded to a British-based artist under 50 for work created in the past year. They are sculptor Cathy Wilkes, Runa Islam, who works primarily in film, and Goshka Macuga, who has been described as a 'cultural archaeologist.' The final artist on the shortlist is Mark Leckey, who was nominated for his solo exhibition Industrial Light & Magic and works in a variety of media, including video."

Jonathan Jones is rooting for Leckey: "I find this artist irresistible. He haunts the secret parts of modern culture, where memory and emotion linger by a rusting abstract sculpture. He is represented by the same galleries that have nurtured almost all the artists I've called subjective anthropologists."

Posted by dwhudson at May 13, 2008 5:46 AM