>The winner of the Turner Prize 2022 has been announced as sculptor Veronica Ryan at a ceremony in Liverpool.
>The Montserrat-born British artist, 66, was recognised for her work which honours the Windrush generation and explores the Covid pandemic.
>This year’s Turner Prize collection is being held at Tate Liverpool to mark 15 years since the award was first held in the city.
>Tate Liverpool was the first gallery outside London to host the prize in 2007 when it helped launch the city’s year as European Capital of Culture.
>Veronica Ryan has exhibited across the world and was made an OBE for services to art earlier this year.
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>She was praised by the judges for the “personal and poetic way she extends the language of sculpture” through found and usually forgotten objects and crafted materials.
>The shortlisted artists for 2022 were: Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai Kin.
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>The winner of the Turner Prize 2022 has been announced as sculptor Veronica Ryan at a ceremony in Liverpool.
>The Montserrat-born British artist, 66, was recognised for her work which honours the Windrush generation and explores the Covid pandemic.
>This year’s Turner Prize collection is being held at Tate Liverpool to mark 15 years since the award was first held in the city.
>Tate Liverpool was the first gallery outside London to host the prize in 2007 when it helped launch the city’s year as European Capital of Culture.
>Veronica Ryan has exhibited across the world and was made an OBE for services to art earlier this year.
>
>She was praised by the judges for the “personal and poetic way she extends the language of sculpture” through found and usually forgotten objects and crafted materials.
>The shortlisted artists for 2022 were: Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai Kin.
>A free exhibition of the four shortlisted artists is being held at Tate Liverpool until March 19 2023 (https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/turner-prize-2022).
*PA News* via ITV.
Theres a photo of her art in the article. Honestly, its shite.
https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/51fFu48EUsrOhCoIDwsR6U/478b2e4ee7b345b68bbe3801abcaeeb9/Spike_Island_Max_McClure_Along_A_Spectrum_1944_RGB_press.jpg?fm=avif&fit=fill&w=830&h=553&q=80
Honestly, if I saw that, I’d just assume the cleaners aren’t doing their jobs.