Mark Leckey - Turner Prize Winner
Refreshing Point of View about Turner Prize Winners
Mark Leckey, 44, was presented with the £25,000 prize at a ceremony at Tate Britain last night. From the podium he criticised the effect that the YBAs have had on art in Britain.
“I kind of hate the relationship the press in Britain has towards art,” he said. “I hate the way it’s all Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin and Banksy. They expect spectacle and shock. Art is not like that. The art world I know is not like that; it’s a whole other world.”
He was asked whether the impact of the YBAs had done art a disservice. “Ultimately it has,” he said.
And find out what Sister Wendy thinks about all this here.
Much more about Leckey and a video can be found here.
Mark Leckey, 44, was presented with the £25,000 prize at a ceremony at Tate Britain last night. From the podium he criticised the effect that the YBAs have had on art in Britain.
“I kind of hate the relationship the press in Britain has towards art,” he said. “I hate the way it’s all Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin and Banksy. They expect spectacle and shock. Art is not like that. The art world I know is not like that; it’s a whole other world.”
He was asked whether the impact of the YBAs had done art a disservice. “Ultimately it has,” he said.
And find out what Sister Wendy thinks about all this here.
Much more about Leckey and a video can be found here.
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