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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

and the (Turner Prize) winner is...

Susan Philipsz is winner of this year's Turner Prize, an annual award normally held at the Tate Museum in London to celebrate new developments in contemporary art.
This year's winner, the 4th woman to receive the award, and an artist whose work centers around recordings of her voice singing folk songs over public address systems, caused yet another art world stir...
Here's a link to UK Telegraph article on the 2010 Turner Prize contestants....


Susan Philipsz  Lowlands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWeKzTDi-OA


Pros and cons- the art world (and elsewhere) weigh in...
An article from the BBC
Article on Lowlands from Nouse.com, the UNY
You be the judge.

Your turn tomorrow...

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