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Turner Prize 2010, Tate Britain
Turner Prize 2010, Tate Britain
Interesting, engaging and intelligent. You wouldn't believe it's the Turner Prize
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
'Otolith III' by Turner Prize-nominees The Otolith Group is both confusing and beguiling
There may be some who feel this year’s shortlist for the Turner Prize has done little to forge ahead with anything new, innovative and different. And then there may be others who will welcome the rather more established artists on this year’s list, that is those who have continued to steadily develop their practice for well over a decade, with no great surprises, such as Angela de La Cruz and Dexter Dalwood.
There may be some who feel this year’s shortlist for the Turner Prize has done little to forge ahead with anything new, innovative and different. And then there may be others who will welcome the rather more established artists on this year’s list, that is those who have continued to steadily develop their practice for well over a decade, with no great surprises, such as Angela de La Cruz and Dexter Dalwood.
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