Monday, December 7, 2009
Art Richard Wright Wins 2009 Turner Prize
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM
As opposed to many of his peers—including Turner winners like Anish Kapoor, Damien Hirst and Richard Deacon—whose monumental works merely court a wealthier class of collector, Wright's work is often completely unsellable, painted onto museum and gallery walls and destined to be painted over when his exhibitions close. Such is the case with his entries in the Turner Shortlist exhibition at the Tate in London, all of which will be lost when the show closes on January 16. The prize means £25,000 ($41,000) for Wright and £5,000 ($8,000) for runners-up Enrico David, Lucy Skaer, and Roger Hiorns. Only British artists under 50 are eligible for the Turner, so this was Wright's last chance.
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