Mark 'Dancing Bear' Wallinger won the 2004 Turner Prize for his monumental political work, State Britain, a recreation of the one-man Parliament Square anti-Iraq war protest destroyed by Tony Blair's government. He is also known for this work, The Sleeper, a two-and-a-half hours video, in which he pranced around an empty Berlin art gallery dressed as a bear.
With today’s announcement that Martin Boyce is the 2011 winner of the prestigious Turner Prize, we thought we’d take a trip down memory and rediscover the work of past winners.
When? 1985
Who? Howard Hodgkin
What? Abstract painter & printmaker
Howard Hodgkin, Going for a Walk
When? 1986
Who? Gilbert & George
What? Sculpture & performance
#artyfact: “We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought”
When? 1988
Who? Tony Cragg
What? Sculptor
Tony Cragg, Tongue in Cheek (2002)
When? 1991
Who? Anish Kappor
What? Sculptor
When? 1994
Who? Antony Gormley
What? Sculptor
#artyfact: “Design makes life flow more easily. Art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction”
When? 1995
Who? Damien Hirst
What? Sculptor & painter (and taxidermist…)
#artyfact: “I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing. In an artwork you’re always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death”
When? 2000
Who? Wolfgang Tillmans
What? Photographer
When? 2001
Who? Martin Creed
What? Video & performance artist
When? 2003
Who? Grayson Perry
What? Ceramic vase maker & transvestite artist
When? 2005
Who? Simon Starling
What? Conceptual artist
When? 2009
Who? Richard Wright
What? Painter
