Turner Prize Exhibition 2008 at the Tate Britain until 18 Jan 2009

Exhibition Description:

The Prize, established in 1984, will be awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 6 May 2008. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art. The Turner Prize is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe.

Artist Runa Islam will be presenting three film works including Be The First To See What You See As You See It 2004 and First Day of Spring 2005, both of which were shown in the solo exhibition she was shortlisted for, Centre of Gravity, at Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen. She is also presenting CINEMATOGRAPHY 2007.

Islam creates films in which she innovatively uses the apparatus and illusion of film to lucidly question and re-imagine contemporary modes of representation. She has drawn her influence from the works of great filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Runa Islam was born in Bangladesh and now lives and works in London. The Tate describes the artist's style as "closely choreographed films with open-ended narratives that are analytical and emotionally charged."

Description:

The Tate will announce the winner during a live broadcast of the award ceremony on Channel 4 on the evening of Monday 1 December. This year's prize fund is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists.

A jury will decide the future winner. The members include: David Adjaye, architect and Director, Adjaye Associates; Daniel Birnbaum, Director, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt; Suzanne Cotter, Acting Director, Modern Art Oxford; Jennifer Higgie, Editor, Frieze; Stephen Deuchar, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury.

The shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize 2008 are:

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Tate Britain
Linbury Galleries
Admission £7
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Exhibitions 10.00-17.40 (last admission 17.00)
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Turner Prize Exhibition 2008 at the Tate Britain (The Guardian)