“She [Margaret Thatcher] paved the way for the greatest trick the Tories ever played, which is to convince working people in Britain that studying, self expression and what the broadsheet supplements describe as ‘culture’ is only for certain people in Britain from certain socio-economic backgrounds. I just want to say don’t buy in, it’s for everyone.” #art #JesseDarling #TurnerPrize2003 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/05/jesse-darling-wins-2023-turner-prize
Jesse Darling wins the 2023 Turner Prize

The Oxford-born artist won the £25,000 award for sculptures made of commonplace objects conveying ‘the messy reality of life’, and unsettling ‘notions of labour, class, Britishness and power’

The Guardian