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TATE TURNER
PRIZE
DEMO
2002
There
was a Stuckist demo outside Tate Britain on the opening of the
Turner Prize, 29 October 2002,
and a clown demonstration on 8 December 2002, Turner Prize day.
ART CLOWN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2002
Winner announced
in The
Daily Telegraph
For
the second year running Sir Nicholas Serota won the 'Art Clown
of the Year Award' (for outstanding idiocy in the visual arts).
The judges were extremely impressed by Sir Nicholas's ability
to create a Turner Prize show which was even worse than last year's
(and that in turn worse than the year before).
The prize is a custard pie with the winner is invited
to buy and push into their own face.
Other nominees : Jay Jopling, Charles Saatchi (winner 2000), Norman
Rosenthal.
External sites
The
art of Turner Protests (BBC)
Charles
Thomson Radio Netherlands interview
Stuckist
SP Howarth in Canada National Post
Stuckists
+ Turner Prize history (Glasgow University)
This site
The
Real Turner Prize Show 2002
Stuckists
Turner Prize Manifesto
'The
Turner Prize is a red herring' essay by Charles Thomson
'Art or Arse'
Stuckists Turner Prize song (courtesy Childish)
'Art or Arse' lyrics
Stuckist
demo against the Turner Prize, Tate Britain 8 Dec 2002
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Charles
Thomson, Philip
Absolon, Gina Bold
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Elsa
Dax, Philip Absolon
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Gina
points a finger
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Spot
Sir Nicholas
Serota Competition
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