In A First, Only Artist Collectives Are Shortlisted For Turner Prize 2021
May 10, 2021 12:16
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Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry, UK.
Tate Britain has announced the shortlist for Turner Prize 2021: Array Collective, Black Obsidian Sound System, Cooking Sections, Gentle/Radical, and Project Art Works. An exhibition of their work will be held at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry, UK, from September 29, 2021 to January 12, 2022, as part of the UK City of Culture 2021 celebrations. The winner will be announced on December 1, 2021, at an award ceremony at Coventry Cathedral covered on the BBC.
This is the first time a Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives. All the nominees work closely and continuously with communities across the breadth of the UK to inspire social change through art. The collaborative practices selected for this year’s shortlist also reflect the solida
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image captionThe Array Collective at Pride 2019 (left) and Project Art Works Siddharth Gadiyar at the Phoenix Art Space
The 2021 Turner Prize nominees are, for the first time, made up of collectives who have helped to inspire social change through art , organisers say.
Exhibitions have been largely closed over the past year due to the pandemic.
With that in mind, Friday s shortlist contained the names of five groups who continued to work in the community.
Prize chair and Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson said it is intended to capture and reflect the mood of the moment in contemporary British art.
A group of Belfast-based artists whose work is a response to issues affecting Northern Ireland and a collective of QTIBPOC (Queer, Trans and Intersex Black and People of Colour) artists challenging norms of sound-system culture across the African diaspora are on the shortlist for the Turner Prize 2021.
The five-strong shortlist is made up of entirely of artist collectives for the first time in the history of the award, with no single person chosen.
Array Collective’s recent projects include public artworks in support of the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland, while Black Obsidian Sound System (BOSS) uses club nights, art installations, technical workshops and live performance, including a recent 24-hour fundraising rave.