The Turner Prize, the UK and arguably the world's best known contemporary art exhibition, recently announced its shortlisted artists. Three out of the four either draw or paint, in stark contrast to recent years. According to Stephen Adams, arts correspondent for the London Telegraph newspaper, previous Turner awards “have been dominated by video installations and hard to understand "sculptures".
Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain, denied the choices were a reaction to the competitions of recent years, which have been criticised for rewarding art that only a small elite of curators can appreciate.
It is, of course, impossible for any judge to be completely objective about the work (s)he is examining. Art, by definition, calls out for a response from its audience. The artist, according to Camille Pisarro, “defines the society he lives in because he sees further and deeper than other men”.
Or women.
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