The competition’s youngest contestant scoops the award for animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community
Kaur, 38, the youngest artist on this year’s shortlist, was nominated for her exhibition Alter Altar, at Tramway in Glasgow, which featured a range of sculptures and soundscapes.
The jury said Kaur’s work was alive to timely issues, “speaking imaginatively to how we might live together in a world increasingly marked by nationalism, division and social control”. “I want the separation between the expression of politics in the gallery and the practice of politics in life to disappear. I want the institution to understand: if you want us inside, you need to listen to us outside. Ceasefire now, arms embargo now, free Palestine.”
The Turner prize, regarded as one of the art world’s most prestigious awards, is presented to an artist born or working in Britain for an outstanding exhibition or presentation of their work over the previous year.
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