Turner Prize 2006
03 Oct 2006 - 14 Jan 2007
The Turner Prize 2006 was awarded to Tomma Abts.
Shortlist:
Tomma Abts
Phil Collins
Mark Titchner
Rebecca Warren
The Turner Prize 2006 featured a broad range of media with sculpture, painting, installation and video represented. Phil Collins introduced the first ever consistent ‘live’ element into the exhibition. He set up a working office in the gallery manned by a team of researchers looking for participants for his next project. In the end the jury awarded the prize to Tomma Abts for her densely wrought canvases. She was the first female painter to win and this decision was welcomed by the public.
Jury:
Lynn Barber, writer, The Observer
Margot Heller, Director, South London Gallery
Matthew Higgs, Director and Chief Curator, White Columns, New York
Andrew Renton, writer and Director of Curating, Goldsmiths College
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate and Chairman of the Jury
Shortlist:
Tomma Abts
Phil Collins
Mark Titchner
Rebecca Warren
The Turner Prize 2006 featured a broad range of media with sculpture, painting, installation and video represented. Phil Collins introduced the first ever consistent ‘live’ element into the exhibition. He set up a working office in the gallery manned by a team of researchers looking for participants for his next project. In the end the jury awarded the prize to Tomma Abts for her densely wrought canvases. She was the first female painter to win and this decision was welcomed by the public.
Jury:
Lynn Barber, writer, The Observer
Margot Heller, Director, South London Gallery
Matthew Higgs, Director and Chief Curator, White Columns, New York
Andrew Renton, writer and Director of Curating, Goldsmiths College
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate and Chairman of the Jury