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Mr Fred · 08-12-2003, 04:53

so grayson perry won - nice outfit

personally would have gone for jake and dinos but not sure if they are just taking the piss these days. They really should be shot for defacing the goya shetches.

read and see more www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/2003

tomson · 08-12-2003, 05:34

Yeah the chapmans would have got my vote - something sick but fascinating about their work. Saw some of Perry's in the Saatchi collection and it is quite subtle, far less in your face than jake and dinos work. Still powerful stuff tho.

Bill Posters · 08-12-2003, 05:42

I didn't really pay much attention this year, but spent a few minutes on the Turer site last week.
Grayson's pots immediately stood out to me and really caught my attention/imagination.

I think it's an inspired idea to take the 'lost', ancient tradition of recording significant events and narratives on walls and pottery and translating that into a modern context.

Literal translation, shift and recontextualisation brilliantly demonstrates one of the major tenets of sincere modern art (as I understand them).
What's more, it does so in a more accessible and approachable way than many of the other charlatans and navel gazers in modern brit-art.
And given that I see art as something that should awaken the minds of the artistically 'illiterate', Grayson was the clear favourite for me.

...imho.

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Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,344	turner prize so grayson perry won - nice outfit personally would have gone for jake and dinos but not sure if they are just taking the piss these days. They really should be shot for defacing the goya shetches. read and see more www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/2003

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tomson Black & Proud Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,275	Yeah the chapmans would have got my vote - something sick but fascinating about their work. Saw some of Perry's in the Saatchi collection and it is quite subtle, far less in your face than jake and dinos work. Still powerful stuff tho.

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Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,937	I didn't really pay much attention this year, but spent a few minutes on the Turer site last week. Grayson's pots immediately stood out to me and really caught my attention/imagination. I think it's an inspired idea to take the 'lost', ancient tradition of recording significant events and narratives on walls and pottery and translating that into a modern context. Literal translation, shift and recontextualisation brilliantly demonstrates one of the major tenets of sincere modern art (as I understand them). What's more, it does so in a more accessible and approachable way than many of the other charlatans and navel gazers in modern brit-art. And given that I see art as something that should awaken the minds of the artistically 'illiterate', Grayson was the clear favourite for me. ...imho.

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