One of these pleasant surprises was Towner Gallery, part of an arts cluster right next to the famous tennis grounds.
Adding to the pleasant surprises was an exhibition by the contenders for Turner Prize 2023.
The piece by Jesse Darling (pictured right) was large and dramatic and while I quite like that sort of thing I have also seen quite a lot of this sort of thing in places from Tate Modern to Moderna Museet (Stockholm) and there seemed to be nothing remarkable about this.
I was very surprised when this won Turner Prize 2023.
What should have won it is Barbara Walker's Burden of Proof.
In Burden of Proof, Barbara Walker produced large copies of some of the many obscure documents that immigrants to this country produced in an effort to prove they had a right to remain here during the Windrush Scandal. On these documents she drew charcoal images of the people impacted by the scandal.
In Burden of Proof, Barbara Walker produced large copies of some of the many obscure documents that immigrants to this country produced in an effort to prove they had a right to remain here during the Windrush Scandal. On these documents she drew charcoal images of the people impacted by the scandal.
It was both artistically impressive and intellectually stimulating, just the sort of thing that deserves to win prizes.
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