Further to my earlier post about the Turner Prize, I'm happy to see that — contrary to expectations — Tomma Abts has won.
A small victory for the visually appealing over the ideologically fashionable.
Anyone else out there who was rooting for her?
(Picture is Emo, courtesy Gallery Greengrassi)
2 comments:
As a painter myself, I *had* to root for her. But I liked her work anyway. She also came across as a sincere person, free of the usual self-important artspeak. She even kept a straight face when the Channel 4 interviewer asked how she knew "when a painting was finished."
Yes mr zip, an over-excited Jon Snow couldn’t quite believe that there were no gimmicks here. Understated, like her art, Tomma Abts rather flummoxed the presenter. ‘What! no irony?’
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