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OCTOBER 26, 2011
THE TURNER PRIZE
By Gemma Winter
It may seems perfect sense for the Turner to head to the Baltic after all it is the biggest contemporary gallery space outside the capital, also the freezing air of the North will put off any would be potential protesters in underwear come the announcement of the winner come December 5th. The monolithic gallery has a smaller space than that of Tate Britain for the finalists to which to display their entries though this makes them work harder to work with the space that they have.
Martin Boyce assemblage gives his entry the feel of walking into Habitat with his Modernist style, from the asymmetrical rubbish bin, to the ceiling which is covered in suspended lattice shapes, topped off with 'Do Words Have Voices' a large library table with a mobile suspended above; not to mention the stylised leaves made from paraffin covered paper that sit in the corners of the space. The whole room has the feeling of being inside a stylised Art Deco picture, with its innate ability to be both familiar yet part of a futuristic utopia.
Hilary Lloyd favours urban abstraction and techno fetishism with her collaged video installations which is another installation which becomes intertwined with the gallery's infrastructure. 'Floor' is a triptych of three projections doubling as a sculpture by itself, the slickness of her work is felt in 'Moon' a video piece abstracted into small squares and displayed on two LCD screens.
Karla Black is a perianal in terms of the prizes history, part of the linage of those before her who anger readers of certain newspapers that tends to lean to the right. Black could easily be the one to take this year's prize with her entries 'More of the Day' and 'Doesn't Care in Words' an installation of suspended sculpture of plastic and giant crumpled balls of paper which have been doused with dry pastel poster paint, a trail of which lingers across the gallery floor lapping at the feet of observers.
George Shaw is no stranger to the Baltic having previously exhibited some of the paintings on display in February, the entry composed of eight paintings are depicted scenes of the Tile Hill estate in Coventry where the artist grew up. The subject matter is suburban infrastructure but devoid of human figures, the rejection of all grandeur in subject and materials gives the work a soul. Ballardian tones are acerbated by the use of Humbrol paint (better known to those with a penchant for Airfix models) giving the artwork an impermeable nature. Shaw's work seemed to speak to most people at the evening preview, being touted as the potential winner by the traditionalists though with titles such as 'Landscape with Dog Shit Bin' they couldn't be further from convention.
THE TURNER PRIZE
From 21st October - 8th January
FREE ENTRY
Monday - Sunday 10.00 - 18.00
Except Tuesday 10.30 - 18.00
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays,
South Shore Road,
Gateshead.
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