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| British artist Mark Leckey. Photo: Reuters. |
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British artist Mark Leckey has won this year's Turner Prize, contemporary art's most prestigious
award. The 44-year-old was the bookies' favourite for the 25,000-pound prize, awarded at a ceremony at London's Tate Britain museum hosted by musician Nick Cave. Mr Leckey's film displayed at the Turner Prize exhibition included cartoon characters such as Homer Simpson, Felix the Cat and Garfield, and showed the
artist himself lecturing on his love of animation. But the award is for a body of work, and Mr Leckey was chosen for his solo
exhibitions Industrial Light & Magic at Le Consortium, Dijon, and Resident at Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, combining sculpture, film, sound and
performance. |
