2007
Winner:
Mark Wallinger
Shortlist:
Jury:
- Fiona Bradley, Director of the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
- Michael Bracewell, writer and critic
- Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator at the Studio Museum, Harlem
- Miranda Sawyer, freelance broadcaster and writer
- Christoph Grunenberg, Director of Tate Liverpool
Turner Prize 2007 exhibition website
The 2007 Turner Prize poster
The 2007 Turner Prize Taxi Project
Turner Prize in Liverpool
This was the first time the Prize was held outside of London, as part of Tate’s programme to celebrate Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 2008.
Mark Wallinger was shortlisted for State Britain at Tate Britain, a direct representation of the banners and paraphernalia of Brian Haw's protest in Parliament Square. The jury commended its immediacy, visceral intensity and historic importance. The work combined a bold political statement with art's ability to articulate fundamental human truths.
The 2007 Turner Prize poster
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