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David Tremlett
Shortlisted: 1992

During the early 1907s, Tremlett was seen as making a particular contribution to Conceptual Art. His work is often unconventional and fragile, and is not made to last; as he says 'the permanence of the work is the idea'. He often makes wall drawings, which have a finite existence. He also makes large drawings on paper, which express his response to a particular place or something he has seen.

Walls and Floors
Walls and Floors 1992
Wall drawing, pastel and masking tape, 487.5 x 888 cm
Courtesy Hester van Royen   © the artist   Photo: Tate Photography

David Tremlett was born in St Austell, Cornwall in 1945. Between 1963 and 1969 he studied at Birmingham College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. In 1992 he was nominated for the Turner Prize for his many wall drawings displayed across the Continent, most notably at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hanover.

This information has been taken from The Turner Prize: Twenty Years, by Virginia Button, Tate Publishing, 2003.

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