Jesse Darling, known for their sculptures made of everyday detritus, has won the 2023 Turner Prize.
For his winner's speech, Darling criticised Margaret Thatcher for taking art out of schools because it wasn't economically viable. He said: She paved the way for the greatest trick the Tories ever played, which is to convince working people in Britain that studying, self expression and what the broadsheet supplements describe as culture' is only for certain people in Britain from certain socio-economic backgrounds. I just want to say don't buy in, it's for everyone. Afterwards, Darling pulled a Palestinian flag out of his pocket. When asked later why, the artist said: Because there's a genocide going on and I wanted to say something about it on the BBC.
#Jesse Darling #Turner Prize #sculptures #political instability #Margaret Thatcher #art in schools #genocide
[
add
]
[
|
|
...
]