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THE winner of this year's Turner Prize is Simon Starling, a Glasgow-based artist whose imaginative installations will dispel accusations by critics that Britain's most well-known and controversial art prize was becoming "boringly mainstream".
Starling, 38, a graduate of Glasgow School of Art, was awarded the GBP 25,000 prize during a live Channel 4 programme from the Tate Britain in London last night. He beat the favourite, Gillian Carnegie, tipped to win with her series of "bare bum paintings".See the full content of this document
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Scottish Artist Sails Off with Turner
Starling's success may herald a return to the exuberance of the days of Damien Hirst or Grayson Perry, both of whom managed to shock the jaded palate of the contemporary art scene.
The Turner Prize, which began in 1984, is the mo...See the full content of this document
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