Showing posts with label Turner Prize winner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turner Prize winner. Show all posts

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Martin Creed (1968 - )

 Martin Creed, Work No. 227: The lights going on and off, 2001

 Martin Creed was awarded the Turner Prize in 2001 - for this work.

Simon Starling (1967 - )

Simon Starling, Autoxylopyrocycloboros, 2006

The work comprised a voyage by a 20ft, steam powered wooden boat called ‘Dignity’ on Loch Long. The boat had been salvaged from the bottom of Lake Windermere and restored. During the voyage the boat itself was steadily sawn up for fuel which was fed into the boiler. The boat effectively consumed itself until it sank and returned to the bottom of the Loch.

Simon Starling won the Turner Prize in 2005.