Michael Dean has been nominated for his exhibitions “Sic Glyphs” at South London Gallery and “Qualities of Violence” at de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam. His practice is primarily centered around sculpture, elevating everyday materials from the urban environment.
Anthea Hamilton, whose buttocks sculpture is already making the rounds on the Internet, also works across installation, performance and video. She has been nominated for her solo exhibition “Anthea Hamilton: Lichen! Libido! Chastity!” which took place at SculptureCentre, New York. Her work brings “a surrealist sensibility to popular culture and the mind-bending volume of stylised and sexualised imagery in the digital world,” according to the jury.
Helen Marten, an artist who many have long been rooting for for a nomination, is a sculptor who works with found objects. She has been nominated for the solo exhibition “Eucalyptus Let Us In” at Greene Naftali in New York as well as her work Lunar Nibs, which was featured at the 2015 Venice Biennale.
Josephine Pryde, best known for her recent large-scale model freight train, part of her CCA Wattis exhibition in San Francisco for which she was nominated, is an artist who focuses on the relationship between art and photography.
The 2016 Turner Prize jury is composed of Michelle Cotton, Director, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Tamsin Dillon, curator; Beatrix Ruf, Director, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Simon Wallis, Director, The Hepworth Wakefield. The jury is chaired by Alex Farquharson, Director of Tate Britain. An exhibition of works by the four shortlisted artists will be on display from September 27 through January 8.
