The entries have been on show at a former Army barracks at Ebrington, in the city. Derry is the UK City of Culture 2013. It was the first time the exhibition has been held outside England. Four artists – Laure Prouvost, Tino Sehgal, David Shrigley and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye – are in contention for the award. The winner will receive £25,000, the others £5,000 each. Established in 1984, the Turner Prize is awarded to a contemporary artist under 50, living, working or born in Britain, who is judged to have put on the best exhibition over the last 12 months. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, who lives and works in London, is shortlisted for her Extracts and Verses exhibition at the Chisenhale Gallery. She is of Ghanaian descent and is the first black woman to be in contention for the award. Glasgow-based David Shrigley is best known for his humorous line drawings, but also makes sculptures, photographs, paintings and animated films. His work, which combines jokes and commentary, can be found on greetings cards, in books and in magazines, as well as in galleries. Born in Lille in 1978, Laure Prouvost won the fourth Max Mara art prize for women in 2011 for her short films and installation work. Based in London, she is shortlisted for her new work Wantee, featured in Tate Britain’s Schwitters in Britain exhibition, and her two-part Max Mara art prize installation. Born in 1976 and based in Berlin, Tino Sehgal has been shortlisted for
his “pioneering” projects This Variation and These Associations. The latter, staged last year at Tate Modern in London, invited the public to interact with volunteers in a “live installation” staged in the gallery’s expansive Turbine Hall. – BBC Entertainment
