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An exhibit featuring a film about US President
George W. Bush's home town in Texas won the Turner Prize, Britain's most
prestigious art award, pipping a digital recreation of Osama bin Laden's
house.
Jeremy Deller, 38, a British artist was announced the winner ahead of
three shortlisted rivals at
the Tate Britain gallery in central London and awarded a cheque for 25,000
pounds (36,000 euros, 48,500 dollars).
"Memory Bucket", documenting his travels last year through the US state
of Texas, features various encounters with locals, including a survivor of
the Waco siege, and takes a look around Bush's favourite burger bar near
his ranch.
Some 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect died in a 1993 siege in
Waco, Texas, after a 51-day stand-off with federal agents ended in a fire.
Deller's unnarrated film concludes with the image of millions of bats
emerging from a cave at sunset and blackening the sky.
Accepting the 20th annual Turner Prize award, Deller thanked "everyone
who recycles, those who look after wildlife and bats, and the Quaker movement".
He thanked the teacher who did not allow him to take an art examination
in his school days, saying: "It's probably a good thing. If I had taken
it, I probably wouldn't be here so it was a good decision."
He said his work was "about Bush but it's not anti-Bush."
"I'm surprised and shocked," he said. "It hasn't really sunk in to be
honest... you don't make things like this to win prizes, you do it to
satisfy yourself. This is ultimately a personal thing about what I'm
interested in."
His creation was seen as a comparatively tame for an award which is
known for attracting controversy.
Previous winners of the prize, awarded to a British artist under the
age of 50, include Damien Hirst, Chris Ofili, and, last year,
transvestite potter Grayson
Perry.
Others on the 2004 shortlist included the duo Ben Langlands and Nikki
Bell, who recreated an interactive digital model of bin Laden's former
house in Afghanistan.
Yinka Shonibare, who was born in London and grew up in Nigeria, and
Turkish-born Kutlug Ataman were the other final competitors for the prize.
Deller, the youngest of those shortlisted, was previously best known for works such as "Acid Brass", in
which a brass band played contemporary dance music, and a meticulous recreation,
using actors, of a battle between striking coal miners and police in the
1980s.
(Agencies) |
一部以美国总统乔治·W·布什的家乡得克萨斯州为主题的多媒体艺术作品击败了奥萨马·本·拉登的数字化虚拟住所，赢得英国知名度最高的艺术大奖——特纳奖。
38岁的英国艺术家杰里米·戴勒成为最后的胜者。在位于伦敦市中心的塔特英国画廊，他战胜了其他三名最后入围的候选人，获得了一张2.5万英镑的支票（相当于3.6万欧元或4.85万美元。）
这部名为《记忆桶》的作品记录了他去年穿越美国得克萨斯州的旅行经历，描述了作者和当地人的多方面接触，其中包括一名“韦科包围事件”中的幸存者，并参观了布什的农场附近他最喜欢的一家肉饼店。
1993年，约有80多名“大卫教派”的成员在得州韦科包围事件中丧生，他们和美国联邦特工人员对峙了51天，最后一切在大火中结束了。
戴勒的这部非叙事性电影以这样的情景结尾：数百万只蝙蝠在日落时从一个山洞中飞出，遮蔽了天空。
在接受第20届年度特纳奖时，戴勒向“每一个懂得废物利用、爱护野生动植物和蝙蝠、支持贵格会运动的人”表示感谢。
他还感谢了上学时一位不许他参加艺术考试的老师，他说：“这兴许是一件好事，如果我参加了那次考试，我很可能就不会在这儿了，因此那是个正确的决定。”
他还说，他的作品“与布什有关，但并没有反对布什”。
“我很惊讶、很震惊。说实在的，我还没来得及完全理解这一切……你拍这样的东西不是为了获奖，只是为了满足自己。从根本上讲，这是一部个人化的作品，内容全是我自己感兴趣的。”他说。
这个奖项以能引发争议而闻名，相对来说，他的作品被认为是平淡温和的。
以前的特纳奖获得者都是50岁以下的英国艺术家，比如戴米安·赫斯特和克里斯·欧菲立。去年的获奖者是好穿异性服装的陶艺家格里森·派瑞。
2004年的最后入围名单上还有本·朗兰兹和尼奇·贝尔，他们二人合作创造了本·拉登以前在阿富汗的住所的“交互式数字模型”。
这一奖项的最后竞争者还包括生于伦敦、长于尼日利亚的因卡·邵尼拜耳和在土耳其出生的库特卢·阿塔曼。
戴勒在最后入围的候选人中是最年轻的，他以前最出名的作品有《迷幻铜管乐》，描述的是一个演奏当代伴舞音乐的铜管乐队；还有一件非常注重细节的作品，使用演员来刻画上世纪80年代的一群罢工矿工和警察之间的搏斗。
（中国日报网站译） |
Updated: 2004-12-09 11:13