Tomma Abts Wins Turner Prize
German born Tomma Abts last night won the 2006 Turner Prize with her 48 x 38 cm abstract paintings, writes Charlotte Higgins in today’s Guardian. Her work, described in the article thus “She uses no source material, but allows the form of the paintings to emerge as she applies layers of colour - a process that mingles disciplined severity with pure intuition” was a clear favourite with the judges leaving Phil Collins, Rebbecca Warren and Mark Titchner as the also rans.
The ceremony at Tate Britain had a touch of controversy about it as one the of the judges, Lynn Barber, complained that she had been “stitched up” by the organisers and her “enthusiasm for contemporary art “seriously dampened” after her year as a Turner panel member”.
Outside, the Stuckists held their usual protest.
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