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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) |
一部以美國(guó)總統(tǒng)喬治·W·布什的家鄉(xiāng)得克薩斯州為主題的多媒體藝術(shù)作品擊敗了奧薩馬·本·拉登的數(shù)字化虛擬住所，贏得英國(guó)知名度最高的藝術(shù)大獎(jiǎng)——特納獎(jiǎng)。
38歲的英國(guó)藝術(shù)家杰里米·戴勒成為最后的勝者。在位于倫敦市中心的塔特英國(guó)畫(huà)廊，他戰(zhàn)勝了其他三名最后入圍的候選人，獲得了一張2.5萬(wàn)英鎊的支票（相當(dāng)于3.6萬(wàn)歐元或4.85萬(wàn)美元。）
這部名為《記憶桶》的作品記錄了他去年穿越美國(guó)得克薩斯州的旅行經(jīng)歷，描述了作者和當(dāng)?shù)厝说亩喾矫娼佑|，其中包括一名“韋科包圍事件”中的幸存者，并參觀了布什的農(nóng)場(chǎng)附近他最喜歡的一家肉餅店。
1993年，約有80多名“大衛(wèi)教派”的成員在得州韋科包圍事件中喪生，他們和美國(guó)聯(lián)邦特工人員對(duì)峙了51天，最后一切在大火中結(jié)束了。
戴勒的這部非敘事性電影以這樣的情景結(jié)尾：數(shù)百萬(wàn)只蝙蝠在日落時(shí)從一個(gè)山洞中飛出，遮蔽了天空。
在接受第20屆年度特納獎(jiǎng)時(shí)，戴勒向“每一個(gè)懂得廢物利用、愛(ài)護(hù)野生動(dòng)植物和蝙蝠、支持貴格會(huì)運(yùn)動(dòng)的人”表示感謝。
他還感謝了上學(xué)時(shí)一位不許他參加藝術(shù)考試的老師，他說(shuō)：“這興許是一件好事，如果我參加了那次考試，我很可能就不會(huì)在這兒了，因此那是個(gè)正確的決定。”
他還說(shuō)，他的作品“與布什有關(guān)，但并沒(méi)有反對(duì)布什”。
“我很驚訝、很震驚。說(shuō)實(shí)在的，我還沒(méi)來(lái)得及完全理解這一切……你拍這樣的東西不是為了獲獎(jiǎng)，只是為了滿足自己。從根本上講，這是一部個(gè)人化的作品，內(nèi)容全是我自己感興趣的。”他說(shuō)。
這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)以能引發(fā)爭(zhēng)議而聞名，相對(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)，他的作品被認(rèn)為是平淡溫和的。
以前的特納獎(jiǎng)獲得者都是50歲以下的英國(guó)藝術(shù)家，比如戴米安·赫斯特和克里斯·歐菲立。去年的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)呤呛么┊愋苑b的陶藝家格里森·派瑞。
2004年的最后入圍名單上還有本·朗蘭茲和尼奇·貝爾，他們二人合作創(chuàng)造了本·拉登以前在阿富汗的住所的“交互式數(shù)字模型”。
這一獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的最后競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者還包括生于倫敦、長(zhǎng)于尼日利亞的因卡·邵尼拜耳和在土耳其出生的庫(kù)特盧·阿塔曼。
戴勒在最后入圍的候選人中是最年輕的，他以前最出名的作品有《迷幻銅管樂(lè)》，描述的是一個(gè)演奏當(dāng)代伴舞音樂(lè)的銅管樂(lè)隊(duì)；還有一件非常注重細(xì)節(jié)的作品，使用演員來(lái)刻畫(huà)上世紀(jì)80年代的一群罷工礦工和警察之間的搏斗。
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Updated: 2004-12-09 11:13