LONDON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The work of four artists bidding to win one of Britain's most prestigious awards, the Turner Prize, went on show Tuesday in Hull.
This year's British city of culture is hosting the prize with Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Buttner, Lubaina Himid and Rosalind Nashashibi named by organisers, the Tate, as nominees.
An exhibition of work by the four shortlisted artists is being held at Ferens Art Gallery from Tuesday until January 7, 2018, with the winner announced at a ceremony at the gallery on December 5.
The Turner Prize was created in 1984 to celebrate contemporary art in Britain. Since then, four artists have been shortlisted every year by an independent panel competing for a prize of 25,000 pounds (33,700 U.S.dollars).
The jury praised Hurvin Anderson as an outstanding British painter of Caribbean heritage whose art speaks to the current political moment with questions about identity and belonging, and recognised a deeper interplay between figuration and abstraction in his work. The artist's dream-like paintings are compositionally dense and vibrant, combining geometric and gestural shapes alongside portraiture, landscape and still-life, the judges said.
The jury noted Andrea Buttner's unique approach to collaboration and her exploration of religion, morality and ethics, articulated through a wide range of media including printmaking, sculpture, video and painting. Buttner's exhibitions investigate shame, vulnerability and poverty, said the judges.
The jury praised exhibitions by Lubaina Himid for addressing pertinent questions of personal and political identity. As a key figure of the Black Arts Movement, Himid has consistently foregrounded the contribution of African diaspora to Western culture, they said.
Rosalind Nashashibi's art impressed the jury with its depth and maturity. She used a camera as an eye to observe moments and events, contrasting reality with moments of fantasy and myth.
