Jesse Darling wins Turner Prize 2023 with 'delirious' everyday objects

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One of Britain's most prestigious contemporary arts awards has been won by the Berlin based artist Jesse Darling for an 'outstanding exhibition' of commonplace objects.

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00:00 Oxford-born artist Jessie Darling has won this year's prestigious Turner Prize worth

00:05 29,000 euros. The installation is made of crowd-controlled barriers bent in several

00:11 directions, twisted railway tracks and barbed wire. The artist says the piece represents

00:16 the messy reality of modern British life. Four nominees had been up for the award spanning

00:21 the mediums of sculpture, portraiture, video work and large-scale installations. And as

00:27 usual the shortlist attracted controversy and ridicule in some quarters.

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