Turner Prize 2024

Ooh apologies for the lateness of this post. It had been in my plan to be on the Karika journal in September after the holidays but it has been whirlwind in the studio here both finishing the Christmas and Everyday collections whilst building a new studio space. Happily in the middle of it I did manage to pop out last month to the Tate and see this year's Turner Prize!
Complete with giant concrete jewellery, Irn-Bru, a red ford escort with a doily on top and blood red footprints 2024's Turner Prize lives up to it's bold memorable cultural statements that we have come to expect. Claudette Johnson's portraits had an unfortunate position at the end where they felt a little overlooked after the bold clashes of Kaur and the busy work of Le Bas. My favourites were the drawings by Pio Abad, incredibly detailed with purposeful themes. The Turner Prize is on show at the Tate until the 16th of February, winner to be announced on the 3rd of December 2024.

TURNER PRIZE 2024 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: pio abad's exhibition space where the giant concrete jewellery can be seen, a piece seen on the way into the prize by hew locke - vita veritas victoria, a view of kaur's space with the giant persian rug, the famous red ford escort complete with giant doily by kaur, a snip of le bas painted fabrics, then a swatch of the paintwork from the alvaro barrington exhibition next door.