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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) |
一部以美國總統喬治·W·布什的家鄉得克薩斯州為主題的多媒體藝術作品擊敗了奧薩馬·本·拉登的數字化虛擬住所，贏得英國知名度最高的藝術大獎——特納獎。
38歲的英國藝術家杰里米·戴勒成為最后的勝者。在位于倫敦市中心的塔特英國畫廊，他戰勝了其他三名最后入圍的候選人，獲得了一張2.5萬英鎊的支票（相當于3.6萬歐元或4.85萬美元。）
這部名為《記憶桶》的作品記錄了他去年穿越美國得克薩斯州的旅行經歷，描述了作者和當地人的多方面接觸，其中包括一名“韋科包圍事件”中的幸存者，并參觀了布什的農場附近他最喜歡的一家肉餅店。
1993年，約有80多名“大衛教派”的成員在得州韋科包圍事件中喪生，他們和美國聯邦特工人員對峙了51天，最后一切在大火中結束了。
戴勒的這部非敘事性電影以這樣的情景結尾：數百萬只蝙蝠在日落時從一個山洞中飛出，遮蔽了天空。
在接受第20屆年度特納獎時，戴勒向“每一個懂得廢物利用、愛護野生動植物和蝙蝠、支持貴格會運動的人”表示感謝。
他還感謝了上學時一位不許他參加藝術考試的老師，他說：“這興許是一件好事，如果我參加了那次考試，我很可能就不會在這兒了，因此那是個正確的決定�！�
他還說，他的作品“與布什有關，但并沒有反對布什”。
“我很驚訝、很震驚。說實在的，我還沒來得及完全理解這一切……你拍這樣的東西不是為了獲獎，只是為了滿足自己。從根本上講，這是一部個人化的作品，內容全是我自己感興趣的。”他說。
這個獎項以能引發爭議而聞名，相對來說，他的作品被認為是平淡溫和的。
以前的特納獎獲得者都是50歲以下的英國藝術家，比如戴米安·赫斯特和克里斯·歐菲立。去年的獲獎者是好穿異性服裝的陶藝家格里森·派瑞。
2004年的最后入圍名單上還有本·朗蘭茲和尼奇·貝爾，他們二人合作創造了本·拉登以前在阿富汗的住所的“交互式數字模型”。
這一獎項的最后競爭者還包括生于倫敦、長于尼日利亞的因卡·邵尼拜耳和在土耳其出生的庫特盧·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》，描述的是一個演奏當代伴舞音樂的銅管樂隊；還有一件非常注重細節的作品，使用演員來刻畫上世紀80年代的一群罷工礦工和警察之間的搏斗。
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2004-12-09 11:13