THE DISAPPOINTING TURNER

“The last time we had a worthy and substantial winner of the Turner Prize, a winner who was going to be remembered in the annals of British modern art for decades to come, was four years ago, when the intelligently transgressive Gillian Wearing won. Since then, the prize has gone to a succession of irredeemably minor artists for whom winning the prize will be seen as the summit of their careers. When petits maîtres like Tillmans win, we can be sure that the Turner has had to resort to some serious barrel-scraping.” – The Sunday Times (UK)