Turner's Prize received Lyubain Chemist

On December 5, in Gulle, the Turner Prize of 2017 was awarded to the artist Lyubaina Chemist for work dedicated to racial policy and heritage of slavery.

According to BBC , the 62-year-old native of Zanzibar became the oldest laureate of the award and the first black artist to receive the most prestigious award of the UK in the field of modern art.

The jury of the Turner Prize substantiated his choice, noting the "uncompromisingness with which it addresses such topics as the colonial past and manifestations of racism in the present."

The prize finalists this year were also Herwin Anderson, Andrea Buttner and Rosalind Namshibi.

At the exhibition of finalists in the Gull , painting, sculpture, ceramics and work in other techniques, created by Lyubaina Chemist from the 1980s to the present day, including porcelain service with images of black slaves.

The central place in the exposition is the installation of 1987 “A Fashionable Marrige” based on the picturesque cycle of William Hogart “Fashion Marriage”, among the characters of which the figures of flirting Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

The Turner Prize since 1984 has been awarded annually an artist working in the UK, for the best exhibition or other presentation of his work during the year. The finalists are chosen by the jury under the chairmanship of the director of the Gallery Tate.

Until 1991, an artist of any age could apply for the Turner Award, but then the organizers decided to limit the age of the applicants for 50 years. In the 2017 season, this age limit was canceled.

The prize winner receives a cash prize of 25 thousand pounds, finalists - 5,000 pounds each.