The Turner Art Awards

The Turner Prize 2009 exhibition opened today at Tate Britain, London. The four nominated artists are Enrico David, Roger Hiorns, Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright. The judges for the Turner Prize 2009 are Mariella Frostrup, Charles Esche, Jonathan Jones and Andrea Schlieker.My favourite is Roger Hiorns' piece bellow, where he has transformed a derelict flat into a cave of blue crystals.

Lucy Skaer is the artist who's work opens the exhibition. Below is her work 'coal dust', which, as implied, are sculpted from coal dust. I fail to recognise their beauty personally, and I was surprised when I read that they were praised for bringing beauty to something ugly- this isn't a piece of art that I would describe as beautiful! I would however describe Roger Hiorns' crystal piece as "turning something ugly beautiful".