Lubaina Himid wins Turner Prize 2017
Praised by the Turner prize judges for 'addressing pertinent questions of personal and political identity', Lubaina Himid, 62, makes history for being the oldest as well as the first black women to win the prestigious award.
For the first time in the Turner Prize’s history, the 50-year old age limit has been lifted, with the jury acknowledging that ‘artists can experience a breakthrough in their work at any stage’.
Awarded annually to an artist born, living or working in Britain, for an outstanding artistic contribution over the last twelve months, the Turner Prize reflects the best of British Art today.
This year's three runners up were:
Painter Hurvin Anderson, 52, German-born artist Andrea Buttner, 45, and film-artist and painter Rosalind Nashashibi, 43.
Büttner is celebrated for her exploration of contentious issues including poverty, vulnerability, shame and embarrassment.
Her subjects are powerful yet emotive and feature figures often overlooked in contemporary artistic practice. Her work gives voice to the forgotten and undervalued.
Büttner's prolific use of traditional, or 'unfashionable' media such as woodcuts and glass paintings was praised by this year's judging panel, as a strong attempt to break down ideas of what constitutes 'high' and 'low' art.
The German-born artist was nominated for solo-exhibitions exploring the limitations of the body in Switzerland and Los Angeles.
