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.
Winner of the Beck's Futures Prize in 2003, the London-born Irish-Palestinian artist is now in with a shot of winning the £25,000 Turner Prize cash draw.
Working primarily with film, paintings and prints, Nashashibi is celebrated for examining sites of human occupation and the relationships that unfold within them, as well as for questioning the constitution of gender, identity and cultural diversity.
Impressed by the depth and maturity of her recent work, the jury praised Nashashibi's ability to capture the domestic alongside the political.
Nashashibi was nominated for her recent films Electrical Gaza, 2015 and Vivian's Garden, 2017.
