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Tate Britain Exhibition

Turner Prize: A Retrospective 1984–2006

2 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
Turner Prize Retrospective, Tate Britain, 2008, Damien Hirst installation view

Watch films of Turner Prize winners discussing their works from the retrospective exhibition:

  • Grayson Perry
  • Grenville Davey
  • Jeremy Deller
  • Keith Tyson

This is the definitive Turner Prize exhibition, featuring works by all the winning artists since it began in 1984.

From Anish Kapoor to Damien Hirst, and Gilbert & George to Grayson Perry, it presents a snapshot of British art from the last 24 years.

Tate Britain

Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
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Dates

2 October 2007 – 6 January 2008

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  • Alan Bowness and Waldemar Januszczak 1984

    ‘I loved the bugs, they were gross.’ Ruby, age 9

    Martin Herbert

    On a yearly basis it provokes passionate debate on the state of contemporary British art, and it has inspired other institutions abroad to follow its exhibition model. The Turner Prize, as Martin Herbert observes, is ‘a perpetual work in progress, twitchily tracking both an evolving culture and itself’

  • Martin Creed The lights going on and off 2000

    But is it installation art?

    Claire Bishop

    What does the term ‘installation art’ mean? Does it apply to big dark rooms that you stumble into to watch videos? Or empty rooms in which the lights go on and off?

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    Sir Anish Kapoor CBE RA

    born 1954
  • Artist

    Damien Hirst

    born 1965
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    Gilbert & George

    born 1943, born 1942
  • Artist

    Sir Grayson Perry CBE RA

    born 1960
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