A still from Duncan
Campbell’s award-winning It for Others
Campbell’s award-winning It for Others
GSA graduate Duncan
Campbell today became the 30th winner of the controversial Turner
Prize. The announcement was made at Tate Britain and the prestigious award was
presented by 12 Years a Slave actor,
Chiwetel Eijofor.
Campbell today became the 30th winner of the controversial Turner
Prize. The announcement was made at Tate Britain and the prestigious award was
presented by 12 Years a Slave actor,
Chiwetel Eijofor.
Campbell becomes the 5th
GSA graduate to win the award since Douglas Gordon in 1996 and the 4th
MFA graduate in the last ten years.
GSA graduate to win the award since Douglas Gordon in 1996 and the 4th
MFA graduate in the last ten years.
“The Glasgow
School of Art warmly congratulates Duncan Campbell on becoming the 30th winner
of the Turner Prize,” says Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of
Art. “This is a great accolade both for Duncan
and for The Glasgow School of Art. Duncan becomes our 5th winner of this
prestigious award since 1996 and the 4th graduate from our Master of Fine Art
programme.”
School of Art warmly congratulates Duncan Campbell on becoming the 30th winner
of the Turner Prize,” says Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of
Art. “This is a great accolade both for Duncan
and for The Glasgow School of Art. Duncan becomes our 5th winner of this
prestigious award since 1996 and the 4th graduate from our Master of Fine Art
programme.”
“Duncan and
all the previous GSA winners and short listed artists are a great inspiration
to the current generation of students and the wider visual art community here
in Glasgow.”
all the previous GSA winners and short listed artists are a great inspiration
to the current generation of students and the wider visual art community here
in Glasgow.”
Previous GSA graduates
to win the Turner Prize are: Douglas Gordon (1996), Simon Starling (2005),
Richard Wright (2009) and Martin Boyce (2011).
to win the Turner Prize are: Douglas Gordon (1996), Simon Starling (2005),
Richard Wright (2009) and Martin Boyce (2011).
A further nine GSA
graduates were shortlisted for the prize between 1996 and 2014. They are Christine Borland (1997),
Jim Lambie (2005), Nathan Coley (2007), Cathy Wilkes (2008), Lucy Skaer (2009),
Karla Black (2011), David Shrigley (2013), Ciara Phillips (2014) and Tris Vonna-Michell (2014)
graduates were shortlisted for the prize between 1996 and 2014. They are Christine Borland (1997),
Jim Lambie (2005), Nathan Coley (2007), Cathy Wilkes (2008), Lucy Skaer (2009),
Karla Black (2011), David Shrigley (2013), Ciara Phillips (2014) and Tris Vonna-Michell (2014)
“It for Others (2013), a complex film
quartet that moves with real subtlety
quartet that moves with real subtlety
through all sorts of ideas about the uses
and values of art.”
and values of art.”
Laura Cumming, The Observer
Duncan Campbell is a
consummate film-maker with a ferocious intelligence,
consummate film-maker with a ferocious intelligence,
dry wit and a terrier-like
tendency to keep on worrying his subject,
tendency to keep on worrying his subject,
Richard Dorment, The Telegraph
Duncan Campbell came
to Glasgow to follow the Master of Fine Art programme at The Glasgow School of
Art in 1996 and has been based in the city ever since. Using film as his
primary medium, mixing archive footage and new material, Campbell questions
and challenges the documentary form. He was nominated for the 2014 Turner
Prize for his contribution to Scotland’s pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Responding to Chris Marker and Alan Resnais’ 1953 film Statues Also Die,
Campbell’s It for Others included new work by choreographer
Michael Clark. Previous works have seen him make films about controversial
figures such as the Irish political activist Bernadette Devlin or the quixotic
car manufacturer John DeLorean. His piece, It for Others can be seen in the
2014 Turner Prize exhibition until January 2015.
to Glasgow to follow the Master of Fine Art programme at The Glasgow School of
Art in 1996 and has been based in the city ever since. Using film as his
primary medium, mixing archive footage and new material, Campbell questions
and challenges the documentary form. He was nominated for the 2014 Turner
Prize for his contribution to Scotland’s pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Responding to Chris Marker and Alan Resnais’ 1953 film Statues Also Die,
Campbell’s It for Others included new work by choreographer
Michael Clark. Previous works have seen him make films about controversial
figures such as the Irish political activist Bernadette Devlin or the quixotic
car manufacturer John DeLorean. His piece, It for Others can be seen in the
2014 Turner Prize exhibition until January 2015.
Two of the other
shortlisted artists for the 2014 Turner Prize are also GSA graduates: Ciara
Phillips (MFA 2004) and Trish Vonna-Michell (Fine Art Photography 2005). For
further information on their work see Notes for Editors.
shortlisted artists for the 2014 Turner Prize are also GSA graduates: Ciara
Phillips (MFA 2004) and Trish Vonna-Michell (Fine Art Photography 2005). For
further information on their work see Notes for Editors.
The Turner Prize
exhibition will be held in Glasgow for the first time next year.
exhibition will be held in Glasgow for the first time next year.
Further Information
Lesley Booth
0779 941 4474
press@gsa.ac.uk
Notes for Editors
Canadian born artist,
Ciara Phillips, came to Glasgow in 2002 to follow the Master of Fine Art
programme at The Glasgow School of Art. Since then she has made Glasgow her
base and continues her relationship with the GSA as a lecturer on the Painting
and Printmaking programme. Ciara is also working with the artists who have
chosen to be based in Glasgow for their Phoenix Bursary supported residency.
Ciara Phillips, came to Glasgow in 2002 to follow the Master of Fine Art
programme at The Glasgow School of Art. Since then she has made Glasgow her
base and continues her relationship with the GSA as a lecturer on the Painting
and Printmaking programme. Ciara is also working with the artists who have
chosen to be based in Glasgow for their Phoenix Bursary supported residency.
Ciara often works
collaboratively, transforming galleries into workshops and involving other
artists, designers and local community groups. She works with all kinds of
prints: from screen prints and textiles to photos and wall paintings, and has
taken inspiration from Corita Kent (1918–1986), a pioneering artist, educator
and activist who reinterpreted the advertising slogans and imagery of 1960s
consumer culture. Ciara Phillips was
nominated for the 2014 Turner Prize for her solo exhibition at The
Showroom, London.
collaboratively, transforming galleries into workshops and involving other
artists, designers and local community groups. She works with all kinds of
prints: from screen prints and textiles to photos and wall paintings, and has
taken inspiration from Corita Kent (1918–1986), a pioneering artist, educator
and activist who reinterpreted the advertising slogans and imagery of 1960s
consumer culture. Ciara Phillips was
nominated for the 2014 Turner Prize for her solo exhibition at The
Showroom, London.
Tris Vonna-Michell
graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 2005. Through fast-paced spoken
word live performances and audio recordings he tells circuitous and
multilayered stories. Accompanied by a ‘visual script’ of slide projections,
photocopies and other ephemera, his works are characterised by fragments of
information, detours and dead ends. He was nominated for the 2014 Turner
Prize for his solo exhibition Postscript (Berlin) at Jan
Mot, Brussels.
graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 2005. Through fast-paced spoken
word live performances and audio recordings he tells circuitous and
multilayered stories. Accompanied by a ‘visual script’ of slide projections,
photocopies and other ephemera, his works are characterised by fragments of
information, detours and dead ends. He was nominated for the 2014 Turner
Prize for his solo exhibition Postscript (Berlin) at Jan
Mot, Brussels.