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Black Obsidian Sound System (BOSS) are one of five groups shortlisted for the prestigious visual arts award. The collective uses club nights, art installations, technical workshops and live performance, to challenge the norms of sound-system culture across the African diaspora. The group recently held an online fundraising rave specifically for people from QTIBPOC community.  The other nominees - which for the first time in the prizes history are all groups rather than individuals - include a ...

Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.) Photo: Theodorah Ndovlu, 2019 The 2021 Turner Prize shortlist, announced today, consists of five grassroots artist collectives which “work closely and continuously with communities across the breadth of the UK to inspire social change through art”, says a Tate statement. It is the first time that the Turner Prize shortlist has been made up entirely of artist collectives. These include the London-based Black Obsidian Sound S...

Turner Prize 2021 shortlist: a full house of artist collectives  Turner Prize 2021 shortlist: a full house of artist collectives  Comprising Array Collective, Black Obsidian Sound System, Cooking Sections, Gentle/Radical, and Project Art Works, 2021 marks the first year the Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives Cooking Sections, Salmon A Red Herring, 2020.  Photography © Tate, Lucy Dawkins The last year has been far from busines...

For the First Time Ever, the Turner Prize Shortlist Is Comprised Entirely of Socially Engaged Art Collectives One of the five shortlisted collectives will be announced as the winner in December. Cooking Sections artists. Photo: Ruth Clark. In a year marked by unprecedented hardships, collaboration and solidarity are the themes underlying this year’s Turner Prize and, for the first time, its shortlist consists entirely of art collectives focused on social change.  Array Collective, Black Obsi...

Turner Prize 2021 Announces Shortlist of Artist Collectives / / The shortlist for the Turner Prize 2021 has been revealed by Tate Britain, and for the first time, the Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives. Array Collective, Black Obsidian Sound System, Cooking Sections, Gentle/Radical, and Project Art Works have all been chosen by the jury, chaired by Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain.  An exhibition of their work will be held at the Her...

Five artist collectives and no individual artists are on the shortlist for this year’s Turner Prize. The groups are Array Collective, Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.), Cooking Sections, Gentle/Radical, and Project Art Works, all of whom are engaged in ‘what people sometimes call social practices’, says Alex Farquharson, chair of the judges and director of Tate Britain. The prize was cancelled last year, with £10,000 being given to 10 artists instead. This year’s prize exhibition ...

Winner will be selected in December after last years award was cancelled owing to the pandemic Array Collective, The North is Now (one week after decriminalisation) 2020. Simon Mills B.O.S.S. Evan Ifekoya, Ritual Without Belief 2018. Courtesy the artist. Photo credit: Andy Keate B.O.S.S. at Somerset House, 2019. B.O.S.S. A portrait of B.O.S.S. Theodorah Ndovlu  Cooking Sections, Mussel Beach, 2019. Cooking Sections Cooking Sections, Salmon A Red Herring 2020. Tate Britain  A portrait of Co...

The 2021 Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist made entirely from artist collectives for the first time, Tate Britain, which organises the award, announced on Friday. The five groups all “work closely and continuously with communities across the breadth of the UK”, the organisers of the prestigious but often controversial visual arts prize said. “The collaborative practices selected for this year’s shortlist also reflect the solidarity and community demonstrated in response to the ...

In advance of the Tate Modern galleries reopening (planned for May 17) in London, Beuys’ Acorns is a fresh installation representing ideas of regeneration, and is free for visitors to see outside the museum.  The installation of 100 oak saplings opened May 4 on the terrace outside Tate Modern. Entitled Beuys’ Acorns, the project was started in 2007 by British artists Ackroyd & Harvey. Its latest display marks 100 years since the birth of Joseph Beuys (1921-86), the hugely influen...

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