Sculptor Helen Marten wins prestigious Turner Prize for art
LONDON — Helen Marten, who turns the detritus of everyday life into sculpture, has won the prestigious Turner Prize for art.
Marten was named winner of the 25,000-pound (US$32,000) award at London’s Tate Britain gallery on Monday.
The judges praised the “poetic and enigmatic qualities” of Marten’s work, made from found objects including nails, shoe soles, cotton buds and bicycle chains.
Marten, 30, hailed the three other “brilliant and exciting” finalists — Anthea Hamilton, Michael Dean and Josephine Pryde.