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Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur wins the Turner Prize 2024
By Michelle Johnson | 3 December 2024 | Arts, Culture
Jasleen’s Turner Prize installation — as well as other shortlisted artworks — will be exhibited at Tate Britain until February 2025
On Tuesday 3 December, Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur was announced the winner of the 40th Turner Prize for an installation that celebrates the intersection of political and personal within communities and cultures. Jasleen went up against a 2024 shortlist of impressive showcases of modern art by Delaine Le Bas, Pio Abad and Claudette Johnson, all of which are exhibited at the Tate Britain until 16 February.
Born in Glasgow, 38-year-old Jasleen’s installation uses everyday objects animated through sound and music to “summon community and cultural inheritance”.
The Tate wrote: “The jury noted the considered way in which Kaur weaves together the personal, political and spiritual in her exhibition Alter Altar, choreographing a visual and aural experience that suggests both solidarity and joy. They praised her ability to gather different voices through unexpected and playful combinations of material, from Irn-Bru to family photographs and a vintage Ford Escort, locating moments of resilience and possibility.”
One of the most talked about parts of her presentation was undoubtedly the red Ford Escort draped in an oversized doily – which references her father’s first car as well as Indians who migrated to the UK and worked in textile factories.
This year’s Turner Prize shortlist was a celebration of the UK’s diverse culture. Shortlisted artists included Delaine le Bas, whose installation uses painted fabrics, costume, film and sculpture to immerse the viewer in Roma culture through the themes of death, loss and renewal; Pio Adad presents drawings, sculptures and museum artefacts that highlight overlooked culture in reference to cultural loss and colonial histories; while Claudette Johnson counters the marginalisation of black people in western art through a series of striking portraits of Black women and men, family and friends.
Tate Britain director and Turner Prize chair Alex Farquharson said: “This year’s artists each make vibrant and varied work that reflects not just their personal memories and familial stories, but also speaks to wider questions of identity, myth, belonging and community. Through their varied practices, they offer us a lens through which to reconsider both our tangled histories and our shared futures.”
Jasleen’s installation as well as works from the shortlisted Turner Prize 2024 artists are featured at Tate Britain, London until 16 February 2025.