Mannequins, Felix the Cat and a Deep-Sea Diver...it's the Turner Prize.
Nominations came out at breakfast time. is a link with much more from Nigel Wrench than we were able to squeeze on to PM: a specially recorded interview with Stephen Deuchar, who chairs the Turner Prize jury,
Nigel was at Tate Britain as this picture shows, he's talking to one of the judges Suzanne Cotter of Modern Art Oxford who may be on PM tonight.
And the nominees are: Runa Islam a film-maker.
(Runa Islam, Be The First To See What You See As You See It, 2004, 16mm film with sound Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds, © the artist, courtesy Jay Jopling, London)
Second nominee: Mark Leckey, mostly a film-maker, fascinated by The Simpsons and Felix the Cat.
(Mark Leckey, Production still from Felix Gets Broadcasted 2007 Photographic print and pencil 37 x 45.5 cm Courtesy Cabinet, London. Private collection)
You can hear Mr Lecky on PM tonight telling us why he deserves to win, but will he beat nominee number three? She's Goshka Macuga, whose work, the Tate tells us, consists of "carefully staged mixed-media installations"
(Goshka Macuga, Objects in Relation Installation shot from Art Now at Tate Britain 2007 © Tate photography)
And the final nominee, Cathy Wilkes..
(Cathy Wilkes Installation view: Selective Memory Scotland and Venice, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2005. Courtesy of the Artist, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow. Photo: Ruth Clark Photography)
Nigel's at Christie's, or should be in time for PM to ask about the financial value of a Turner nomination. What would you pay to have this art in your living room?
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