When the London-based collective Assemble were named winners of the 31st Turner Prize, the UK media did not really know what to do with it. The problem with Assemble is that it touches many issues that the British do not seem ready to face and it is precisely that which makes it art. In a nutshell, Assemble was consecrated as the top of British art for doing up houses that had been set for demolition after the Toxteth riots of 1981. But do these bunch of twenty somethings even know what they are...
Four Years After the London Riots, The Turner Prize Is for Those Who DAres to Have a Fresh Look at the Magna Carta
The Huffington Post - 29 Dec 2015 22:08
When the London-based collective Assemble were named winners of the 31st Turner Prize, the UK media did not really know what to do with it. The problem with Assemble is that it touches many issues that the British do not seem ready to face and it is precisely that which makes it art. In a nutshell, Assemble was consecrated as the top of British art for doing up houses that had been set for demolition after the Toxteth riots of 1981. But do these bunch of twenty somethings even know what they are...
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