Art showcasing Scottish Sikh community wins Turner Prize

Jasleen Kaur - an creator whose latest accumulation uses a vintage Ford Escort, worship bells and Irn-Bru to observe the Scottish Sikh assemblage - has won this year's Turner Prize.

The 37-year-old, who grew up successful Glasgow, won the grant for her Alter Altar accumulation astatine the city's modern arts venue Tramway.

The judges noted the "considered mode successful which she weaves unneurotic the personal, governmental and spiritual successful her exhibition".

Kaur was praised for gathering "different voices done unexpected and playful combinations of material".

The creator was presented with the £25,000 prize by histrion James Norton astatine Tate Britain connected Tuesday evening.

She bushed fellow shortlisted nominees Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson and Delaine Le Bas.

Kaur's accumulation includes household photos, an Axminster carpet, a vintage car covered successful a elephantine doily and kinetic handbells.

Turner Prize organisers noted Kaur's enactment explores however taste representation is layered successful the objects and rituals that situation us.

The judges said Alter Altar "reflects upon mundane objects, animating them done dependable and euphony to summon assemblage and taste inheritance", resulting successful a "visual and aural acquisition that suggests some solidarity and joy".

Kaur studied silversmithing and jewellery astatine Glasgow School of Art successful 2008, earlier moving to London to survey astatine the Royal College of Art the pursuing year.

Her enactment has antecedently been showcased astatine the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her abbreviated movie Yoorop showed an relationship of Europe utilizing footage from fashionable Indian cinema.

It was intended to amusement an representation of European-ness from an alternate taste perspective.

Established successful 1984, the Turner Prize is the astir high-profile grant successful British creation and this twelvemonth it celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Named aft the British creator JMW Turner, the prize aims to beforehand nationalist statement astir caller developments successful modern British art.

Previous winners see Anish Kapoor, Steve McQueen, Gillian Wearing, Antony Gormley, Grayson Perry, Jeremy Deller, Helen Marten and Veronica Ryan.

The accumulation of this year's 4 shortlisted artworks runs astatine the Tate Britain until 16 February 2025.

Every different year, the prize travels to a non-Tate venue, to widen the British public's entree to modern art. Next year's lawsuit volition beryllium held successful Bradford arsenic portion of the 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations.