TURNER PRIZE 2009
TATE BRITAIN
STUCKIST TURNER DEMO

Sources of quotes in the demo leaflet Front of leaflet We are grateful for the extra publicity the Stuckists have given the Tate: Paul Myners, Tate Chairman 2004   Stuckism, 2006 Back of leaflet The Turner Prize "is not designed to show the best artists": Sir Nicholas Serota, Tate Director    BBC, 30 May 2001 Mind the crap: Banksy    The Observer, 11 May 2008 Inside of leaflet I don’t think a prize is the right way to reward the arts: Helen Chadwick, nominee 1987   The Independent, November 1992, on Tate site: Turner Prize 1987 I remember thinking after getting the prize that it was all a bit of crap: Anish Kapoor, winner 1991, Tate trustee    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (and follow link) I think it's disgusting: Malcolm Morley, winner 1984    Birmingham Post, 28 November 2000, page 16 The whole thing is kind of cruel: Tomma Abts, winner 2006    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) Everyone completely slates you: Mark Leckey, winner 2008    The Guardian, 2 December 2008 as if I was waiting for my own execution: Wolfgang Tillmans, winner 2000    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) like being a Holocaust survivor: Antony Gormley, winner 1994    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) Completely unendurable: Keith Tyson, winner 2002    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) mental agony: Patrick Caulfield, nominee 1987    Letter to Tate director, November 1987, on Tate site: Turner Prize 1987 (see above) A media circus to raise money for the Tate: Damien Hirst, winner 1995    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) the Turner appals for its circus atmosphere: Adrian Searle, art critic, The Guardian; Prize judge 2004    The Guardian, 30 May 2001 vulgar, crowd-pulling, bookie-pleasing razzmatazz: Lynn Barber, journalist, The Observer; Prize judge 2006    The Observer, 30 May 2006 media feeding frenzy: Louisa Buck, art critic, Art Newspaper; Prize judge 2005    The Daily Telegraph, 29 September 2007 The prize has big problems: Jonathan Jones, art critic, The Guardian; Prize judge 2009    The Guardian, 1 December 2008 many failings: Tom Lubbock, The Independent   The Independent, 20 May 2004, page 16 rather invidious results: Richard Cork, art critic; Prize judge 1988    Letter to Tate director, February 1988, on Tate site: Turner Prize1988 pseudo-controversial rehashed claptrap: Charles Saatchi, art collector    The Sunday Telegraph, 24 November 2002, page 7 cold, mechanical, conceptual bullshit: Kim Howells, Culture Minister    BBC, 1 October 2002 completely out of kilter: Ivan Massow, Chairman, ICA    The Daily Telegraph, 1 November 2002 unrepresentative of British art: Chris Smith, Culture Secretary    The Daily Telegraph, 1 November 2002 (see above) public art totalitarianism: Howard Hodgkin, winner 1985    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) a choice that is no choice: William Packer, art critic, Financial Times The Financial Times, November 1987, on Tate site: Turner Prize 1987 (see above) it reflects a prejudice at Tate: Jackie Wullschlager, art critic, Financial Times    Financial Times, 4 September 2009 It has contaminated the art establishment: Prince Charles    Letter to Kim Howells, 2002, from The Daily Telegraph, 13 November 2008 You'll never see a f***ing radical win the f***ing Turner Prize: Tracey Emin, nominee 1999    Evening Standard, 18 July 2000, page 29 some serious barrel-scraping: Waldemar Januszczak, art critic, The Sunday Times    The Sunday Times, from Artnet, 7 December 2000 always pretty ridiculous: Matthew Collings, Turner Prize broadcaster    The Independent, 30 November 2008 an embarrassment: David Lee, art critic; editor, The Jackdaw    The Independent, 30 November 2008 (see above) tired: Ben Lewis, art critic, Evening Standard    The Sunday Telegraph, 12 March 2006, page 28 exhausted: Brian Sewell, art critic, Evening Standard    The Independent, 30 November 2008 (see above) less and less relevant each year: Richard Brooks, arts editor, The Sunday Times    The Sunday Times Culture, 3 December 2006, page 16 a thing that is over: Steve McQueen, winner 1999    The Guardian, 8 September 2007 (see above) the BP Portrait award routinely attracts more visitors: Louise Jury, arts correspondent, The Independent The Independent, 18 June 2002, page 9 time for the Turner Prize to hang up its boots and retire: Duncan MacMillan, art critic, The Scotsman    The Scotsman, 29 April 2009 It had died years ago but nobody could quite bring themselves to bury it: Rachel Campbell-Johnston, art critic, The Times    The Times, 29 April 2009 Note: some of the people named no longer have the position or job indicated. As of October 2009, Ivan Massow is no longer Chairman of the ICA; Paul Myners is not Tate Chairman; Kim Howells is not Culture Minister; Chris Smith is not Culture Secretary; Louise Jury is Chief Art Correspondent of the Evening Standard.

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Image credits for the demo leaflet Photos of Sir Nicholas Serota: Rick Friend Photo of Paul Myners: Fraser Kee Scott Photo of Tracey Emin group: E. Doyen Photo of Waldemar Janusczcak: Almasi Crown image: Shutterstock

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