I love The Turner Prize because although it get's up people's noses, at least it gets the British public talking about art for one day a year. I don't think anything will beat the "empty room with light turning on and off" which won in 2001. It was made extra-special by Madonna getting over-excited and screaming "Right-on, motherfuckers" from the podium, live on Sunday-evening network TV.

So here are this year's nominees...

Tomma Abts

It's acrylic and oil paint on canvas. She always uses the same-sized canvas of 48 by 38 centimeters!!! I'm not sure what the paintings mean but they remind me of a duvet cover I had in the 1970s... The paintings aren't unpleasant but I just don't get it.





Phil Collins (No, not that one)

Mostly video installations... One of his videos is an interview with members of the Turkish public whom had taken part in reality shows and discuss how it ruined their lives! He also has a "real-life" installation in the form of an office. Yes, he's set-up an office inside a gallery space at the Tate Britain. You can visit his "office's" website here: http://www.shadylaneproductions.co.uk/





Mark Titchner

My least favourite up to now. It's basically photoshopped art using quasi-religious statements. The art is then printed onto wooden screens and lightboxes, sometimes resembling artefacts which appear to have a purpose but don't... I don't know why this leaves me cold as it's evidently well-executed but I find it contrived.





Rebecca Warren

Lumpy statues. Now, this, I really like. They're a bit ugly but I like the fact that they're rough around the edges and disjointed. They're like sketches but in 3D. She purposely casts and recasts - even leaving traces of the rubber moulds on the sculptures. It's just such an organic and honest way to display figurative designs. It's literally "warts and all".

By mighty Kazakh artist:

No other responses???

Isn't anybody here interested in art and culture?

I vote for the second one.

did i win something?

mark titchner's stuff looks like fancified motivational posters, really.