BIRKENHEAD-BORN Mark Leckey was last night announced as this year’s £25,000 Turner Prize winner, with an exhibition that included cartoon characters such as Homer Simpson.
Felix the Cat, Garfield, and the Titanic movie also appeared in a film by Leckey, where the artist was seen lecturing on his love of animation.
The 44-year-old was named as the winner at a ceremony at London’s Tate Britain hosted by Nick Cave.
The Turner Prize – last year awarded to Mark Wallinger at Tate Liverpool – is for a body of work, not just for that showing in the exhibition.
Leckey was shortlisted for his solo exhibitions Industrial Light & Magic at Le Consortium, Dijon, and Resident at Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, combining sculpture, film, sound and performance.
The jury commended the intelligent, energetic and seductive nature of his work.
Leckey was the only man on this year’s shortlist; only three women have ever won.
