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How The Turnip Prize Grew From A Joke Into A Global Contest

Published by Huffington Post on Sat, 08 Oct 2016


A new book chronicles the history of the spoof Turnip Prize, which is awarded annually for the worlds intentionally worst work of modern art.The parody of the better-known Turner Prize encourages entrants to take the least amount of effort possible in creating their pieces, which are then judged on how crappy they are.Trevor Prideaux launched the competition in Wedmore, southwest England, in 1999 as a humorous response to what he believed was the Turner Prizes decline in integrity.It was in protest to Tracey Emin entering her unmade bed into the Turner Prize, he told The Huffington Post this week. A few locals in the pub agreed we in Somerset could come up with equally shit art to challenge it.What started as a tongue-in-cheek award for locals has expanded into a global competition,with dozens of artists from around the world now vying each year for the turnip-impaled trophy on a rusty 6-inch nail.Many enter under pseudonyms and their titles are usually an amusing play on words.In 2015, Bonksy took the prize for a doodle on a piece of wood entitled Dismal And ' an amusing reference to street artist Banksyspop-up bemusement park Dismaland which he opened in nearby Weston-super-Mare that summer.Prideaux teamed up withRoyston Weeksz, an art critic who also goes under a pseudonym, for the new book The Turnip PrizeA Retrospective, which showcases examples of the awards best worst entries.See some of the other entries that are featured in the book here:Entries for this years competition are open from Nov. 1 to 21. Organizers will announce the winner at The New Inn in Wedmore on Dec. 5.Send pieces to venuevia the address on its website. But dont expect the works back.We do not return entries, Prideaux said. We just throw them all in the skip!type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=5734cfa6e4b08f96c1827f4f -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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