Artists, fire up your old Escorts: Turner Prize race begins

A RED Ford Escort covered in a giant doily is among the art works nominated for this years Turner Prize.

- Robert Dex

The four artists in the running for the 25,000 prize include three Londoners, with work including traditional drawing as well as more eccentric installations.

Jasleen Kaur’s shortlisted piece uses the car, which she says represents her dad’s migrant desires”, and the doily made to represent the cotton mills that employed so many post-war migrants in her show about growing up a Sikh in Glasgow. The show also features packets of sweets, bottles of Irn-Bru, a football scarf and fake vomit, which are laid out with a soundtrack featuring the artist’s voice as well as samples of pop music and religious songs.