Britain’s most famous iconoclast presents a show of humour, beauty, and irreverence that reflects the complexities and contradictions in being human.
Shortlisted artist Barbara Walker’s work explores issues of racial identity and interrogates Britain’s past.
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
How the artist found endless variety in the daily view from his bed, cycling through the seasons with kaleidoscopes of light, colour, texture, form and space.
The style and date given for the painted room never sat right with MA Katritzky, who spent lockdown investigating whether the room was actually created by one of Britain’s greatest painters.
A member of gallery staff sits in one of 2019’s winning pieces called ‘Collective Conscience’ by artist Oscar Murillo.
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