Berlin Based Artist

Jesse Darling Takes Home UK's Top Art Award

Berlin-based artist Jesse Darling has been awarded the Turner Prize, the UK's top art award, for their sculptures that explore the vulnerability and instability of the human body. Darling's works often feature everyday objects arranged to suggest bodies with elongated legs and bent arms, utilizing materials like concrete, welded barriers, and hazard tape. The artist's presentation challenges societal norms and perceptions of labor, class, Britishness, and power.