Turner Art Prize Rubbish

A collection of rubbish could earn an artist £25,000 by winning the Turner Prize. Rebecca Warren has been shortlisted for the art award for her display of litter. She has filled five display cases with bits of fluff, dust, hair, plastic, twigs, woollen pom-poms and a discarded cherry stone. They were picked up from the floor of her studio and the road outside in Hackney Wick, east London. The 41-year-old artist said she was interested in "what a bit of fluff and a bit of twig put in a particular order can mean". She added: "For somebody it could mean one thing and for somebody else it could mean something else." Warren is one of four artists competing for the £25,000 art prize. The other three nominees are abstract painter Tomma Abts, film-maker Phil Collins and artist Mark Titchner. For the full story - click the title Irish Art