Every year the Tate Gallery in London awards the Turner Prize to Britain’s weirdest artist. The award is £25,000 and there are four finalists exhibiting their work:
- Paul Noble – drawings of his invented city “Nobson Newtown” and scatological sculptures (poo statutes).
- Spartacus Chetwynd – medieval morality plays with characters dressed like trees.
- Luke Fowler – a film covering the life and work of maverick Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing (1927-89), and photographs of people in everyday poses.
- Elizabeth Price – a film in three parts, The Woolworths Choir of 1979, about a fire in 1979 that killed 10 people set to the music of girl pop bands.
The winner is selected on December 3, 2012.
Photos of their work and a video of the exhibitions with Adrian Searle.
![Work-by-Paul-Noble-Photograph--Jonathan-HordleRex-Features-nobson-newtown-illustration-turner-prize-tate](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Work-by-Paul-Noble-Photograph-Jonathan-HordleRex-Features-nobson-newtown-illustration-turner-prize-tate.jpg)
![scatological-statue-paul-noble-nobson-newtown-turner-prize-tate](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/scatological-statue-paul-noble-nobson-newtown-turner-prize-tate.jpg)
![Inflatable-slide-by-Spartacus-Chetwynd-Photograph--Jonathan-HordleRex-Features-turner-prize-tate](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Inflatable-slide-by-Spartacus-Chetwynd-Photograph-Jonathan-HordleRex-Features-turner-prize-tate.jpg)
![Performance-by-Spartacus-Chetwynd-Photograph--Jonathan-HordleRex-Features-turner-prize-tree-people](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Performance-by-Spartacus-Chetwynd-Photograph-Jonathan-HordleRex-Features-turner-prize-tree-people.jpg)
![self-portrait-with-window-2011-luke-fowler-turner-prize-Photograph-Peter-Macdiarmid-Getty-Images](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/self-portrait-with-window-2011-luke-fowler-turner-prize-Photograph-Peter-Macdiarmid-Getty-Images.jpg)
![The-Woolworths-Choir-of-1979,-2012,-a-video-installation-by-Elizabeth-PricePhotograph--Peter-MacdiarmidGetty-Images-turner-prize-tate](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/The-Woolworths-Choir-of-1979-2012-a-video-installation-by-Elizabeth-PricePhotograph-Peter-MacdiarmidGetty-Images-turner-prize-tate.jpg)