“Power! Visibility!”: Veronica Ryan, artist behind Hackney Windrush sculptures, accepts Turner Prize
Liz Gorny, It’s Nice That
December 2022
“Power! Visibility! We are visible people”: these are the words with which Veronica Ryan accepted the Turner Prize 2022, one of the best-known visual art awards in the world.
The sculptor, whose recent practice combines found, forgotten objects and crafted materials – exploring themes such as displacement, history and loss – was nominated both for her solo exhibition at Spike Island, Along a Spectrum, and her Windrush Artwork Commission in Hackney. The latter is the UK’s first public artwork to celebrate the Windrush generation. […]