Turner Prize: Windrush memorial artist Veronica Ryan wins for ‘poetic’ sculptures
Ian Youngs, BBC
December 2022
Sculptor Veronica Ryan, who made the UK’s first permanent public artwork to honour the Windrush generation, has won this year’s Turner Prize. For her Windrush memorial, Ryan placed giant sculptures of Caribbean fruits on a street in Hackney, east London.
“Power! Visibility!” she shouted after her name was announced at the ceremony. Ryan, 66, became the oldest winner in the prestigious art award’s 38-year history when she picked up the £25,000 cheque at the event in Liverpool. “Better late than never,” she said afterwards, telling BBC culture editor Katie Razzall it was “overwhelming” to win. […]