October 3, 2006
Adrian Searle's Turner pick: Tomma Abts
There may well be those who feel their lives have been ruined by their participation in the Turner prize, which itself includes a modicum of television exposure. Will the Turner contenders be queuing, in the full gaze of visitors to the show, to tell the stories of their ruin for [Phil] Collins's project, after the winner is announced? Who should win anyway? Who is making the best art, and what does that mean nowadays? [Tomma] Abts and Collins are the most developed in my view. I think Collins has made more concise and telling works elsewhere. Abts's quiet and disturbing paintings seem utterly right and unexpected. They ought to win.
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