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Turner prize 2004

December 2019

  • Jeremy Deller wearing his bike helment and holding his bike in a north London street

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Jeremy Deller: ‘Parliament Square was like something from Hogarth’s Britain’

    The prize-winning artist on the scenes of protest outside the Commons – and going to the same school as Nigel Farage

June 2013

  • Jeremy Deller's visions of England

    The spirit of Albion, as conjured in the British pavilion at the Venice Biennale, makes for some surprising connections. The Turner prize-winning artist talks to Tim Adams

December 2004

  • 'It was really, really horrible'

    As winner of the prestigious Turner prize Jeremy Deller might be expected to soak up the plaudits and cash in on his new-found fame. But in fact, he tells Stuart Jeffries, he hates all the publicity and is looking forward to quietly curating a provincial folk-art exhibition.

  • Turner prize shock: out of four serious competitors, the best artist wins

    Even the losers won't have a word to say against the winner: last night Jeremy Deller, unprecedentedly the favourite of the bookies, the critics, the public, and his own fellow artists, won the £25,000 Turner prize.

    • Work much in tune with bewildering times

    • Jeremy Deller wins 2004 Turner prize

    • The Guardian profile: Jeremy Deller

November 2004

  • Turner prize bags TV star

    Kirstie Allsopp, presenter of Channel 4's Location, Location, Location, has been hired as a tour guide for the Turner prize exhibition at Tate Britain.

October 2004

  • The Editor press review
    What to say about ...

    Press review: ... The Turner prize shortlist

  • I love Jeremy Deller

    All of this year's Turner prize nominees have created video work. But there can be only one winner for Jonathan Jones.

    • Turner prize show with political edge

    • M'lud, I find this work of art to be in contempt

    • The crowd teaser

May 2004

  • Travels in al-Qaida country

    Two years ago the artists Langlands & Bell were commissioned to go to Afghanistan to create a work of art. The result - a virtual tour of Osama bin Laden's house - has just won them a nomination for the Turner prize.

  • It makes you think - but virtue can be a bore

    Jonathan Jones: The Turner Prize traditionally upsets the Daily Mail by making Britain a land unfit for watercolourists. This year it has found a new way to annoy - by selecting a shortlist of political artists.

  • Turner prize shock - it's not trying to shock

    Shortlist opts for substance from serious established artists as horror impact of stars of the 90s begins to fade.

March 2003

  • The man who wasn't there

    Britain's artists have always responded to war. Here, we preview the work of the two official artists sent to record the Afghanistan war - images that seem all the more chilling in light of the current conflict.

December 2002

  • Kutlug Ataman

    Talking is a form of rebellion for the Turkish-born filmmaker turned artist. Niru Ratnam meets the man who's got art taped.

December 2001

  • Tate's traditional approach is a crowd pleaser

    In a radical departure from tradition, the Tate yesterday unveiled a Christmas tree that actually looks like a Christmas tree.

June 1999

  • Brass bands playing acid house? Done that

    Jeremy Deller's studio is a revelation. I say studio it's actually a workroom in his flat near Brick Lane.

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