Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Favorite to Scoop 2010 Turner Prize

LONDON (REUTERS).- Glasgow-born Susan Philipsz, the first artist working primarily in sound to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize, is the bookmakers’ favorite to win Britain’s most prestigious art award when it is announced later Monday. Her “Lowlands” installation for the Turner Prize exhibition held each year at the Tate Britain gallery in London features only her voice singing old Scottish laments through a three-channel sound system. The work is based on a similar installation originally played underneath three bridges in Scotland as part of the Glasgow International festival of visual art. Of the other three nominees for the prize, painter Dexter Dalwood has been installed as second favorite. His paintings for the Turner show tackle well known moments from recent history, including “Death of David Kelly.” The image of a tree against a moonlit sky is Dalwood’s

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