This is Plymouth -- A PAINTING by a top artist is to become part of Plymouth's permanent collection. And the city is hoping that the painter will be propelled into the top echelons of the art world by next Monday. The City Museum and Art Gallery has bought the work by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, who is one of four artists in line to win the 2013 Turner Prize. The prize – Europe's most prestigious – will be presented in Derry/Londonderry, the UK's first City of Culture, in partnership with Tate on Monday. 2 December. The painting, 'To Tell Them Where It's Got To (2013)', shows a woman turning her face away from the viewer and is an excellent example of Yiadom-Boakye's recent work, which often uses the approach of staged portraiture to depict fictitious black subjects in traditional art historical poses. The painting has been on display at the Venice Biennale, a prestigious international art exhibition, and will return to the UK in the spring. Visitors to the City Museum and Art Gallery will be able to see it in the 'Women in Art' exhibition from March 4 to April 12 next year.2014. Yiadom-Boakye is a painter, poet and writer who was born in London in 1977 and studied at the Royal Academy, Falmouth College of Art and Central St Martins School of Art and Design, London. She has held a number of solo exhibitions in London and New York and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the United States, South Africa and Europe. In 2012 she won the Future Generation Art Prize. Cllr Peter Smith, deputy leader of Plymouth City Council, said: "We are thrilled for Yiadom-Boakye on her Turner Prize nomination and will be keeping our fingers crossed for her. "We're also thrilled to have been able to acquire a work of art by such a successful artist and to continue the City Museum and Art Gallery's connection with the Turner Prize. "Over the past few years our exhibitions have featured 2012 winner Elizabeth Price, 2003 winner Grayson Perry, 1987 winner Richard Deacon, 1986 winners Gilbert and George and 1985 winner Howard Hodgkin, as well as many nominees. "We also have works by 2003 nominee Anya Gallacio and 1991 nominee Ian Davenport in our collection. To have a work by a winner would be even better." with a grant from the Contemporary Art Society and the support of London based Corvi-Mora Gallery. For more information about the Turner Prize visit www.turnerprize.org For more information about Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and the 'Women in Art' exhibition visit www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk
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This is Plymouth -- A PAINTING by a top artist is to become part of Plymouth's permanent collection. And the city is hoping that the painter will be propelled into the top echelons of the art world by next Monday. The City Museum and Art Gallery has bought the work by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, who is one of four artists in line to win the 2013 Turner Prize. The prize – Europe's most prestigious – will be presented in Derry/Londonderry, the UK's first City of Culture, in partnership with Tate on Monday. 2 December. The painting, 'To Tell Them Where It's Got To (2013)', shows a woman turning her face away from the viewer and is an excellent example of Yiadom-Boakye's recent work, which often uses the approach of staged portraiture to depict fictitious black subjects in traditional art historical poses. The painting has been on display at the Venice Biennale, a prestigious international art exhibition, and will return to the UK in the spring. Visitors to the City Museum and Art Gallery will be able to see it in the 'Women in Art' exhibition from March 4 to April 12 next year.2014. Yiadom-Boakye is a painter, poet and writer who was born in London in 1977 and studied at the Royal Academy, Falmouth College of Art and Central St Martins School of Art and Design, London. She has held a number of solo exhibitions in London and New York and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the United States, South Africa and Europe. In 2012 she won the Future Generation Art Prize. Cllr Peter Smith, deputy leader of Plymouth City Council, said: "We are thrilled for Yiadom-Boakye on her Turner Prize nomination and will be keeping our fingers crossed for her. "We're also thrilled to have been able to acquire a work of art by such a successful artist and to continue the City Museum and Art Gallery's connection with the Turner Prize. "Over the past few years our exhibitions have featured 2012 winner Elizabeth Price, 2003 winner Grayson Perry, 1987 winner Richard Deacon, 1986 winners Gilbert and George and 1985 winner Howard Hodgkin, as well as many nominees. "We also have works by 2003 nominee Anya Gallacio and 1991 nominee Ian Davenport in our collection. To have a work by a winner would be even better." with a grant from the Contemporary Art Society and the support of London based Corvi-Mora Gallery. For more information about the Turner Prize visit www.turnerprize.org For more information about Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and the 'Women in Art' exhibition visit www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk
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