Turner Prize 2022 Exhibition at Tate Liverpool Showcases Four Shortlisted Artists Amid Critique of Insider Selection

The Turner Prize 2022 exhibition, held at Tate Liverpool, features works by four shortlisted artists: Heather Phillipson, Sin Wai Kin, Veronica Ryan, and Ingrid Pollard. Phillipson's installation 'Rupture No. 6: biting the blowtorched peach' presents a sensory, climate-crisis-themed environment with video projections and a corrugated iron rotunda. Sin Wai Kin explores gender fluidity through video avatars, including the boyband 'It's Only You' and the work 'A Dream of Wholeness in Parts'. Veronica Ryan displays sculptural objects that challenge definitions of sculpture, using materials like crocheted tubes and organic forms. Ingrid Pollard addresses racial and social history through photographs and found objects related to English pubs with 'black boy' imagery, alongside earlier agit-prop works. The exhibition marks a return to individual artists after recent years focused on collectives or social practice. Critics note the shortlist's selection process, highlighting that jurors had prior institutional connections to the artists' nominated shows, raising concerns about insider bias. The show runs on Tate Liverpool's top floor, continuing the prize's touring tradition initiated fifteen years ago.