I posted a blog the other day about the Turnip Prize in advance of the winner been announced.

Well I can now reveal that the winner was “Jamming with Muddy Waters” – a large jar containing muddy water and jam – submitted by Jim Drew, of Cocklake.

Jim said: “I am amazed to win this most coveted art award on my first attempt and I truly feel the lack of effort has really paid off.” (more…)

I first wrote about The Turnip Prize last December. I said then I don’t recall how I first heard about the prize and the pub, the New Inn, Wedmore, Somerset, where it’s held, but since reading about it five/six years ago I look forward to seeing the results of the prize each year and listening to the exploits, of this, my favourite art competition.

This annual piss-take of the established art world’s Turner Prize is held every year in early December at the New Inn and the winner is the entry that makes the judges laugh the most and into which the least amount of effort has gone. The more crap it is, the better its chances of victory and entries can be disqualified for “not being shit enough”.

The prize is a turnip, which the previous winner has to replace, impaled on a plank of wood with a rusty six-inch nail. (more…)

I don’t recall how I first heard about the above art prize and pub, the New Inn, Wedmore, Somerset, but since first reading about them four/five years ago I look forward to seeing the results of the prize each year and listening to the exploits, at this my favorite art competition.  

This annual piss-take of the established art world’s Turner Prize is held every year in early December at the New Inn and the winner is the entry that makes the judges laugh the most and into which the least amount of effort has gone. The more crap it is, the better its chances of victory and entries can be disqualified for “not being shit enough”. The competition is held an hour before “the lesser known Turner Prize” and apparently this year it attracted a full room at the New Inn.

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