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Visitors to this year’s Turner prize exhibition will be able to admire a 16ft polystyrene backside and contemplate poverty as they walk round a vast pile of penny pieces, but they will not be able to ride a model train.Visitors to this year’s Turner prize exhibition will be able to admire a 16ft polystyrene backside and contemplate poverty as they walk round a vast pile of penny pieces, but they will not be able to ride a model train.
The artist Josephine Pryde has decommissioned a choo-choo train which gallerygoers in San Francisco, Berlin and Bristol were allowed to ride on. The artist Josephine Pryde has decommissioned a choo-choo train that gallerygoers in San Francisco, Berlin and Bristol were allowed to ride on.
In London for the Turner prize, which opens to the public on Tuesday, the train is stationary, its movement stopped by leaves on the line.In London for the Turner prize, which opens to the public on Tuesday, the train is stationary, its movement stopped by leaves on the line.
It was the artist’s decision, Tate Britain insisted. It was not a health and safety matter. “We thought people might think that,” admitted curator Linsey Young.It was the artist’s decision, Tate Britain insisted. It was not a health and safety matter. “We thought people might think that,” admitted curator Linsey Young.
“She thought long and hard about it, it was a really complicated decision for her. I think she was interested in having a new context.”“She thought long and hard about it, it was a really complicated decision for her. I think she was interested in having a new context.”
Pryde, aged 49, who lives and works in London and Berlin, is one of four artists shortlisted for a prize, now in its 32nd year, which annually delights, confounds and infuriates audiences in sometimes equal measure.Pryde, aged 49, who lives and works in London and Berlin, is one of four artists shortlisted for a prize, now in its 32nd year, which annually delights, confounds and infuriates audiences in sometimes equal measure.
She was nominated for the show in San Francisco which allowed visitors to view photographs of hands doing various things while riding a train.She was nominated for the show in San Francisco which allowed visitors to view photographs of hands doing various things while riding a train.
For the Turner prize exhibition there are more photographs of hands touching objects, the stationary train, and newly made works: eight kitchen worktops which were sent to London, Berlin and Athens to be left out in the sun with objects left on top.For the Turner prize exhibition there are more photographs of hands touching objects, the stationary train, and newly made works: eight kitchen worktops which were sent to London, Berlin and Athens to be left out in the sun with objects left on top.
The works are a form of experimental photography and perhaps explore migration and movement in a post-Brexit world. At least that’s what it seems. “She never answers questions,” said Young. “She just poses more. That’s one of the joys of Josephine Pryde.”The works are a form of experimental photography and perhaps explore migration and movement in a post-Brexit world. At least that’s what it seems. “She never answers questions,” said Young. “She just poses more. That’s one of the joys of Josephine Pryde.”
Next door are two rooms by London-born and based Anthea Hamilton, aged 37. The first is dominated by a huge polystyrene model of a backside with the owner’s hands on it.Next door are two rooms by London-born and based Anthea Hamilton, aged 37. The first is dominated by a huge polystyrene model of a backside with the owner’s hands on it.
The work is Hamilton realising a madcap idea the Italian designer Gaetano Pesce had for a doorway into a New York apartment block. The work is Hamilton realising a madcap idea the Italian designer Gaetano Pesce had for a doorway into a New York apartment block. Funnily enough the naked bottom doorway never happened, hence Hamilton’s ambition.
Funnily enough the naked bottom doorway never happened, hence Hamilton’s ambition.
The bottom was made in 20 pieces at a polystyrene factory in Winchester and put together at Tate Britain, painted and detailed with the help of an expert from Madame Tussaud’s.The bottom was made in 20 pieces at a polystyrene factory in Winchester and put together at Tate Britain, painted and detailed with the help of an expert from Madame Tussaud’s.
“They painstakingly made this look like a real bum,” said Young. “They have made it look amazing. It is a beautiful thing. It took about three weeks to make in Winchester and then took us a solid heartbreaking, back-breaking week here. It was close to the wire.”“They painstakingly made this look like a real bum,” said Young. “They have made it look amazing. It is a beautiful thing. It took about three weeks to make in Winchester and then took us a solid heartbreaking, back-breaking week here. It was close to the wire.”
It is the same size and shape as one exhibited in New York but Young refused to give away the secret of whose bum it is. “I do know ... I’m not saying.”It is the same size and shape as one exhibited in New York but Young refused to give away the secret of whose bum it is. “I do know ... I’m not saying.”
If that is the butt room, the next room is the belt room with chastity belt sculptures and a beautiful blue sky painted on the walls; one which Hamilton remembered from travelling over Vauxhall Bridge to Tate Britain in June.If that is the butt room, the next room is the belt room with chastity belt sculptures and a beautiful blue sky painted on the walls; one which Hamilton remembered from travelling over Vauxhall Bridge to Tate Britain in June.
Newcastle-born, London-based artist Michael Dean, 38, has deposited millions of penny pieces in his room. They amount to £20,436 – which is what the government believes is the minimum that two adults and two children need to survive a year in the UK – minus 1p. Dean removed one coin, meaning the money is one penny below the poverty line.Newcastle-born, London-based artist Michael Dean, 38, has deposited millions of penny pieces in his room. They amount to £20,436 – which is what the government believes is the minimum that two adults and two children need to survive a year in the UK – minus 1p. Dean removed one coin, meaning the money is one penny below the poverty line.
Around the coins are abstract sculptures made from materials such as concrete, steel, soil sand and corrugated metal. On the walls are stickers with the words shore and shoring on them – a word the artist is currently fixated on.Around the coins are abstract sculptures made from materials such as concrete, steel, soil sand and corrugated metal. On the walls are stickers with the words shore and shoring on them – a word the artist is currently fixated on.
The fourth artist is Helen Marten, aged 30, who has produced slightly mad and surreal sculptures from a dizzying list of materials, including cotton buds, fish skins, shoe soles, marbles, snooker chalk and snake skins.The fourth artist is Helen Marten, aged 30, who has produced slightly mad and surreal sculptures from a dizzying list of materials, including cotton buds, fish skins, shoe soles, marbles, snooker chalk and snake skins.
Young said Marten wanted visitors to imagine themselves as archaeologists, seeing things for the first time. The installation is full of visual riddles, a place to spend time in and think.Young said Marten wanted visitors to imagine themselves as archaeologists, seeing things for the first time. The installation is full of visual riddles, a place to spend time in and think.
Works by the four artists are on display for more than three months, with the £25,000 winner announced on 5 December at a ceremony broadcast live on the BBC.Works by the four artists are on display for more than three months, with the £25,000 winner announced on 5 December at a ceremony broadcast live on the BBC.
This year’s judging panel, chaired by the director of Tate Britain, Alex Farquharson, are Michelle Cotton, Tamsin Dillon, Beatrix Ruf and Simon Wallis.This year’s judging panel, chaired by the director of Tate Britain, Alex Farquharson, are Michelle Cotton, Tamsin Dillon, Beatrix Ruf and Simon Wallis.
Everyone who visits will be able to take photographs, with Tate encouraging people to film their reactions and opinions. A daily selection will go up on Tate’s Facebook page.Everyone who visits will be able to take photographs, with Tate encouraging people to film their reactions and opinions. A daily selection will go up on Tate’s Facebook page.
• Turner prize 2016 is at Tate Britain 27 September-2 January.• Turner prize 2016 is at Tate Britain 27 September-2 January.