Jasleen Kaur, a Scottish Sikh artist, has been awarded this year's Turner Prize for her exhibition 'Alter Altar' at Glasgow's Tramway. Featuring a mix of personal, political, and spiritual elements like a vintage Ford Escort and worship bells, the exhibition celebrates the Scottish Sikh community and was praised for its unique and playful combination of materials.
Jasleen Kaur - an artist whose latest exhibition uses a vintage Ford Escort, worship bells and Irn-Bru to celebrate the Scottish Sikh community - has won this year's Turner Prize .
Kaur was praised for gathering "different voices through unexpected and playful combinations of material". Kaur's exhibition includes family photos, an Axminster carpet, a vintage car covered in a giant doily and kinetic handbells. Kaur studied silversmithing and jewellery at Glasgow School of Art in 2008, before moving to London to study at the Royal College of Art the following year.
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