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Delaine Le Bas
Delaine Le Bas transforms her surroundings into monumental immersive environments filled with painted fabrics, theatrical costumes, and sculptures. Her art draws on the rich cultural history of the Roma people and mythologies, focusing on themes of death, loss, and renewal. She was nominated for her presentation Incipit Vita Nova. Here Begins The New Life/A New Life Is Beginning at Secession, Vienna.
Delaine Le Bas’s layered installations interweave paintings, collages, costumes, soundscapes and performances. Her work explores ’un-painting’* her British Roma heritage and stories of her own life as well as feminist mythologies and herstories.
Le Bas has transformed her Turner Prize rooms into an immersive environment, splitting the galleries into corridors and small spaces. The artist uses a variety of materials to offer access points into her art. Organdie, calico and reflective foil cover the walls, floors and ceilings. Painted fabrics and sculptures sit alongside personal items she has remade. Le Bas says, ‘I’m interested in creating different doorways. The fabric is another way of engaging with people because it’s not behind glass … you are physically in the same space as it.’
Le Bas takes us on a journey through a psychic landscape, from chaos to reflection and, ultimately, a transformation. First, we encounter Marley, a hanging ghost inspired by the character created by Charles Dickens. Le Bas asks, ‘How can you make art in chaos and when someone is dying?’ The artist started making the work when her Nan was ill and her family life was in chaos, so it is infused with her memories of this time. A horse, stuffed with hay, is modelled on her Grandfather’s black china horse. The red boots underneath it are enlarged replicas of her first shoes. The horse and the original baby shoes were permanently on display in her Nan’s glass cabinet. Finally, painted footprints lead us to the ancient Greek priestess Pythia. Pythia, who guarded the Oracle at Delphi, asks us to confront and reflect, with the command ‘Know Thyself’.
Le Bas’s Turner Prize presentation is titled Incipit Vita Nova (Thus Begins a New Life). She says that’s what she wants people to take from it: ‘Many people at this moment in time and different parts of this planet … are not in a good place … they are in chaos and it’s terrible … you can be at that really dark place but then you can come out of it.’
*un-painting is a term coined by the radical feminist philosopher Mary Daly to describe a process that the Self must carry out. It is an expression of creativity and hope.
British Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Peoples
Gypsy, Roma (or the gender-sensitive term Rom*nja – the female plural term for Roma is Romnja) and Traveller are terms used in the UK to represent several ethnic groups that share certain common historical and social traits. The principal commonality is their history of nomadism. The umbrella term GRT is used officially by the British Government and Travellers’ rights organisations. The English word ‘Gypsy’ is often used in a demeaning way, but many people in the community use the term proudly.
Le Bas asks, ‘Who puts who in the boxes and who labels the boxes? … Who has the right to call who what? What rights do we have as individuals?’*
Taken from the exhibition
Turner Prize 2024
(September 2024 – February 2025)
Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas are the four artists shortlisted for the 2024 Turner Prize. They will showcase their eclectic work at Tate Britain from 25 September 2024, with the winner announced on 3 December 2024.
Named after the radical painter JMW Turner, the Turner Prize was first awarded in 1984. Each year, it is given to a British artist who has created an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work.
The Turner Prize aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art. Each year, a jury shortlists four British artists, or artists based in Britain, for outstanding exhibitions or projects held over the previous year. This year’s artists are Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas.
2024 marks the prize’s 40th anniversary, and its return to Tate Britain for the first time in six years after touring to other cities around the UK. Established in 1984, the Turner Prize is one of the world’s best-known prizes for the visual arts. Contemporary art is now central to the nation’s cultural life, and the Turner Prize has played an important role in that development.
[*Tate Britain]
Taken in Tate Britain
What is your intuition saying to you? Can you FEEL it? Are you listening? Our intuition is there to help us to discern the world around us and to tell the real from bullshitters. It takes time to know when we're hearing our intuition speak to us. We have to learn to take time to sit quietly in our thoughts and focus on what we are feeling and hearing. "Practice makes perfect"!
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From knowledge comes empowerment!
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What will you do today to empower your life?
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Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
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From knowledge comes empowerment!
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
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From knowledge comes empowerment!
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Empower #Empowering #Empoweringmeditations #Empoweringquotes #EmpoweringThoughts #Empowerment #Fromknowledgetowisdom #Higherconsciousness #Inspiration #Inspirationalquotes #Inspiringquotes #JamesCole #Knowledgeispower #Knowledgeispower #Knowledgeofself #Knowthyself #Lifequotes #Lifewisdom #Motivationalquotes #Positivequotes #Positivevibes #Quoteoftheday #Quotesaboutlife #Quotesdaily #Quotesforlife #Quotesoftheday #Quotestagram #Quotestoliveby #Wisdom #Wordsofwisdom
From knowledge comes empowerment!
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Empower #Empowering #Empoweringmeditations #Empoweringquotes #EmpoweringThoughts #Empowerment #Fromknowledgetowisdom #Higherconsciousness #Inspiration #Inspirationalquotes #Inspiringquotes #JamesCole #Knowledgeispower #Knowledgeispower #Knowledgeofself #Knowthyself #Lifequotes #Lifewisdom #Motivationalquotes #Positivequotes #Positivevibes #Quoteoftheday #Quotesaboutlife #Quotesdaily #Quotesforlife #Quotesoftheday #Quotestagram #Quotestoliveby #Wisdom #Wordsofwisdom
From knowledge comes empowerment!
------------------------------
What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Empower #Empowering #Empoweringmeditations #Empoweringquotes #EmpoweringThoughts #Empowerment #Fromknowledgetowisdom #Higherconsciousness #Inspiration #Inspirationalquotes #Inspiringquotes #JamesCole #Knowledgeispower #Knowledgeispower #Knowledgeofself #Knowthyself #Lifequotes #Lifewisdom #Motivationalquotes #Positivequotes #Positivevibes #Quoteoftheday #Quotesaboutlife #Quotesdaily #Quotesforlife #Quotesoftheday #Quotestagram #Quotestoliveby #Wisdom #Wordsofwisdom
One of the biggest mistakes we make is to think we are separate and external from nature when nature is really all there is.
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
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The Empowered person knows they are here to have an earthly experience so they can expand the Universe to what it wasn’t without them.
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Awakening #Consciousness #Earthlyexperience #Earthlysoulsandspirits #Empoweringmeditations #EmpoweringThoughts #Enlightenment #Expandtheuniverse #Higherawakening #Higherconsciousness #JamesCole #Knowthyself #Lightworker #Loveandlight #Mindbodyspirit #Oneness #Personalgrowth #Raiseyourvibration #Selfawareness #Soulpurpose #Spiritual #Spiritualawakening #Spiritualgangster #Spiritualgrowth #Spirituality #Spiritualjourney #Theuniverse #Universe #Wisdom
The Empowered person knows they are here to have an earthly experience so they can expand the Universe to what it wasn’t without them.
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Awakening #Consciousness #Earthlyexperience #Earthlysoulsandspirits #Empoweringmeditations #EmpoweringThoughts #Enlightenment #Expandtheuniverse #Higherawakening #Higherconsciousness #JamesCole #Knowthyself #Lightworker #Loveandlight #Mindbodyspirit #Oneness #Personalgrowth #Raiseyourvibration #Selfawareness #Soulpurpose #Spiritual #Spiritualawakening #Spiritualgangster #Spiritualgrowth #Spirituality #Spiritualjourney #Theuniverse #Universe #Wisdom
The Empowered person knows they are here to have an earthly experience so they can expand the Universe to what it wasn’t without them.
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Awakening #Consciousness #Earthlyexperience #Earthlysoulsandspirits #Empoweringmeditations #EmpoweringThoughts #Enlightenment #Expandtheuniverse #Higherawakening #Higherconsciousness #JamesCole #Knowthyself #Lightworker #Loveandlight #Mindbodyspirit #Oneness #Personalgrowth #Raiseyourvibration #Selfawareness #Soulpurpose #Spiritual #Spiritualawakening #Spiritualgangster #Spiritualgrowth #Spirituality #Spiritualjourney #Theuniverse #Universe #Wisdom
The Empowered person knows they are here to have an earthly experience so they can expand the Universe to what it wasn’t without them.
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What will you do today to empower your life?
This quote is taken from my book "Empowering Thoughts". 280 pages of thoughts to empower your life. Available worldwide now from your favourite online bookstores. Learn more at the link below.
Wishing you a beautiful and empowered day,
James Cole
empoweringmeditations.com/book
#Awakening #Consciousness #Earthlyexperience #Earthlysoulsandspirits #Empoweringmeditations #EmpoweringThoughts #Enlightenment #Expandtheuniverse #Higherawakening #Higherconsciousness #JamesCole #Knowthyself #Lightworker #Loveandlight #Mindbodyspirit #Oneness #Personalgrowth #Raiseyourvibration #Selfawareness #Soulpurpose #Spiritual #Spiritualawakening #Spiritualgangster #Spiritualgrowth #Spirituality #Spiritualjourney #Theuniverse #Universe #Wisdom