Vintage Ford Escort covered in a giant napkin is among the unusual entries in this year’s Turner Prize

A VINTAGE Ford Escort covered in a giant napkin is among the unusual entries in this year’s Turner Prize.

The work, by Jasleen Kaur, 37, is part of her exhibition which aims to showcase her childhood in Glasgow’s Sikh community.

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Pio Abad, Delaine Le Bas and Claudette Johnson make up the shortlist announced yesterday on the 40th anniversary of the £25,000 art prize.

It will be presented at Tate Britain in London for the first time in six years, with the winner revealed in December.

Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain and chair of the Turner Prize jury, said: “It’s an honor to announce such a fantastic line-up of artists and I can’t wait to see their exhibition at Tate Britain this autumn.

“All four do lively work. They show how contemporary art can fascinate, surprise and move us, and how it can powerfully speak to complex identities and memories, often through the finest details.

“In the 40th year of the Turner Prize, this list proves that British artistic talent is as rich and vibrant as ever.”

Kaur is listed for Alter Altar in Tramway, Glasgow.

The exhibition used family photos, an Axminster rug, a vintage Ford Escort covered in a giant napkin, Irn-Bru and kinetic bells.

The 37-year-old, who lives in London, has previously exhibited her work at the Victoria and Albert Museum, watching popular Indian cinema through Yoorup.

Johnson received endorsements for his solo exhibition Presence at The Courtauld Gallery in London, and Drawn Out at Ortuzar Projects, New York.

She uses portraits of black women and men in a combination of pastels, gouache and watercolor and was praised by the judges for her “sensitive and dramatic use of line, color, space and scale to express empathy and intimacy with her subjects.”

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