Turner Prize for exhibit of Haw protest

MARK WALLINGER, the artist whose work includes dressing up as a bear, has won this year’s Turner Prize for his replica of the one-man anti-war protest in Parliament Square.

He scooped the controversial contemporary art prize for his painstaking recreation of protester Brian Haw’s 40-metre encampment outside Parliament.

Wallinger, 48, was favourite to win the £25,000 prize for his £90,000 installation, entitled State Britain, which recreates everything from Haw’s tarpaulin shelter and tea-making area to the messages of support.