Atomised remains of jet engine makes Turner Prize shortlist

A WHALE’S skull, a heap of dust made up of the remains of a jet engine and a workman’s naked backside are among the artworks featuring in a display by this year’s shortlisted Turner Prize artists.

Roger Hiorns, Enrico David, Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright are the artists in the running for the award, which is worth £25,000 (€27,000) to the prize winner and £5,000 for each of those shortlisted.

Among the exhibits at Tate Britain is a heap of metal dust from an atomised passenger jet engine by Hiorns.