Four solo artists have been nominated for the Turner Prize in the UK

This year’s Turner Prize for contemporary art in the United Kingdom will be won by four artists acclaimed for their solo shows, according to Tate Britain, the award’s organizer.

The selection for 2022 contrasts with this year’s lineup, which saw five artist collectives compete for the renowned, but often contentious British visual arts prize for the first time.

Heather Phillipson, widely known in the United Kingdom for her artwork of a large swirl of duplicate whipped cream, topped with a sculpted cherry, fly, and drone placed in London’s Trafalgar Square, is among the nominees this year.

It was titled “The End” and rested on the empty fourth plinth on the world-famous landmark in the heart of the British capital for two years starting in January 2020.

Phillipson, who works with video, sculpture, and drawing, was nominated for that piece as well as a solo exhibition at Tate Britain called “Rupture No 1: blowtorching the bitten peach.”

The judges “applauded Phillipson’s bold and intelligent method of splicing absurdity, tragedy, and imagination to examine urgent and complex issues,” according to a statement from the museum.

In part for a solo show at Hong Kong’s Blind spot Gallery, Toronto-born, London-based artist Sin Wai Kin — formerly known as Victoria Sin, who identifies as non-binary — is among the other contenders.

“Their art realizes fictional narratives to reflect everyday realities of desire, identification, and consciousness,” Tate Britain noted.

Ingrid Pollard is a photographer who also works in sculpture, cinema, and sound.