The work was displayed at the Modern Institute in Glasgow under a blue ceiling painted using a spray gun powered by solar energy which was captured in solar panels while he was in Andalucia. The light and air of the desert were literally transformed into a work of art. In another project, he constructed a bicycle from aluminium parts taken from a Charles Eames chair, turning a design classic, now in mass production, back into a handcrafted piece of unique art.The Turner Prize judge Kate Bush, of the Barbican Art Gallery, said: "Starling investigates not just the style of modernism but its economic implications." The Charles Eames/ bicycle project "raises questions about people's alienation from the objects they consume," she said.JIM LAMBIEBorn in Glasgow in 1964, Lambie still lives and works there. He makes colourful installations and sculptures from everyday ephemera such as plastic bags, wool, safety pins and even black puddings, and remnants of popular culture such as trashy accessories or band memorabilia.He is best-known for a series of psychedelic floor pieces, which he calls Zobop, made from strips of multi-coloured vinyl tape. Other shortlisted artists are Darren Almond, 34, Jim Lambie, 41, and Simon Starling, 38, who mainly work in installations and photography - which might be considered more typical of the Turner Prize in recent years.Karen Wright, editor of Modern Painters magazine, criticised the "bland" selection and suggested a more imaginative choice would have been the graffiti artist, Banksy.The four were chosen on the basis of their work in the past year but will enter new work for the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain from 18 October to 22 January.
She is the first artist who exclusively uses paint as a medium to be nominated in five years.The prize has more recently come to be associated with installations, video work and sculpture.Nicholas Serota, the director of Tate galleries, said the jury had not specifically set out to get a painter on the shortlist. The Turner Prize, which has traditionally provoked controversy with its pickled cows and unmade beds, has once again shocked the art world - although this year the controversy lies in the emergence of an artist who paints traditional landscapes and still lifes as the favourite to win. Within hours of Tate Britain announcing the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2005, Gillian Carnegie, 34, was installed by bookmakers as the likely winner of the prestigious £25,000 award, sponsored by Gordon's gin. Six years later, their decision is still being examined by the legal system. How many of us would want to be in that position?"Glen Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation - which represents the force's rank-and-file officers - said the two men had been subjected to "appalling treatment" and pledged the Federation's "full and unwavering support".Daniel Machover, the lawyer representing the Stanley family, commented: "The family has noted today's development and is awaiting an early decision on criminal charges."They are again calling for the officers to be suspended from all duties."A six-year struggleSeptember 1999Harry Stanley, 46, was shot as he walked home in Hackney, London, from a pub carrying a table leg, which the officers mistook for a sawn-off shotgun.June 2002An inquest jury returns an open verdict.
It provoked an unofficial strike by more than 100 Met firearms officers last November when the two officers were suspended after an inquest jury ruled that they had unlawfully killed Mr Stanley. The inquest verdict was quashed by the High Court last month following a legal challenge by the officers.The Crown Prosecution Service is currently considering whether any criminal charges should be brought against the officers. A police officer has never been charged before with committing a murder while on duty.Mr Stanley, a painter and decorator, was shot dead after someone telephoned the police and told them that they had seen an Irishman with a sawn-off shotgun in a bag. Two police marksmen have been arrested on suspicion of murder, five years after they shot dead an unarmed man. Police revealed that a "number of items" had already been recovered from the rear of the medical centre, which backs on to parkland.Paul Kane, the Kirklees councillor who represents the Dewsbury East ward where the alleged attack happened, conceded that there had been problems with teenagers in the local community and revealed a number had recently been handed antisocial behaviour orders. But the Labour councillor said the community was stunned by this latest news."There's a general feeling of shock but the mood is calm on the street I don't think people are looking for revenge or vendetta.". His mother looked mad and she went to call the police and an ambulance arrived soon afterwards."The family said he told them he had been forced to leave by the older children and they had placed a rope around his neck and tried to tie him to a tree.Miss Jones said the youngster, who was on half-term holiday from Chickenley Primary School, had been playing in the back garden, while his mother washed the dishes, when he disappeared.Yesterday, officers centred their search on woodland some distance from the original crime scene.At the park, which is located off Long Lane, policemen could be seen blocking off the main entrances to the woodland and a large number of marked police vehicles were visible.Vehicles included a video van, a mobile unit and a Land Rover.
