(above: Barry has a pint before being nailed by Arnolfini staff, Arnolfini bar, photo by Deb Weinreb)
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extract from press:
The Turner Prize: we can't Bear it!
Badger artist to visit Arnolfini in bums up to hot favourite Wallinger
Life-sized badger artist named Barry will be exploring the Arnolfini on December 3rd from 5pm to prove Bristol has cultural capital to equal the Turner prize. On the same date the Turner prize winner is announced in Liverpool, who take on the mantle of City of Culture for 2008.
Hot favourite Mark Wallinger has submitted ‘Sleeper’ - a recording of 10 nights he spent alone in Berlin's Neue National Galerie dressed in a bear suit. Bristol’s own ‘Wallinger’ in the form of Barry the Badger is especially keen on showing his bum in galleries as part of new Arts Council non-funded audience interaction strategies.
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