School's out: the Catlin Art prize 2010

Hutber's video installation, entitled Stay Behind the Line, impressed the judging panel with its political reference to prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy Reynir Hutber/Art Catlin

A visitor watches Hutber's video. Judge Ben Lewis said the work turns 'the viewer into the perpetrator'
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy Reynir Hutber/Art Catlin

BodyCash, by Miyo Yoshida, consists of resin casts of parts of her body with black market price tags attached. These were inspired by her research into international organ trafficking
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Miyo Yoshida/Art Catlin

The Thief by David A Smith, whose sculptures earned him a special mention from the judges for the beauty of their strong, minimalist forms
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of David A Smith/Art Catlin

The Second Law by Sonny Vadgama, a striking immersive work revolving around ideas of social entropy and the thermal entropy of the heat in runners' bodies
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Sonny Sanjay Vadgama/Art Catlin

The Glade by Adam Dix, whose 'beautifully wrought' paintings explore the connection between communication technology and our desire to communicate
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Adam Dix/Art Catlin

Biscuit and Stretcher by Alexander Allan, whose works were a close contender for the winning spot, say the judges. His rugged sculptures made of unfired bricks were praised for their evocation of the death of industry
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Alexander Allan/Art Catlin

Ladies in Waiting, by Viki Matkin, are eerie sculptures made of petrified canvas that evoke femininity, and meditate on themes of veiling and concealment
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Victoria Matkin/Art Catlin

Vanitas by Alex Virgi, whose small, brightly coloured abstract canvases take the tradition of portraiture as their point of departure
Photograph: Justin Green/Courtesy of Alex Virgi/Art Catlin