In the run-up to the city's celebrations as European Capital of Culture in 2008, this year's Turner prize is being shown at Tate Liverpool, the first time in the prize's history that it has been held outside of London.Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyZarina Bhimji's shortlisting was ascribed to her ability to engage the viewer with universal human emotions such as grief, pleasure, love and betrayal.Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAA closer view of one of Zarina Bhimji's pieces, entitled Illegal Sleep.Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP
A visitor examines There Will Be No Miracles Here by Nathan Coley.Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyAnother piece by Nathan Coley, praised by the jury for his ability to "make manfest the belief systems embedded in society and its architectures".Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyStepping carefully over Nathan Coley's Untitled (Threshold Sculpture).Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyThe shadow of a visitor falls across the screen of Mark Wallinger's video installation Sleeper 2004-5. His installations were picked out for their readiness to engage with contemporary political issues.Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyLooking through the peep hole of AMNESIAN SHRINE or Double coop displacement by Mike Nelson.Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyThe view through the peephole of Mike Nelson's AMNESIAC SHRINE or Double Coop Displacement.Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyMike Nelson's work was singled out by the jury for an ability to "transport the viewer to imaginary, yet plausible worlds".Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty
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