Disputed British art prize winners back on show

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LONDON (AFP) — Highlights from over 20 years of Britain's often-controversial Turner Prize art show go on display from Tuesday, in a retrospective exhibition which is once again fueling fierce debate.

A pickled cow by ex Britart badboy Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili's elephant dung canvas are among the main attractions at Turner Prize: A Retrospective, featuring key works by the 22 winners of the prize since its launch in 1984.

Others include Martin Creed's empty room with lights going on and off, and Shedboatshed, a shed which artist Simon Starling turned into a boat, paddled down the Rhine then turned back into a shed.

Tate Britain director Stephen Deuchar said the retrospective is intended as a celebration of the artists' work "and not a kind of...