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Mounting Rene Matić’s snapshots in Perspex isn’t really enough to make them interesting | Charlotte Jansen

The fact a queer, working-class person of colour has won the Deutsche Börse prize is cheering, but what is on display at the Photographers’ Gallery resembles a student’s Tumblr feed Peterborough artist Rene Matić wins Deutsche Börse photography prize At 29, Rene Matić is the youngest ever person to win the £30,000 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize . They were nominated for their solo exhibition As Opposed to the Truth at CCA Berlin – there is currently a much smaller reconfiguration representing part of the show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. Matić was also the youngest artist ever to be nominated for the Turner prize last year . There are things I like about Matić. I like the way they challenge what counts in life and art, and what counts as British. Their 2022 work, Upon This Rock (shown in Berlin though not in the current display in London) – a photographic install

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Mounting Rene Matić’s snapshots in Perspex isn’t really enough to make them interesting | Charlotte Jansen, The fact a queer, working-class person of colour has won the Deutsche Börse prize is cheering, but what is on display at the Photographers’ Gallery resembles a student’s Tumblr feed Peterborough artist Rene Matić wins Deutsche Börse photography prize At 29, Rene Matić is the youngest ever person to win the £30,000 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize . They were nominated for their solo exhibition As Opposed to the Truth at CCA Berlin – there is currently a much smaller reconfiguration representing part of the show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. Matić was also the youngest artist ever to be nominated for the Turner prize last year . There are things I like about Matić. I like the way they challenge what counts in life and art, and what counts as British. Their 2022 work, Upon This Rock (shown in Berlin though not in the current display in London) – a photographic install

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Mounting Rene Matić’s snapshots in Perspex isn’t really enough to make them interesting | Charlotte JansenThe Guardian - 2026-05-15T13:43:36+00:00

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