Article 72VVP Andean artist Antonio Paucar wins Artes Mundi prize in Wales

Andean artist Antonio Paucar wins Artes Mundi prize in Wales

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Steven Morris
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Artist and beekeeper who highlights eco crisis plans to spend 40,000 award on building cultural centre in Peru

An artist and beekeeper from a remote corner of the Andes has won one of the UK's most prestigious contemporary arts awards and plans to spend the 40,000 prize on building a cultural centre in the Peruvian mountains.

Antonio Paucar was declared the winner of the biennial Artes Mundi prize after presenting work ranging from a spiral made of alpaca wool to a video of him writing a poem - in his own blood - about the environmental crisis facing his region as he sits at a table high in the mountains.

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