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Entrepreneurial artists, take note: A sculptor who uses industrial waste for his creations was awarded Britain’s prestigious Turner Prize for contemporary art work. Tony Cragg, whose works are made from used bottles, jars and containers as well as lumps of rock and bits of wood, was awarded the $18,300 prize by London’s Tate Gallery on Tuesday night. “His use of industrial waste materials, handled with wit, intelligence and exceptional inventiveness, has opened up a new territory for sculpture,” the Tate said.

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