Turner Prize winner selected for Law Society anniversary artwork
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Helen Cammock, a renowned British artist and Turner Prize winner, was selected to create a landmark art project that commemorates the 200-year anniversary of the Law Society of England and Wales.
The main goal of this art commission was to create a lasting art piece that reflects the values of the Law Society and bridges the past with the present and the future.
Helen Cammock’s proposal blends poetic language, visual symbolism and history. It reflects core values of the legal profession: the pursuit of justice, the importance of law impartiality and the role of legal professionals in the communities they serve.
This artwork does not just celebrate the bicentenary but will also serve as a reminder of the critical work the Law Society and legal professionals do in shaping and upholding a justice system available to all.
The new art will be displayed at the Law Society’s Chancery Lane office from November.
Law Society president Richard Atkinson said: “Congratulations to Helen Cammock for securing this commemorative art commission.
“Art has the power to translate complex ideas like the law into a language that touches people’s hearts.
“The new art piece will reflect the diversity of the people working in law today. It should make everyone feel inspired, represented and connected creating an invisible bond between the law and its effect on people’s everyday lives.”
Helen Cammock said: “I’m delighted to have been chosen to create a new suite of works to celebrate the bicentenary of the Law Society.
“The law is vulnerable to manipulation, bias and abuse. These works will be a reminder of the critical importance of maintaining a system and a practice that upholds the notion that no one is above or beneath the law. Particularly in this global moment where the international rule of law is being ignored on many fronts and in many nations, law is being eroded.
“This work intends to celebrate the hard work and aspiration of those practising but also those just entering the profession.”
About Helen Cammock
Helen Cammock lives and works in North Wales and London.
Her interdisciplinary practice spans film, photography, print, text, song and performance, engaging with historical and contemporary narratives around Blackness, womanhood, oppression and resistance, wealth and power, poverty and vulnerability.
Moving fluidly across time and geography, her works often layer multiple voices and perspectives to explore the cyclical nature of history through poetic, visual and aural assemblage.
She was awarded the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in 2017 and was a joint recipient of the Turner Prize in 2019.
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The art display will be open to the public from November 2025 at the Law Society’s historic London building.
About the Law Society
The Law Society is celebrating 200 years of supporting solicitors in England and Wales. It is the independent professional body that works globally to support and represent solicitors, promoting the highest professional standards, the public interest and the rule of law.
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