Grenville Davey obituary

Turner prize-winning artist of the YBA generation who refused to play the fame gameWhen the sculptor Grenville Davey won the Turner prize in 1992 the Guardian described him as the “rank outsider”. The Wall Street Journal was even blunter in its headline: “Brit Art-Prize Fiasco: Grenville Who?” The media bewilderment was in part because Davey, who has died suddenly aged 60, beat the favourite, Damien Hirst, to the award.Nor did Davey make particularly good tabloid column i