Over 1900 painters entered the John Moores competition, a show that celebrates the vitality of contemporary British painting. The £25,000 prize winner was announced during the opening of Liverpool Biennial. The 2004 judges were Jarvis Cocker, musician and collector of contemporary art; Gill Hedley, director of the Contemporary Art Society; Ann Bukantas, the Walker’s curator of fine art; Callum Innes, artist and former John Moores prizewinner; and world-renowned artist Gavin Turk. Britain’s leading open competition for contemporary painters, this biennial exhibition was established in 1957 by Sir John Moores, whose family now supports the exhibition through the John Moores Exhibition Trust. The show was organised by National Museums Liverpool. In 2004, The John Moores Prizewinner was: Alexis Harding with Slump/Fear (orange/black) (Slump/Fear (orange/black) image © National Museums Liverpool)