* Culture * Art and design * Art Turner winner

Art Turner winner’s greatest gamble: 5,000 of his original works for free Tyson harnesses power of the internet to spread art inspired by roulette wheel * Charlotte Higgins, chief arts writer * The Guardian, Tuesday December 9 2008 * Article history December, Broadway, Westminster, London - one of Keith Tyson’s History Painting prints, created using spins of a roulette wheel to determine where the colours fall December, Broadway, Westminster, London - one of Keith Tyson’s History Painting prints, created using spins of a roulette wheel to determine where the colours fall

* Culture * Art and design * Art Turner winner

Keith Tyson who won the Turner prize in London 2002 has decided to give away 5,000 pieces of work to internet users in collaboration with The Guardiannewspaper. The limited edition prints he will be giving away are part of a project called The History Painting prints. These paintings are sequences of stripes, red, black and green that relate to the colors of a casino wheel. The public must download an image of one his paintings from his website www.keithtyson.com which will then each be given a title in accordance to where the reader is located.

He explains, “The server will generate a sequence of the numbers one to 32 which relates to the roulette wheel,” he said. “Each number has an assigned colour. If you hit the jackpot, you’ll come away with an entirely green work. But the chances of that happening are 1 in 37 x 37 x 37, 49 times.”

Keith Tyson is remembered for winning more cash than the Turner prize was offering by betting on himself to win back in 2002. His latest project could turn out to be his biggest gamble of all.