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This year's Turner Prize bucks recent trends by shortlisting artist Gillian Carnegie, who works within traditional genres of landscape, still life and portraiture.

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Carnegie, who has been shortlisted for her solo exhibition at the Cabinet gallery in London, uses oil on canvas to "explore the properties of painting".

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Wigan-born artist Darren Almond uses a wide range of media including film, photography and sculpture to explore the passing of time.

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One of his pieces is Meantime - seen here in Venice in 2003 - which takes the form of a giant digital clock inside a steel sea container.

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Almond's work, which addresses the themes of time, geography and memory, also includes the four-part film installation If I Had You.

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Another of Darren Almond's installations, Terminus, takes the form of two aluminium bus stops. The artist is shortlisted for his exhibition at the K21 gallery in D�sseldorf.

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Glasgow-born Jim Lambie uses everyday materials to create exuberant installations and sculptures that make references to pop music and youth culture.

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Another of Lambie's pieces, Split Endz, is made up of belts and training shoes spilling out of a brightly coloured wardrobe.

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The final shortlisted artist, Simon Starling, specialises in "complex sculptural installations". "The work I make is concerned with reconfiguring things," he says.

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One of Starling's pieces, Tabernas Desert Run, takes the form of a fuel cell powered bicycle. The winner of this year's Turner Prize will be announced on 5 December.