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Gavin Turk

born 1967

Font 2006
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Biography

Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey, and was considered to be one of the Young British Artists. Turk's oeuvre deals with issues of authenticity and identity, engaged with modernist and avant-garde debates surrounding the 'myth' of the artist and the 'authorship' of a work of art.

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Conceptual art Young British Artists (YBAs)

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    Gavin Turk
    1994
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  • Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm

    Gavin Turk
    1992
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  • Metamorphosis

    Gavin Turk
    2000
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  • Melancholia

    Gavin Turk
    2008
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  • Cavey

    Gavin Turk
    1991–7
  • Study for Window

    Gavin Turk
    1991–3
  • Font

    Gavin Turk
    2006

Artist as subject

  • Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm

    Gavin Turk
    1992
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  • Study for Window

    Gavin Turk
    1991–3

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