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Gavin Turk

born 1967

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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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Left Right

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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

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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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