Gavin Turk
born 1967
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In Tate Britain
Biography
Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist, and is 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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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
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Gavin Turk Metamorphosis
2000 -
Gavin Turk Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm
1992 -
Gavin Turk Cavey
1991–7 -
Gavin Turk Font
2006 -
Gavin Turk [no title]
1994 -
Gavin Turk Study for Window
1991–3 -
Gavin Turk Melancholia
2008
Artist as subject
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Gavin Turk Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm
1992 -
Gavin Turk Study for Window
1991–3
Film and audio
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Lichtenstein and Pop Study Day: Other Worlds of British Pop – Part 1
Audio recording. This study day in March 2013 explored issues raised by the major Roy Lichtenstein retrospective at Tate Modern -
TateShots
Gavin Turk: Authorship and identity
Turk's artworks include images of himself disguised as Sid Vicious, Che Guevara and Andy Warhol
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