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Gavin Turk
The Age of Entanglement

Previously in the Gallery
7 December 2024 - 8 February 2025
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  • Gavin Turk

    Tropical Vibes Fruit Punch, WA Japanese Patisserie Cake, Vita Chrysanthemum Tea Drink, The Original Small Beer

  • Gavin Turk

    Actimel Vitamin Drink, Squeeze It Orange Drink, Tymbark Apple Cherry Drink, Maldon Sea Salt Flakes, Cif Original Cream Cleaner, Ecover Toilet Cleaner

  • Gavin Turk

    Vita Coco Pressed Coconut Water, Ecover Fast Action Toilet Cleaner, Kusmi Tea

  • Gavin Turk

    Kusmi Tea, Alpro Plain Yogurt, Farm Shop Organic Free Range Eggs, Tesco Table Salt, Vita Chrysanthemum Tea Drink

  • Gavin Turk

    Everyday Etching

Press Release

"Looking at the precious and overlooked nature of product packaging, I have become a domestic anthropologist, attempting to uncover the conspiracy of blindness imposed by ideological perspectives."

Gavin Turk is renowned for transforming banal, overlooked objects – refuse bags, apple cores, matchboxes – into intricately constructed works of fine art, be it through his hand-painted bronzes or masterful canvas paintings.

For his new project he began by preserving and cataloguing used disposable packaging, in what the artist refers to as 'an exercise in self-portraiture.' By listing the products depicted in each composition in the artwork titles, Turk offers a glimpse into his consumption habits, prompting reflection on the significance of these mundane artifacts as traces of human presence over time. As Turk aptly states, "We are what we throw away." Each work is set within a bespoke frame, suggesting a distinctive historical journey for each piece, culminating in their convergence for this exhibition.

The paintings are meticulously executed in a restricted tonal palette against a monochrome background, sometimes highlighting an objects in accents of colour, inviting a close study of rhythmically arranged lines and forms. Through the elevation from empty containers of used products to classical models, Turk challenges the viewer to explore this juxtaposition, while simultaneously reminding us of our consumer driven culture. 

About the artist

Gavin Turk has pioneered many forms of contemporary British sculpture, including the painted bronze, the waxwork, the recycled art-historical icon and the use of rubbish in art. Turk's installations and sculptures deal with issues of authorship, authenticity and identity. Concerned with the 'myth' of the artist and the 'authorship' of a work, Turk's engagement with this modernist, avant-garde debate stretches back to the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp.

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