Gavin Turk b. 1967
Overview
Framed Blue Monochrome, 2022
Gavin Turk attended the Royal College of Art in London. In his 1991 MA exhibition, he presented a whitewashed studio space containing a single blue heritage plaque commemorating his presence. Though refused a degree, his subsequent notoriety attracted the attention of Charles Saatchi and he became part of a group known as the 'Young British Artists' (YBAs). Public collections include Tate, London; Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London; and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.
Works
Exhibitions
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Gavin Turk
Kerze 4 Nov 2022 - 14 Jan 2023 LondonBen Brown Fine Arts is proud to present Kerze, our fourth solo exhibition of British artist Gavin Turk at the London gallery (4 November – 14 January). The exhibition will...Read more -
Artsy Online Exhibition
14 Dec 2020 - 28 Feb 2021
The Four Seasons: WINTERBen Brown Fine Arts is proud to present the fourth of our seasonal online exhibitions with Artsy, The Four Seasons: WINTER. Included in the show are a selection of paintings,...Read more -
Knokke Summer Pop-Up!
9 Jul - 26 Aug 2020Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong, is thrilled to announce our first Summer Pop-Up in Knokke, Belgium. We look forward to welcoming our clients to view a curated...Read more -
Ben Brown Fine Arts:
15 Jun - 31 Aug 2020 Hong Kong
Celebrating 10 years in Hong KongBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to present an extraordinary group exhibition inaugurating the Hong Kong gallery's new location in Wong Chuk Hang and celebrating our 10 year anniversary in...Read more -
GAVIN TURK
Give In 9 Feb - 7 Apr 2017Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to present Give In, an exhibition of Gavin Turk's highly influential works to coincide with the artist's major survey show, Who What When Where...Read more -
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW
An International Survey 23 Apr - 27 May 2015Read more -
GAVIN TURK
A 13 Sep - 15 Nov 2014Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong will open the first solo exhibition of works by Gavin Turk in Asia. The highly acclaimed British artist, who will attend the opening, will...Read more -
EXPRESSION
A Philosophical Portrait of Humankind, works selected by Martin Klosterfelde 27 Nov 2013 - 15 Feb 2014Expression: A Philosophical Portrait of Humankind presents a unique survey of works grouped under the theme of portraiture. While portraiture is a traditional, time-honoured genre, this exhibition offers a new...Read more -
GAVIN TURK
The Years 26 Apr - 14 Jun 2013Ben Brown Fine Arts presents a major solo exhibition of Gavin Turk's highly influential works to coincide with the long-awaited publication of the first monograph of the artist. Entitled The...Read more -
Gavin & Turk
10 Feb - 20 Apr 2012 LondonLike all artists, Gavin Turk's name is his brand and in the schizophrenic title for this show, he turns it into a family brand. Throughout 25 years of artwork, Turk...Read more
Publications
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Gavin Turk
The Years 2013 Box, 25 pages
Publisher: Ben Brown Fine Arts
Dimensions: 15.3 x 21.7 cm Read more -
This is not a book about Gavin Turk
Edited by Rachel Newsome 2014 Soft cover, 223 pages
Publisher: Trolley Books
ISBN: 9781907112270
Dimensions: 20.9 x 16 x 2cm Read more -
Gavin Turk
Kerze 2022 Exhibition Catalogue. Paperback Read more -
Gavin Turk
In Search of Ariadne 2022 Paperback Read more
News
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Gavin Turk: ‘My art is always other people's art’
Harriet Lloyd-Smith interviewed Gavin Turk for Wallpaper December 13, 2022We interview British artist Gavin Turk, whose show ‘Kerze’ at Ben Brown Fine Arts is an ode to Gerhard Richter, with an uncanny twist It’s...Read more -
Life Extinguished
John-Paul Pryor interviewing Gavin Turk for PORT Magazine December 6, 2022The artist Gavin Turk on creating an atypical exhibition that explores the landscape of collective trauma One artist you might not readily associate with...Read more -
Gavin Turk’s Reimagining of Richter
Daniel Barnes for Trebuchet November 22, 2022Brooding, tranquil, balancing between stillness and gesture, Gavin Turk’s Kerze reimagines a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter with an existential twist, at the same...Read more -
What Did Gavin Do During Lockdown?
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine November 1, 2022For a lot of people one thing lockdown gave them was time, time to think, time to contemplate, to think about life, death, the future...Read more
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Gavin Turk appropriates Gerhard Richter’s candle paintings in an exhibition in New London
Aliza Elliott for UK Daily News October 24, 2022British artist Gavin Turk’s fourth solo exhibition (4 November – 14 January) has been announced by Ben Brown Fine Arts London. The exhibition will unveil...Read more -
Gavin Turk Appropriates Gerhard Richter’s Candle Paintings In New London Exhibition
Artlyst October 24, 2022The fourth solo exhibition of the British artist Gavin Turk (4 November – 14 January) has been announced by Ben Brown Fine Arts London. The...Read more -
VISION AND VIRTUE
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine October 12, 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts has just opened Vision and Virtue, an exhibition presented at Claridge’s ArtSpace in London, in the heart of Mayfair being held...Read more -
Gavin Turk Unveils New Public Sculpture in Cambridge
Artlyst June 22, 2022The British artist Gavin Turk has created a new public artwork Inspired by surrealist artistic methodologies and the 'myth' of the artist. The bronze sculpture...Read more
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Invisibility and Everything to All: Gavin Turk
Trebuchet Magazine March 9, 2021What is the basic material of art? Imagination? Expectation? Authorship? In 2017, Gavin Turk created a series of invisible sculptures for the Art Car Boot...Read more -
Gavin Turk | 10 amazing places to visit in Aberdeenshire for your staycation in 2021
Katrina Tweedie for Leeds Live February 8, 2021Aberdeen Art Gallery Housed in a superb Victorian building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, this is the largest public art gallery in northern Scotland and...Read more -
GAVIN TURK at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
October 11, 201920 September 2019 - 6 January 2020 Palais des Beaux-Arts Place de la Republique 59000 Lille France What kind of artist do you dream of...Read more -
GAVIN TURK: Letting Go
September 23, 201919 October - 6 December 2019 Reflex Amsterdam Weteringschans 79A 1017 RX Amsterdam Netherlands British artist Gavin Turk’s fascination with waste is a reoccurring theme...Read more
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TRANSFORMER - Hotel Londra Palace Venice
May 7, 2019Hotel Londra Palace 10 May - 24 September 2019 Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 4171, Venice Ben Brown Fine Arts’ project TRANSFORMER, curated by James...Read more -
GAVIN TURK: Portrait of an Egg
March 21, 2019The Great Arch Somerset House Thursday 16 May - Sunday 19 May 2019 Gavin Turk will be featuring his giant bronze egg sculpture Oeuvre at...Read more -
GAVIN TURK
The Metaphysical Cyclist May 23, 2018'The Metaphysical Cyclist' is an art initiative which includes art-orientated bike rides around Cambridge this summer.This specially commissioned interactive artwork sees the fleet of Bikes...Read more -
GAVIN TURK: In Fact
at Elgiz Museum December 19, 20175 December 2017 - 30 April 2018 The exhibition focuses on the concepts of representation and the act of referring. In Fact includes works of...Read more
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GAVIN TURK in 'Turkish Tulips'
at The Bowes Museum, County Durham May 23, 201729 July - 5 November 2017 Follow the trail of tulips through the Museum this summer for an enlightening insight into our relationship with Europe...Read more -
GAVIN TURK / JENS WOLF: Cracks in Reality
at Marta Herford Museum, Herford March 31, 20172 April - 2 July 2017 The exhibition illuminates significant connections between the works of Gavin Turk and Jens Wolf, two artists from the Marta...Read more -
GAVIN TURK: Who What When Where How and Why
at Newport Street Gallery, London November 7, 201623 November 2016 - 19 March 2017 Who What When Where How and Why spans twenty-six years of the artist's career and features over...Read more -
GAVIN TURK in 'NEON: The Charged Line'
at Grundy Art Gallery July 21, 20161 September 2016 - 7 January 2017 Grundy Art Gallery - Blackpool NEON: The Charged Line is an exciting new survey show, bringing together works...Read more
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GAVIN TURK in 'Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick'
at Somerset House, London July 4, 20166 July - 24 August 2016 A new exhibition, curated by Mo’Wax and UNKLE founder, artist and musician James Lavelle, featuring a host of contemporary...Read more -
GAVIN TURK in 'PUNK. Its Traces in Contemporary Art'
at Museu d'Art Contemporain de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona May 9, 201613 May - 25 September 2016 Featuring over sixty artists, both national and international, the exhibition traces a journey through the influence of punk in...Read more -
GAVIN TURK: Petroleum
at Baldwin Gallery, Aspen February 6, 201612 February - 12 March 2016Read more -
GAVIN TURK: Wittgenstein’s Dream
at Freud Museum, London November 7, 201526 November 2015 - 7 February 2016 Presented in association with Ben Brown Fine Arts, curated by James Putnam The Freud Museum is pleased...Read more
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GAVIN TURK: Yard
at CCA Andratx, Majorca July 20, 201525 July - 15 December 2015Read more -
GAVIN TURK
at Venice Biennale 2015 April 30, 20151 May - 30 June 2015 The Mechanical Turk - Metropole Hotel, Venice Gavin Turk’s film The Mechanical Turk, presented by the Gervasuti Foundation in...Read more -
THIS IS NOT A BOOK ABOUT GAVIN TURK
August 5, 2014Published by Trolley Books in association with Live Stock Market For people with a interest in art and culture this richly illustrated handbook is a...Read more -
GAVIN TURK's Neons
at the Bowes Museum, Newgate February 5, 201425 January - 21 April 2014 Seven Billion Two Hundred and One Million Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand and Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight For the...Read more
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GAVIN TURK in Summer Exhibition 2013
at Royal Academy of Arts (RA), London July 16, 201319 June - 19 October 2013 This year's RA Summer Exhibition features a work from Gavin Turk's Transit Disaster series.Read more -
GAVIN TURK: GT
Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco, Monaco July 16, 20136 July - 1 September 2013 This solo exhibition is presented by Monaco Project for the Arts. Responding to Monte Carlo's tradition of Grand Prix,...Read more
Art Fairs
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ART SG
12 - 15 Jan 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to participate in the inaugural edition of Art SG. Our booth will present a carefully curated selection of modern...Read more -
Art Cologne
16 - 20 Nov 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to Art Cologne 2022 . Our curated booth (Hall 11.2, Stand B-318) will present works by gallery...Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht
25 - 30 Jun 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to TEFAF Maastricht (Stand 403), from June 25-30, 2022. Our selection includes rare and iconic pieces by...Read more -
Frieze London 2021
13 - 17 Oct 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to announce our inaugural participation in Frieze London (stand C18), October 13-17. Our booth will unveil recent and important...Read more -
Frieze Masters 2021
13 - 17 Oct 2021We are delighted to be returning to Frieze Masters (stand B13) this year with a curated selection of masterworks bringing together some of the most...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 12 Sep 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to participate live in The Armory Show in New York,9-12 September 2021. Our booth will unveil recent and important works by the gallery's stable of New York, London and Cuba-based contemporary artists, including Yoan Capote, Awol Erizku, Vik Muniz, Nabil Nahas, José Parlá, Enoc Perez, Ena Swansea, Hank Willis Thomas and Gavin Turk. The curated selection will include quilts, paintings, photographs and sculptures straight from the artists' studios, illuminating the engaging and innovative practices of the gallery's diverse and talented team of contemporary artists.Read more -
Frieze Viewing Room
New York Edition 5 - 14 May 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to announce our participation in Frieze Online Viewing Room, 5-14 May 2021, where we will present a curated virtual...Read more