ART
Gavin Turk |
Written 30 January |
Thursday 04 November, 11:00Galerie Almine Rech, 75003 [map]Gavin Turk
Almine Rech Gallery presents an exhibition by
Gavin Turk, featuring works from his new series En Face. This series consists of a group of 72 clay busts resulting from an interactive performance. For The Bust Party, as it was known, Turk invited a group of people who manipulated the wet clay of the 72 busts depicting the artist. The public thus became part of the creative process through being given the chance to add their own mark to a work in process. The exhibition highlights Turk’s interest in questioning the role of the contemporary artist and of art in general.
Gavin Turk (Guildford, UK, 1967) studied at the Royal College of Art in London, where he failed to obtain his degree after submitting a controversial work that consisted of installing a plaque with the inscription “Borough of Kensington/GAVIN TURK/Sculptor/Worked Here 1989-1991” in an empty room. His association with the Young British Artists movement and his consequent participation in the influential Royal Academy exhibition Sensation of works from Charles Saatchi’s collection, in which Turk appeared dressed as a tramp, led to him becoming one of the most promising figures within the art world of the day. Gavin Turk still remains loyal to many of the principles that he defended during those years, primarily using sculpture, but also drawing, printmaking, installation and photography, to express his ideas on the art world and on artists
