Gavin Turk
"I don't think I ever really decided I was an artist. I went to college to learn how to think and look at art. In the end, I developed a more sophisticated misunderstanding of art."
Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's ready made sculptures, Gavin Turk's installations and sculptures, using everyday objects or manufactured items, address issues of authorship, authenticity and identity.
"When I was in college I thought of making up a fictive artist and giving him a name and a body of work. Eventually I came around to the idea of using my own name, which had this strange distancing effect, similar to using a found object. Being a Turk was quite interesting because in a sense it was like being a foreigner."
M ember 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. He has pioneered...
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En Œuf
Gavin Turk 14.01 - 14.02.2019 Gallery - Brussels - BelgiumWe are at an exciting but terrifying moment in history. The pivotal point on the roller coaster where the carriage slows right down - ready to speed up to a...Read more -
Works
Gavin Turk 22.03 - 12.05.2018 Gallery - Paris - FranceMARUANI MERCIER & HADIDA a le plaisir d’annoncer Works, une exposition monographique de Gavin Turk, à l’occasion de l’ouverture de leur nouvelle galerie à Paris, 12 Rue Malher. Depuis ses...Read more -
GAVIN TURK 6.08 - 7.09.2016 Gallery - Knokke - Belgium
In the Presence of the Artist Jablonka Maruani Mercier Gallery is proud to present a selection of Gavin Turk's body of work at its Knokke gallery. Gavin Turk (b.1967) is...Read more
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Take an armchair tour of London’s Frieze Sculpture Park
The Spaces 9.10.2020Frieze Week might be a muted and mostly digital affair this year, but visitors can still enjoy a socially-distanced stroll through Regent’s Park to see...Read more -
Some of the world’s greatest artists photographed in lockdown by Maryam Eisler
LUX Magazine 12.5.2020Darius Sanai for LUX magazine LUX Contributing Editor and artist Maryam Eisler has been photographing some of the world’s greatest artists over FaceTime and WhatsApp...Read more -
Art Brussels has daring designs for the contemporary art market
Wallpaper* 26.4.2019By Jessica Klingelfuss for Wallpaper* The 37th edition of the Belgian art fair proves it still has bite as a destination for discovering for new...Read more -
Brusselse galerieën bereiden zich voor op de beurs van het jaar
Chapeau TEFAF 19.3.2019Jo Cortenraedt for Chapeau TEFAF Meer dan andere jaren is het aanbod op TEFAF vernieuwd door de inbreng van maar liefst 39 nieuwe galerieën op...Read more
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Gavin Turk recycle les oeuvres de ses congénères
Arts Libre 6.2.2019Claude Lorent for Arts Libre Pour son expo bruxelloise sur le thème de l’oeuf, l’artiste britannique convoque Magritte et Broodthaers. En intitulant son expo “En...Read more -
This Week in Belgium
See You There 22.1.2019Perfectly timed with the egg mania on Instagram (the most liked photo on the image app is now a simple picture of an egg), “En...Read more -
Gavin Turk : portrait du sculpteur en chien de chasse
Revue des Deux Mondes 16.4.2018Bertrand Raison pour Revue des Deux Mondes Au lieu de s’efforcer à tout prix de se faire un nom, c’est-à-dire de faire reconnaître sa signature...Read more -
Les rendez-vous à ne pas manquer cette semaine
AD Magazine 2.4.2018Oscar Duboÿ pour AD Magazine Cette semaine, on rend hommage aux pionnières à la Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier – on dessine l’architecture à travers les...Read more
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Bruxelles- Paris
La Libre 23.3.2018Claude Lorent pour La Libre Habituellement, ce sont les galeries parisiennes qui s’installent à Bruxelles, voici que le mouvement inverse s’amorce puisque la galerie...Read more -
Nouvelle Galerie: Des Belges à Paris
Le Point 22.3.2018Le Point - Tendances Marché de l'Art par Judith Benhamou-Huet La galerie Bruxelloise Maruani Mercier débarque à Paris et s'associe au patron des magazins...Read more -
New Gallery Opening: The Art of Fashion in Link With Contemporary Art
MODEM 21.3.2018Martine and Armand Hadida, co-founders of L'Eclaireur, the multi-brand boutique of fashion designers in Paris, team up with Maruani Mercier, founder of the Belgian homonymus...Read more -
L’art cinq étoiles à la Côte belge
La Libre 11.8.2016Reprise de propriété il a réalisé à Knokke la reprise d’une performance de Fontana en 1962, accomplie dans la maison “Vasarely” du collectionneur Louis Bogaert,...Read more
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Tefaf Maastricht 2020
20 - 31.12.2020Established in 1988, TEFAF is widely regarded as the world’s pre-eminent fair of art and antiques. TEFAF champions the finest quality art from across the...Read more -
Frieze Sculpture
5 - 18.10.2020The English Gardens will once again transform into a museum without walls, making an unparalleled quality of work accessible to all. We are proud to...Read more -
ARCO Madrid 2020
20.02 - 1.03.2020ARCOmadrid is the international meeting point for exchange between Europe and Latin America. The fair enjoys the distinction of having been the first fair in...Read more -
Art Brussels 2019
25 - 28.04.2019Though it retains its youthful profile as a discovery fair, Art Brussels is one of Europe’s oldest and most established fairs, running for its 51st...Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht 2019
16 - 24.03.2019Established in 1988, TEFAF is widely regarded as the world’s pre-eminent fair of art and antiques. TEFAF champions the finest quality art from across the...Read more -
ARCO Madrid 2019
27.02 - 3.03.2019ARCOmadrid is the international meeting point for exchange between Europe and Latin America. The fair enjoys the distinction of having been the first fair in...Read more -
BRAFA 2019
26.01 - 3.02.2019The Brafa Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art,...Read more -
Masterpiece London 2018
28.06 - 4.07.2018Masterpiece London is the unmissable art fair at which visitors can view and buy the finest works of art, design, furniture and jewellery - from...Read more -
Art Brussels 2018
19 - 22.04.2018Though it retains its youthful profile as a discovery fair, Art Brussels is one of Europe’s oldest and most established fairs, celebrating in April 2018...Read more -
ARCO Madrid 2018
21 - 25.02.2018ARCOmadrid is the international meeting point for exchange between Europe and Latin America. The fair enjoys the distinction of having been the first fair in...Read more -
BRAFA 2018
27.01 - 4.02.2018The Brafa Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art,...Read more -
EXPO Chicago 2017
Ron Gorchov 13 - 17.09.2017We are delighted to participate for the second consecutive year in EXPO Chicago! This year, you can find us both at Booth 120 and at...Read more -
Art Brussels 2017
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TEFAF Maastricht 2017
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ARCO Madrid 2017
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EXPO Chicago 2016
22 - 25.09.2016