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Gavin turk in his studio c
Gavin Turk
British artist
Gavin Turk (born 1967)[1] is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey,[1] and was 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.
Early work
Turk studied at Chelsea School of Art from 1986 to 1989,[1] and at the Royal College of Art from 1989 to 1991.[1]
In 1991, tutors at the Royal College of Art refused to present Gavin Turk with his postgraduate degree,[1] a decision based on his graduation exhibition, which was titled Cave, and consisted of a whitewashed studio space, containing a blue heritage plaque of the kind normally found on historic buildings, commemorating his own presence as a sculptor, stating "Gavin Turk worked here, 1989–1991".[2] This bestowed some instant notoriety on Turk, whose