Gavin Turk.CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN Gavin Turk Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He often uses his own image in life-size sculptures of famous people. He was born in Guildford, near London, and went to the Royal College of Art. recently sculpted sculpt v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts v.tr. 1. To sculpture (an object). 2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: himself as Che Guevara Noun 1. Che Guevara - an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967) Ernesto Guevara, Guevara , lying dead in Bolivia. As with his previous incarnation as Sid Vicious For the professional wrestler, see . John Simon Ritchie (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician, the bass player of the Sex Pistols (replacing Glen Matlock). posing as Warchol's Elvis, pop, politics, and art collide. The Guevara theme will continue in this, Turk's first major show outside the UK. Billboard images and graffiti tags (fashion meets activism) will accompany other signs of life on the street: a tramp sculpture, cardboard boxes, rubbish bags. The bags and boxes will, of course, be made of metal painted to look like the real thing. These and a dozen other works--including, perhaps, a film about the search for a smoking monkey (a surrogate Kurtz?)--are staging posts for Turk's ongoing exploration of artifice and authenticity. Sept. 22. 2000--Jan. 21, 2001. |
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