Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk

September 13th –
October 27th, 2012
Geneva
  • Gavin Turk
    Rock gunslinger pink and red,2012
    Acrylic on canvas
    129 x 93 cm
  • Gavin Turk
    Punk gunslinger pink and purple,2012
    Acrylic on canvas
    129 x 93 cm
  • Gavin Turk
    Double orange Elvis,2011
    Silkscreen on canvas
    134 x 172 cm
  • Gavin Turk
    Che on blue blackground,2010
    Acrylic on canvas
    129 x 93 cm
  • Gavin Turk
    Transit disaster beige,2011
    Silkscreen on canvas
    175 x 217 cm
  • Gavin Turk
    Gold Pop,2011
    Silkscreen on canvas
    225 x 135 cm
  • Gavin Turk
    Fright wig black and pink on yellow,2010
    Silkscreen on paper
    210 x 210 cm

Patricia Low Contemporary is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Gavin Turk.

Superimposing his own identity and brand onto famous celebrities and associated art legends, Gavin Turk’s self-portraits play a game of subterfuge with authorship and mythology. In works from his Elvis series, Turk humorously declares himself heir to the titles of King of Rock and Pop, striking the pose of Warhol’s Double Elvis.

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Turk’s process of making is intensely performative, replicating in detail both the media and production methods used in Warhol’s original iconic screen print. Critically leveling the 20th century’s optimistic capitalism in a single act of hostile takeover, Turk downsizes and expropriates its heroes: abated to its most recognizable parts – face and gun details –Turk re-constructs the image as it exists in popular consciousness, insinuating himself (as Turk, as anyone, as everyone) at the core.

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