Desert Island Scenario

Carved mahogany

Trompe L'oeil

Domestic

Public Sculpture

Installation info: delicate surface - handle cautiously with clean hands or glovesA concrete cast of a loaf of bread painted the 'Brillo' logo.

Brillo Loaf

Painted concrete

Installation info: delicate surface - handle cautiously with clean hands or glovesA concrete cast of a loaf of bread painted the 'Brillo' logo.

Food

Sculpture

Installation info: delicate surface - handle cautiously with clean hands or gloves A concrete cast of a loaf of bread painted the 'Brillo' logo.

Installation info: Hang on wall avoiding direct sunlight, heat and moistureOil painting of a Flemish Stretcher Bond style brick wall, with bricks in varying tones of terracotta.

Fuit Hic

Oil and acrylic on canvas

Installation info: Hang on wall avoiding direct sunlight, heat and moistureOil painting of a Flemish Stretcher Bond style brick wall, with bricks in varying tones of terracotta.

Painting

Installation info: Hang on wall avoiding direct sunlight, heat and moisture Oil painting of a Flemish Stretcher Bond style brick wall, with bricks in varying tones of terracotta.

A bronze cast of a polystyrene cup stained with tea & painted to look real.

Nomadic Assistance

Painted bronze

Polystyrene

Waste

Painted Bronze

A small loosely worked maquette of the ‘Ariadne’ sculpture, with the addition of a begging cup, from the paintings by De Chirico.

Rough Sleeper

Fired earthenware

Ariadne

Clay

A small loosely worked maquette of the ‘Ariadne’ sculpture, with the addition of a begging cup, from the paintings by De Chirico.

A bronze cast of a polystyrene cup stained with tea &amp; painted to look real with DART written on the bottom.

Cup D&rsquo;Art

Cups

A bronze cast of a polystyrene cup stained with tea & painted to look real with DART written on the bottom.

Cup D'Art

Salami with electronic equipment inside.

Salamis, (after Andrei Tarkovski)

Salamis & electronic equipment

A bronze cast of a figure curled up in a sleeping bag, painted to look real in purple with an orange lining.

At first sight this appears to be the form of a homeless sleeper. Wrapped in a sleeping bag cocoon, its title implies a wonderer living peripatetic life outside our cultural value systems. But the soft folds of the sleeping bag turn out to be hard metal, a painted bronze cast of this embarrassing cultural phenomenon. With uncompromising stillness the sculpture will never move or wander except at the behest of an art transport hoist. This image captured forever in the gallery, allows the viewer to wonder about lives led outside the ordinary; it gives them the power to stare.

Nomad

A bronze cast of a figure curled up in a sleeping bag, painted to look real in purple with an orange lining.

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube,each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water.

Bo&icirc;te de Source

Painted plywood

Packaging

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube,each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water.

Boîte de Source

A small loosely worked maquette of the ‘Ariadne’ sculpture from the paintings by De Chirico.

Reclining figure

A small loosely worked maquette of the ‘Ariadne’ sculpture from the paintings by De Chirico.

Three circular tea stains inside each other, getting increasingly smaller resembling a target.

Tea Target

Tea on paper

Stain

Work on paper

Three circular tea stains inside each other, getting increasingly smaller resembling a target.

Oil painting of a Flemish Stretcher Bond style brick wall, with bricks in varying tones of terracotta.

Oil painting of a Flemish Stretcher Bond style brick wall, with bricks in varying tones of terracotta.

A concrete cast of a small split tin loaf painted to look real with the words Succour, Sucker painted on the sides.

Succour, Sucker

Bread

A concrete cast of a small split tin loaf painted to look real with the words Succour, Sucker painted on the sides.

A concrete cast of a loaf of bread painted with a camouflage pattern in pink, maroon, blue and turquoise representing a range of natural mould colourations.

Mould Camouflage Bread

Camouflage

A concrete cast of a loaf of bread painted with a camouflage pattern in pink, maroon, blue and turquoise representing a range of natural mould colourations.

Concrete cast of a small split tin loaf with gold lettering 'Et In Arcadia Ego'.

et in arcadia ego

Painted cement & gold leaf 

Concrete cast of a small split tin loaf with gold lettering 'Et In Arcadia Ego'.

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube, each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water. (Volvic, Hyat, Buxton ,Valecrun &amp; Vittel)

Vittel

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube, each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water. (Volvic, Hyat, Buxton ,Valecrun & Vittel)

A framed picture of colonnades drawn on the back of an envelope.

The back of the envelope

Pen & pencil on recycled paper

A framed picture of colonnades drawn on the back of an envelope.

A Fauvist style painting of a glass of water Inspired by Rene Magrittes 'Vache' period paintings.

Vache glass

Magritte

A Fauvist style painting of a glass of water Inspired by Rene Magrittes 'Vache' period paintings.

A bronze cast of a polystyrene cup stained with tea &amp; painted to look real.

Nomadic Existence

Painting of a large steel nail with its shadow pointing to five o’clock on an ochre background.

Five o&rsquo;clock shadow (4)

Painting of a large steel nail with its shadow pointing to five o’clock on an ochre background.

Five o'clock shadow

An ink silhouette of Ariadne, based on the paintings of De Chirico.

The shadow of her former self

Acrylic ink on printed paper

An ink silhouette of Ariadne, based on the paintings of De Chirico.

A watercolour depicting a loaf of square white sandwich bread.

Daily bread (sandwich loaf)

Fourteen framed watercolours on paper

A watercolour depicting a loaf of square white sandwich bread.

A bronze cast of a polystyrene cup stained with tea and smudged finger prints &amp; painted to look real.

&lsquo;Spare Change for the Needy!&rsquo;

Homeless

A bronze cast of a polystyrene cup stained with tea and smudged finger prints & painted to look real.

'Spare Change for the Needy!'

A drawing of nine different eggs each with a pseudo scientific surface diagram inside.

Mathmatical enigma 

Human hair & ink on gold card

Eggs

A drawing of nine different eggs each with a pseudo scientific surface diagram inside.

An ink silhouette of Ariadne, based on the paintings of De Chirico

Her eclipse

An ink silhouette of Ariadne, based on the paintings of De Chirico

A watercolour depicting a loaf of harvest grain bread.

Daily bread (harvest grain)

A watercolour depicting a loaf of harvest grain bread.

Cast of a bronze polystyrene cup on plinth with painted tea stains on the inside and biro cross on the outside

Divine Insulation

Cast of a bronze polystyrene cup on plinth with painted tea stains on the inside and biro cross on the outside

A drawing of nine different eggs each with an ink thumbprint inside.

Following in the footsteps of Dali, Magritte and Manzoni, eggs recurs again and again in Gavin’s work as sculptural metaphors for the surreal philosophical puzzle; which came first, the chicken or egg? Symbols of life, of creation, of originality, fragility and mortality Turk’s eggs appear as surreal faces, as giant duck eggs, as broken shells depicting his signature and in liquid form as mayonnaise and egg tempura, while his “hare” eggs create mythical new hybrids altogether. Transforming eggs from the sacred to the profane, the pure to the parasitical, a symbol of creation to something created, Turk journeys from eggs to eggs cups to egg-cup shaped fonts as he explores the delicate relationship between life and death, art and artist.

Desert Island Scenario

Brillo Loaf

Fuit Hic

Nomadic Assistance

Rough Sleeper

Cup D'Art

Salamis, (after Andrei Tarkovski)

Nomad

Boîte de Source

Reclining figure

Tea Target

Fuit Hic

Succour, Sucker

Mould Camouflage Bread

et in arcadia ego

Vittel

The back of the envelope

Vache glass

Nomadic Existence

Five o'clock shadow

The shadow of her former self

Daily bread (sandwich loaf)

'Spare Change for the Needy!'

Mathmatical enigma

Her eclipse

Daily bread (harvest grain)

Divine Insulation

Piero's eggs

Reclining shadow

Daily bread (large bloomer)