Waitrose Granola, Domestos Bleach, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto, Waitrose Balsamic Vinegar

Oil on linen

Art History

Forgery

Vessels

Disguise

Painting

Yeo Valley Semi Skimmed Milk, Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Maggi Seasoning, Farm Shop Organic Free Range Eggs

Squeeze It Orange Drink, Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Stainswick Rapeseed Oil,  Ecover Toilet Cleaner, Ocado Ground Cinnamon, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto

Tesco Table Salt, Waitrose Granola, Varnish Carpet Shampoo, Squeeze It Orange Drink

Oil and acrylic on canvas

Thai Dragon Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce, Ecover Toilet Cleaner, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto, Stainswick Rapeseed Oil, Tesco Table Salt

Thai Dragon Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce, Ecover Toilet Cleaner, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto, Stainswick Rapeseed Oil, Tesco Table Salt,

Metaphysical Bottle

Bottles

Morandi Still Life 

Glass and mixed media

Maggi Seasoning, Waitrose Granola, Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Yeo Valley Semi Skimmed Milk

Crazy Jack Agave Syrup, Waitrose Granola, Thai Dragon Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce, Ecover Toilet Cleaner, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto 

Domestic

Domestos Original Bleach, Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Ocado Ground Cinnamon, Waitrose Granola, Waitrose Balsamic Vinegar

Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Ecover Toilet Cleaner, Squeeze It Orange Drink

Borsec Mineral Water, Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Waitrose Balsamic Vinegar, Crazy Jack Agave Syrup, Thai Dragon Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce

Yeo Valley Semi Skimmed Milk, Waitrose Granola, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto, Waitrose Balsamic Vinegar

Crazy Jack Agave Syrup, Bio & Me Nutty and Seedy Granola, Ocado Ground Cinnamon, Stainswick Rapeseed Oil, Scala Vegan Basil Pesto, Tesco Table Salt

Packaging

Maggi Seasoning, Astonish Bathroom Cleaner, Tesco Table Salt, Ocado Cinnamon Powder, Stainswich Farm Rapeseed Oil, Bio&Me Seedy and Nutty Granola 

With this anachronistic series of works Gavin Turk channels the spirit of Giorgio Morandi–inviting us to re-evaluate the disposable objects that remain awkwardly invisible in our consumer-driven world. The audience is encouraged to explore a curious juxtaposition, as empty containers from used products are elevated to classical models. Using restricted colour, form, and composition, as an acknowledgement of still life history within the Western Canon, these gentle provocations question our social nostalgia and contemporary values.

'It’s a kind of proto-realistic method that includes images of not only what we throw away but a genre of painting’

Initially pointing to antiquity as if containing an echo of a more innocent, bygone era, hidden stories start to be exposed as the shape of these contemporary vessels tell the story of consumerism, plastic and our addiction to fossil fuels. Referencing the present as well as the past, they serve as relics of our ever-evolving material culture. The design of the tabasco or olive oil bottles evoke the glass jars of the apothecary where once these elixirs would have been purchased, subconsciously instilling faith and worth in the product. This exploration of pathos and nostalgia serves as a reminder that in the detritus of our disposable culture, there exists elusive meaning that can unlock the clues to what we might actually wish to take forward into our future.

Ocado Cinnamon Powder, Stainswich Farm Rapeseed Oil, Yeo Valley Organic Semi Skimmed Milk, Bio&Me Seedy and Nutty Granola, Farm Shop Organic Free Range Eggs

With this anachronistic series of works Gavin Turk channels the spirit of Giorgio Morandi–inviting us to re-evaluate the disposable objects that remain awkwardly invisible in our consumer-driven world. The audience is encouraged to explore a curious juxtaposition, as empty containers from used products are elevated to classical models. Using restricted colour, form, and composition, as an acknowledgement of still life history within the Western Canon, these gentle provocations question our social nostalgia and contemporary values.'It’s a kind of proto-realistic method that includes images of not only what we throw away but a genre of painting’ Initially pointing to antiquity as if containing an echo of a more innocent, bygone era, hidden stories start to be exposed as the shape of these contemporary vessels tell the story of consumerism, plastic and our addiction to fossil fuels. Referencing the present as well as the past, they serve as relics of our ever-evolving material culture. The design of the tabasco or olive oil bottles evoke the glass jars of the apothecary where once these elixirs would have been purchased, subconsciously instilling faith and worth in the product. This exploration of pathos and nostalgia serves as a reminder that in the detritus of our disposable culture, there exists elusive meaning that can unlock the clues to what we might actually wish to take forward into our future.

With this anachronistic series of works Gavin Turk channels the spirit of Giorgio Morandi–inviting us to re-evaluate the disposable objects that remain awkwardly invisible in our consumer-driven world. The audience is encouraged to explore a curious juxtaposition, as empty containers from used products are elevated to classical models. Using restricted colour, form, and composition, as an acknowledgement of still life history within the Western Canon, these gentle provocations question our social nostalgia and contemporary values.

Farm Shop Organic Free Range Eggs

Eggs

Appropriation

Food

A Jackson Pollock style painting made from attempts of the Artists signature, repeated in various sizes and colours onto canvas.

Vulcan Worlds

Diamond dust and acrylic paint on canvas

Acrylic paint and diamond dust on canvas

Pollock

Signatures

A Jackson Pollock style painting made from attempts of the Artists signature, repeated in various sizes and colours onto canvas.

The Nubians of Plutonia

A print of the artists last name in the style of Robert Indiana&rsquo;s Love.

Turk Love

Silkscreen ink and metallic paint on canvas

Silkscreen

A print of the artists last name in the style of Robert Indiana’s Love.

A painting based on Magrittes

Ceci ne’st pas une pipe.

Ceci n&rsquo;est pas un l

Magritte

A painting based on Magrittes Ceci ne’st pas une pipe.

Ceci n'est pas un l

A print of the artist as Andy Warhol in black on a yellow background.

Fright Wig Yellow

A print of the artist as Andy Warhol in black on a yellow background.

An enlarged photocopy of the Queen's head side of 2p coin with a clay smear on the nose.

Small Brown Nose Queen

Clay on photocopied image

Money

Work on paper

An enlarged photocopy of the Queen's head side of 2p coin with a clay smear on the nose.

A page torn from an Andy Warhol catalogue, originally showing &lsquo;Do It Yourself Narcissus&rsquo; and &lsquo;Do It Yourself Flowers&rsquo;, altered by the Artist by painting over the image in various colours, as if a paint by numbers painting.

2 DIY Undone Painting

Watercolour on printed paper

Warhol

A page torn from an Andy Warhol catalogue, originally showing ‘Do It Yourself Narcissus’ and ‘Do It Yourself Flowers’, altered by the Artist by painting over the image in various colours, as if a paint by numbers painting.

A list of other artist’s names on paper as if the Artist had been practising forgeries. Signed by the Artist in bottom right corner.

This tiny drawing made on an index card, captures a moment in time very prescient to the next few years. It is an extremely minimalist list. A piece of poetry that becomes a drawing for some vast conceptual sculpture. An imaginary collage of Oeuvres. A mantra spoken in meditation. All named are male Caucasian artists, all reoccurring in the Artists work, all heroes, mentors, ghosts of the past, to cramp his style, give him history to shake off. To inspire him, to infuriate him, to enlighten him.

Beuys, Broodthears, de Chirico, Duchamp, Johns, Klein, Manzoni, Warhol

Coloured pencil on paperPrint of font

Beuys

Klein

A list of other artist’s names on paper as if the Artist had been practising forgeries. Signed by the Artist in bottom right corner.

A page torn from an Yves Klein catalogue, originally showing Klein&rsquo;s &lsquo;Requiem&rsquo;, altered by the Artist by turning the image on its side painted over it in red and white to represent the Union Jack flag.

Requiem

Oil on printed paper

Flags

A page torn from an Yves Klein catalogue, originally showing Klein’s ‘Requiem’, altered by the Artist by turning the image on its side painted over it in red and white to represent the Union Jack flag.