Painted blue and white stripes on paper drawing reminiscent of Breton striped sailor shirt.

Sailor Stripe

Acrylic ink on printed paper

Uniform

Gentleman Jim

Work on paper

Painted blue and white stripes on paper drawing reminiscent of Breton striped sailor shirt.

A framed muslin punk shirt made entirely of silk labels reading &lsquo;Gavin Turk 1997&rsquo;.

Hairshirt

Custom made silk labels & muslin in box frame

Punk

Signatures

Mixed Media

A framed muslin punk shirt made entirely of silk labels reading ‘Gavin Turk 1997’.

A framed muslin punk shirt with the Artist&rsquo;s signature across the front and a silk label reading &lsquo;Gavin Turk 1997&rsquo;, Punk Bunny I is a homage to the rebellious DIY spirit of punk, the artist's signature is taken off the canvas and onto torn piece of fabric artfully customised with the aid of zips into a shirt. An exemplary piece of DIY couture, this shirt no less a uniform than a military jacket. But is the shirt now art? Or is the artist now a punk? Or is has this shirt, like everything else these days, been commodified and, in its commodification, relegated both punk and art to the realm of the souvenir?

Punk Bunny II

Muslin, silk label, needle & thread

A framed muslin punk shirt with the Artist’s signature across the front and a silk label reading ‘Gavin Turk 1997’, Punk Bunny I

A framed muslin punk shirt with the Artist&rsquo;s signature across the front and a silk label reading &lsquo;Gavin Turk 1997&rsquo;, Punk Bunny I is a homage to the rebellious DIY spirit of punk, the artist's signature is taken off the canvas and onto torn piece of fabric artfully customised with the aid of zips into a shirt. An exemplary piece of DIY couture, this shirt no less a uniform than a military jacket. But is the shirt now art? Or is the artist now a punk? Or has this shirt, like everything else these days, been commodified and, in its commodification, relegated both punk and art to the realm of the souvenir?

Punk Bunny  I

Embroidery

Etching

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Found Object

Glass

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Painted Bronze

Painting

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Ready Made

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Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

David Nolan Gallery, New York

Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna

Maruani Mercier, Brussels & Knokke

Paul Stolper, London

Reflex, Amsterdam

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