Gavin Turk
Subtitle: letting go
By: essay by Deborah Curtis
Contributors: Reflex Modern Art Gallery
Publisher: Reflex Editions
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9789071848315
Subjects: Exhibitions; Refuse and refuse disposal in art
Other titles: Letting go
Description: British artist Gavin Turk's fascination with waste is a reoccurring theme throughout his body of work, exploring its aesthetic, function and value. Opening in October at Reflex Amsterdam, his new solo show features watercolours, painted bronze sculptures, and large silkscreen prints, which investigate the environmental consequences of human existence and consumer society. 'Climate is increasingly becoming a vital subject for artists as they hold their mirrors up to society,' says Turk who was arrested in 2018 for obstructing a public highway as part of the Extinction Rebellion climate change protest in London which saw thousands of people occupy five central London bridges. 'Being arrested was like laying down a marker, and enabled unity with movements such as Extinction Rebellion - to wake up politicians to the undeniable evidence that humans are responsible for a dramatic change in the world's ecosystem - and together to do something about it.' Exhibition: Reflex Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (19.10. - 24.12.2019).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Reflex Amsterdam, October 19-December 6, 2019.