Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He often uses his own image in life-size sculptures of famous people. He was born in Guildford, near London, and went to the Royal College of Art. However, in 1991, the tutors refused to give him the final degree because of his show, called "Cave", which consisted of a whitewashed studio space, … Wikipedia
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And if the artist Gavin Turk has achieved nothing else with his two-week teach-in The Che Gavara (sic) Story, still meandering along in London's Shoreditch, he has charted the furthest windy crevices of that vacancy. www.guardian.co.uk/argentina/story/0,11439,621158,00.html...
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He's one of the original Young British Artists, but Gavin Turk is known as much for his pranks as his artworks. Now he's keeping his latest show under wraps. Is it just another joke, wonders Stuart Jeffries ... "The thing was," says Turk, "the galler arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1117589,00.html