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Turk, G (2014) A. Ben Brown Gallery, Hong Kong, China, 13 September - 15 November 2014.

Item Type:	Exhibition
Creators:	Turk, G
Abstract:	On 13 September 2014, Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong opened the first solo exhibition of works by Gavin Turk in Asia. The exhibition included a new trompe l’oeil sculpture, a room of neon works, and a room dedicated to his ‘after’ Warhol series. Inspired by a recent visit to Hong Kong, Turk created a Styrofoam box sculpture especially for this exhibition, adding to his infamous trompe l’oeil sculpture series in which he casts a substantial bronze sculpture from a seemingly ephemeral object and then paints it to further obfuscate the true materiality of the piece. In this case, Turk chose a polystyrene container commonly used to transport fish in Hong Kong’s wet markets, thus elevating a familiarly banal object to an undeniably significant piece of art, pushing the viewer to take notice of the form and function of the object.
Official URL:	http://www.benbrownfinearts.com/exhibitions/86/ove...
Date:	September 2014
Event Location:	Ben Brown Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Number of Pieces:	27
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture N Fine Arts > ND Painting N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Divisions:	Bath School of Art, Film and Media
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2015 11:07
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2021 09:39

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