Seven Billion Two Hundred and One Million Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand and Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight

Turk, G (2014) Seven Billion Two Hundred and One Million Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand and Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight. The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK, 25 January - 21 April 2014.

Item Type: Exhibition
Creators: Turk, G
Abstract: Seven Billion Two Hundred and One Million Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand and Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight is the exact number of people who will be alive on Planet Earth at the precise moment Young British Artist Gavin Turk’s solo show opens at The Bowes Museum on January 24, 2014. His large scale neon light work will broadcast this number on The Bowes’s iconic chateau-style façade: a traversable portal through our fixed point of existence, to our future, the now, or our past.
Date: January 2014
Event Location: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK
Additional Locations: New Art Centre, Salisbury, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
Divisions: Bath School of Art, Film and Media
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Last Modified: 16 Oct 2023 09:02
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