This photograph draws on such portraits as Not to be Reproduced(La Reproduction Interdit, 1937), by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte, a significant influence on the work of Gavin Turk. At the time of the shoot Turk was working on his series Kerze, meticulously rendered still-lifes of recently extinguished candles based on Gerhard Richter’s renowned photorealist paintings.

Gavin Turk (b.1967) is a British-born, internationally renowned artist, who lives and works in London. He has pioneered many forms of contemporary British sculpture, including the painted bronze, the waxwork, the recycled art-historical icons, and the use of rubbish in art. Turk’s installations and sculptures deal with issues of authorship, authenticity, and identity. Concerned with the ‘myth’ of the artist and ontological questioning.

Turk was included in several YBA exhibitions and his work is held within public and private collections worldwide, including the TATE, Museum of Modern Art New York, Museum MMK Für Moderne Kunst, Musée Magritte Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

The following editioned prints of this photograph are available in Fuji Crystal lustre archival quality paper. Each print is personally checked for quality, signed, dated, and includes a signed certificate of authenticity.

9x12” Prints, edition of 50: £90 (exc. VAT)
17.5x24” Prints, edition of 20: £275 (exc. VAT)

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