THIS IS NOT A BOOK ABOUT GAVIN TURK by Gavin Turk Fitzroviachapel have taken on the oil

have taken on the oil companies

whilst travelling there to document the harsh realities of existence

NY) started photographing the New York school of Abstracts Expressionist artists in the mid-fifties

I am the garden

has created a giant and febrile carapace that occupies the lawn in front of the gallery

THIS IS NOT A BOOK ABOUT GAVIN TURK by Gavin Turk Fitzroviachapel have taken on the oilFor those who might occasionally feel lost in the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, this playful tome offers bite sized, digestible texts as a way in to many of its themes and concerns, as seen through the work of one of the UKs best known artists. Gavin Turk one of the group of artists known in the British media as YBAs might seem a familiar figure to us, but how many of us really know or understand what we are looking at when we see a piece