Gavin Turk (b 1967) is a British born, international artist. He has pioneered many forms of contemporary British sculpture now taken for granted, including the painted bronze, the waxwork, the recycled art-historical icon and the use of rubbish in art. Turkâs installations and sculptures deal with issues of authorship, authenticity and identity. Concerned with the âmythâ of the artist and the âauthorshipâ of a work, Turkâs engagement with this modernist, avant-garde debate stretches back to the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp.