Andy Warhol Self-Portrait with Hands Around Neck

Location

Country: Other
City: storage

This complex work deals with artistic identity and authenticity. Its title derives from Gavin Turk's incorporation of a recycled frame once used by Andy Warhol in 1978. It is one of several works by Turk that incorporates picture frames previously used by other artists. Turk's signature is inscribed into the glass, and beneath it is its ephemeral shadow. At bottom right is a third signature. All three signatures indicate his authorship, and constitute the work itself. Signatures bring artistic identity and value to a work of art, and this piece examines this relationship between object and maker. Ironically, as his own reputation has increased, Turk's signature works are now collectable precisely because they are 'Turks'.

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Subjects

painter, male portrait, self-portrait, conceptual art, text-based work, neck, hand, man

Materials & Techniques

acrylic (paint), canvas, chinagraph pencil, mixed media (art object), acrylic painting, perspex box, recycled, frame (as art object component)

Artist

Gavin Turk (1967 - )

Title

Andy Warhol Self-Portrait with Hands Around Neck

Date

2002

Medium

Acrylic on canvas, in recycled frame, perspex box, chinagraph pencil

Dimensions

height: 54.60 cm, width: 46.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Paul Stolper, January 2003

Inscription

br of canvas: Gavin Turk '02

Provenance

Paul Stolper Ltd., London

GAC number

17757