Gavin TURK
L'Age d'Or (6 panels) cream white, 2018
painted bronze made to look real
364 x 156.5 x 120 cm
143 1/4 x 61 5/8 x 47 1/4 in
143 1/4 x 61 5/8 x 47 1/4 in
copyright the artist
Disembodied from any room, structure or building, this oversized painted wooden door, which appears from its peeling varnish, to have been left to the elements from some years, opens or...
Disembodied from any room, structure or building, this oversized painted wooden door, which appears from its peeling varnish, to have been left to the elements from some years, opens or closes (depending on which way you look at it) onto infinite possibilities and nothingness, alike. A playful homage to William Blake’s famous doors of perception and Rene Magrittes' painting 'La Victoire', visitors are invited to walk through Turk’s trompe l'oieil door into the enchanting realms of the imagination and beyond. As ever the work highlights philosphical contradictions and is a key work within Turk's Oeuvre.
Provenance
artist studio, London
private collection, Belgium