Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk is a conceptual artist whose sculpture deals with authorship, identity and the value of the everyday object. He studied at Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art. At his RCA degree show he exhibited only a blue heritage plaque marking that he had worked there. He is one of the Young British Artists, and his works include Pop, a waxwork of himself as Sid Vicious, painted bronze bin bags, and Nomad, a bronze sleeping bag.