The two works by Gavin Turk in the SLG collection demonstrate two approaches deployed by Turk in his deliberations into the nature of authorship, originality and authenticity: the self-conscious creation of the ‘myth’ of the artist, conveyed in the self portrait, Portrait of Something that I’ll Never Really See, 1997; and the playful interventions and performances that parody works by other artists.
Gavin Turk
Portrait of Something That I’ll Never Really See, 1997
![A head of a man with his eyes closed.](https://www.southlondongallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Gavin-Turk-Portrait-of-Something-that-Ill-Never-Really-See-956x960.jpg)
Gavin Turk, Portrait of Something I'll Never Really See, 1997, C-type colour print