Nick Turvey

For Your Safety & Security – Abundance 1 (detail)
2014. Vitrine, wallpaper, nylon and acrylic paint. 53 x 65 x 7 cm.

Marcel Duchamp suggested to Richard Hamilton that he produce his own versions of classical genres, prompting Hamilton’s 1970’s ‘Flowers and Shit’ series, to which I have responded with my own flower paintings.
Dear Leader – Shanghai
2014. Solid cast bronze, gold plated and enamel paint. Unique. 28 x 14 x 5 cm.

In granting the State a monopoly on violence, we become dependent on it. This totem of benign/malign authority melds Artemis of Ephesus with that latter-day avenging angel, the Tomahawk missile. Shanghai is one in an ongoing series of regional interpretations of the idea.
Dear Leader – Original Version
2014. Solid cast bronze and acrylic paint. Edition of 5. 28 x 14 x 5 cm.

In granting the State a monopoly on violence, we become dependent on it. This totem of benign/malign authority melds Artemis of Ephesus with that latter-day avenging angel, the Tomahawk missile.
Dear Leader – Kongo
2014. Solid cast bronze, cotton fabric, copper wire and coins. Unique. 28 x 14 x 5 cm.

In granting the State a monopoly on violence, we become dependent on it. This totem of benign/malign authority melds Artemis of Ephesus with that latter-day avenging angel, the Tomahawk missile. Kongo is one in an ongoing series of regional interpretations of the idea.
For Your Safety and Security
New Sculptures: Bugs, Warheads & Vitrines. Solo exhibition

Eleven Spitalfields Gallery

Curated by Peter Fleissig

4th July – 29th August 2014

11 Princelet Street
London E1 6QH

elevenspitalfields.com
020 7247 1816
Open Monday to Friday 12 -6, by appointment.
Dear Leader – Original Version (detail)
2014. Solid cast bronze and acrylic paint. Edition of 5. 28 x 14 x 5 cm.

In granting the State a monopoly on violence, we become dependent on it. This totem of benign/malign authority melds Artemis of Ephesus with that latter-day avenging angel, the Tomahawk missile.
For Your Safety & Security – Madras Violet (detail)
2014. Vitrine, wallpaper, nylon and acrylic paint. 53 x 65 x 7 cm.

Weaponised insects are camouflaged to blend in with floral wallpaper.
All Alone Together – Bunker 2
2013. Corrugated iron, branches, sandbags, earth, plywood, hessian, black fabric,woollen coats, bolts, wire, string. 515 x 260 x 260 cm.

Three sculptural installations – claustrophobic, defensive spaces reminiscent of military bunkers – were built in the gallery, and individuals and groups in Harlow invited to make use of them. Here is an opportunity to examine the meaning of selfhood and togetherness, developing the idea of a community art gallery as a place of meeting and action.
All Alone Together – Bunker 1
2013. Concrete, aggregate blocks, mortar, plywood. 275 x 210 x 135 cm.

Three sculptural installations – claustrophobic, defensive spaces reminiscent of military bunkers – have been built in the gallery, and individuals and groups in Harlow are invited to make use of them. Here is an opportunity to examine the meaning of selfhood and togetherness, developing the idea of a community art gallery as a place of meeting and action.
All Alone Together – Bunker 2
2013. Corrugated iron, branches, sandbags, earth, plywood, hessian, black fabric,woollen coats, bolts, wire, string. 515 x 260 x 260 cm.

Three sculptural installations – claustrophobic, defensive spaces reminiscent of military bunkers – have been built in the gallery, and individuals and groups in Harlow are invited to make use of them. Here is an opportunity to examine the meaning of selfhood and togetherness, developing the idea of a community art gallery as a place of meeting and action.
All Alone Together – Bunker 3
2013. Wood, plasterboard, plaster, carpet tiles, doors, hinges, handles, locks, security cameras, paint, nails, screws, electrical conduit, switches, sockets, light fixtures, table, chairs, intercom system. 610 x 510 x 260 cm.

Three sculptural installations – claustrophobic, defensive spaces reminiscent of military bunkers – have been built in the gallery, and individuals and groups in Harlow are invited to make use of them. Here is an opportunity to examine the meaning of selfhood and togetherness, developing the idea of a community art gallery as a place of meeting and action.
All Alone Together
Solo exhibition

Gibberd Gallery

19 June-23 August 2013

The Watergardens, Harlow, Essex

Three sculptural installations – claustrophobic, defensive spaces reminiscent of military bunkers – have been built in the gallery, and individuals and groups in Harlow are invited to make use of them. Here is an opportunity to examine the meaning of selfhood and togetherness, developing the idea of a community art gallery as a place of meeting and action.

Image: Bunkers 1,2 & 3
Interesting Times
Group exhibition

University of Leicester Botanic Garden

Curated by Almuth Tebbenhoff

July to October 2012

Image: ‘Everything Is Under Control’

One of two installations at ‘Interesting Times’
Everything Is Under Control
2012. Garden shed, fluorescent paint, barrier tape & fencing. 250 x 1000 x 1000 cm.

“Everything is under control. There is nothing to see. For your safety and security do not stop to take photographs. Please keep moving. There is no cause for concern. The appropriate authorities have been informed.”
Do I Know You?
2012. Sandbags, chipboard, steel spheres. 420 x 198 x 180 cm.

6th April – 3rd May 2012

ASC WindowSpace
Erlang House
128 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8EQ
Incarnate
Solo exhibition.

The Print Room

16th November – 17th December 2011

34 Hereford Road
London W2 5AJ
Relic
2011. Acacia wood. 168 x 27 x 25 cm.