Take two paintings by the same artist, one has a signature and the other doesn't. The signed picture is generally more valuable. The signature is almost graffiti or a tagging system, yet it can become more important than the subject. — Gavin Turk Copy Share Image
The artist has the power to signoff the work by deconstructing the work itself: I've finished this work now and I'll sign it and relegate the painting to simply something that services my signature. The painting becomes the colorful backdrop… — Gavin Turk Copy Share Image
When I was in college I thought of making up a fictive artist and giving him a name and a body of work. Eventually… — Gavin Turk Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever really decided I was an artist. I went to college to learn how to think and look at art.… — Gavin Turk Copy Share Image
Take two paintings by the same artist, one has a signature and the other doesn't. The signed picture is generally more valuable. The signature… — Gavin Turk Copy Share Image
The artist has the power to signoff the work by deconstructing the work itself: I've finished this work now and I'll sign it and… — Gavin Turk Copy Share Image
