5 Aug, 2010 @ 15:47
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Turner and Turk

THE works of renowned British artists William Turner and Gavin Turk are now on show in Spain.

Some 42 paintings by 19-Century Romantic landscape artist Turner are on display at Madrid’s Prado museum.

Titled Turner y los Maestros, the exhibition will also include works from Turner’s great rivals and inspirations, including Rubens, Rembrandt and Poussin.

Exhibit curator David Solkin described the painter’s work as an important precursor to impressionism and abstract art.

He added that Turner had the ability to take a landscape and use it to express a bigger theme.

Meanwhile, in Malaga’s Contemporary Art Centre, modern artist Gavin Turk has brought his innovative work to the museum.

His first Spanish solo exhibition, called En Face, will display 72 clay busts created at an interactive performance at Turk’s very own London studio.

Turk made his name during the 1990s as part of the ‘Young British Artists’ group.

The Turner exhibit will stay at the Prado until September 19, and Turk’s Malaga show will be open until September 12

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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