armour › Nick Turvey

Dieu et Mon Droit
2014. Bronze resin and mixed media, plywood, paint and flag. 66 x 100 x 84 cm.

Edwin Landseer’s allegorical animal portraits are a great source of inspiration, as are Bernini’s illusionist textures. This snarling armoured car is a piece of contemporary heraldry, reflecting the sense of entitlement that power creates.
For Your Safety & Security
2014. Vitrines, wallpaper, nylon and acrylic paint. Each 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, infested with weaponised insects.
For Your Safety & Security – Eglantine 1
2014. Vitrine, wallpaper, nylon and acrylic paint. 70 x 75 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, infested with weaponised insects.
For Your Safety & Security – Eglantine 1 (detail)
2014. Vitrine, wallpaper, nylon and acrylic paint. 70 x 75 x 7 cm.
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.
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
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
Life Sentence
2011. Mixed Media. 120 x 110 x 80 cm.
War Baby
2010. Soapstone. 22 x 15 x 13 cm.
War Baby
2010. Soapstone. 22 x 15 x 13 cm.
War Baby
2010. Soapstone. 22 x 15 x 13 cm.
Anxiety
Jelly – 90 x 14 x 14 cm. – 2010

1:20 scale model of Polaris nuclear missile.