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Artist: Elizabeth Turk
Marble & Idaho Green Quartzite 4
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Born in Pasadena and raised in Orange County, Elizabeth Turk earned her M.F.A. at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
In Turk’s work, the shape of the line is created by extreme loss. That is, the reductive process of carving creates a positive, fragile form in which the absence of the original material is a focus. Turk encourages us to consider how nature has shaped these organic materials long before the artist’s manipulation of them into new forms. When viewed as components in a complex natural system, their singular beauty and inherent mystery is revealed. Turk compels us to view works of art not only as objects to be coveted and collected, but also as expressions of the natural world and our evolving relation to it.
A recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2010), a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship (2010), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2011), Turk is internationally recognized for transforming her signature medium of marble into strikingly intricate objects that defy convention and challenge our preconceptions of what marble can do. Through the use of electric grinders, dental tools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Cuban Macaw
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum (black)
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Born in Pasadena and raised in Orange County, Elizabeth Turk earned her M.F.A. at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
In Turk’s work, the shape of the line is created by extreme loss. That is, the reductive process of carving creates a positive, fragile form in which the absence of the original material is a focus. Turk encourages us to consider how nature has shaped these organic materials long before the artist’s manipulation of them into new forms. When viewed as components in a complex natural system, their singular beauty and inherent mystery is revealed. Turk compels us to view works of art not only as objects to be coveted and collected, but also as expressions of the natural world and our evolving relation to it.
A recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2010), a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship (2010), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2011), Turk is internationally recognized for transforming her signature medium of marble into strikingly intricate objects that defy convention and challenge our preconceptions of what marble can do. Through the use of electric grinders, dental tools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hyacinth Macaw
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum, dark blue
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Metal
South Island Wren (Suspended)
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Walnut
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Born in Pasadena and raised in Orange County, Elizabeth Turk earned her M.F.A. at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
In Turk’s work, the shape of the line is created by extreme loss. That is, the reductive process of carving creates a positive, fragile form in which the absence of the original material is a focus. Turk encourages us to consider how nature has shaped these organic materials long before the artist’s manipulation of them into new forms. When viewed as components in a complex natural system, their singular beauty and inherent mystery is revealed. Turk compels us to view works of art not only as objects to be coveted and collected, but also as expressions of the natural world and our evolving relation to it.
A recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2010), a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship (2010), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2011), Turk is internationally recognized for transforming her signature medium of marble into strikingly intricate objects that defy convention and challenge our preconceptions of what marble can do. Through the use of electric grinders, dental tools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Alagoas Foliage-gleaner
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum (black)
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pinto's Spinetail
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum (gold)
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bush Wren (Model)
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
3D FDM print, ABS filament, with graphene-base white paint
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
ABS
Brace's Emerald (Model)
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Wood (Cherry, with silver leaf finish), 34 x 7 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bush Wren I
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Bronze
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carolina Parakeet
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum (black)
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Red-browed Parrot
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Anodized aluminum (green)
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Passage 23
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 22
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 21
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 20
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 19
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 18
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 17
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 16
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 15
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 14
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 13
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 12
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 11
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 10
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 8
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 7
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 6
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 5
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 4
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 2
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Passage 1
By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Turk Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Elizabeth Turk sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Elizabeth Turk sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Elizabeth Turk in metal, marble, stone and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Elizabeth Turk sculptures, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Melanie Yazzie, Matt Devine, and Jane B. Grimm. Elizabeth Turk sculptures prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,300 and tops out at $375,000, while the average work can sell for $70,000.