A major exhibition examining concepts of ‘risk’ is running at the Turner Contemporary showcasing works by international artists.

Pivotal works on show include installations from global names such as Marcel Duchamp, Marina Abramovic, Fischli & Weiss, Ai Weiwei, Yoko Ono and JMW Turner.

Installations follow a common theme in which their creators have sought to discover what happens when art and risk collide.

Curators at the Margate gallery have selected pieces through which the artists have “intentionally embraced the unpredictable and uncontrollable – from chance procedures to political risk; from the power of natural forces to the culture of risk management.”

Francis Alÿs runs into the eye of a tornado, Bas Jan Ader sails out to sea in search of the miraculous to tragically never return and ORLAN undergoes plastic surgery.

Marina Abramovic points a a bow and arrow at her own heart; Pedro Reyes creates musical instruments out of firearms, while Ruth Proctor freefalls in the gallery.

According to the gallery, visitors can: “Walk into a physical, audio, intellectual and emotional unknown with over 60 pivotal works from the mid-20th century to the present day.”

They add: “Creating any art involves a leap of faith, and throughout the last century artists have put themselves at risk and challenged viewers, reflecting on what risk means in our society and daily lives.

“Now it’s your turn to enter the gallery at your own Risk.”

Risk, which runs until January, was launched at a private viewing last night.

Featured artists: Marina Abramovic, Bas Jan Ader, Francis Alÿs, Eduardo Basualdo, Chris Burden, Sophie Calle, Paolo Canevari, Chim↑Pom, José Dávila, Jeremy Deller, Juan delGado, Marcel Duchamp, Tim Etchells, Harun Farocki, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Simon Faithfull, Félix González-Torres, Eva Hesse, Jeppe Hein, Thomas Heatherwick, Carsten Höller, Peter Kennard, Yves Klein, Kris Martin, Linda Matalon, Robert Morris, Yoko Ono, ORLAN, Heather Phillipson, Ruth Proctor, Gerhard Richter, Santiago Sierra, Gregor Schneider, JMW Turner, Ai Weiwei, Lucy Wood, Artur Zmijewski

Turner Contemporary is working in collaboration with the Organizing Disaster research project at Goldsmiths College, London and with independent curator Francesca Laura Cavallo for the exhibition.

This collaboration is supported by the European Research Council Starting Grant called Organizing Disaster. Civil Protection and the Population.

Risk runs from Saturday, October 10 to Sunday, January 17, 2016. For details go www.turnercontemporary.org