Gary Hume
dal 2/2/2012 al 14/4/2012
Segnalato da
2/2/2012
Gary Hume
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
Flashback is a major series of monographic touring exhibitions from the Arts Council Collection. Taking as its starting point the Collection's founding principle of supporting emerging artists through the purchase of their work, the series showcases British artists of world renown whose works were acquired early on by the Collection.
‘The best thing that’s happened in 20 years is what I’ve learnt - that I absolutely love moving paint about. That’s all I care about. All I want to do.’ - Gary Hume, Flashback catalogue 2012
Gary Hume is one of Britain’s most important contemporary artists. He first gained international recognition in the early 1990s for his series of bold, abstract ‘door paintings’ which were based on the actual doors of St Bartholomew’s hospital in London. He was a key figure in the new YBA generation of British artists, and was included in the renowned Freeze exhibition in London’s docklands in 1988. His reputation grew throughout the following decade, as he was selected to represent Britain at the Bienal de São Paulo (1996) and the Venice Biennale (1999), as well as being shortlisted for the Turner Prize (1996). Since then, he has continually reinvented himself, producing new and innovative series of paintings and sculptures. His subjects have included flowers, birds, snowmen and nudes, all painted in household gloss paint. As Dave Hickey states in the exhibition catalogue, Hume paints ‘the suburban sublime’. However, the paintings’ beautiful surfaces and colours often belie a lingering melancholy, and his recent American Tan series, based on cheerleaders, reveals an acute awareness of the pervasive power of America culture.
Flashback is a major series of monographic touring exhibitions from the Arts Council Collection. Taking as its starting point the Collection’s founding principle of supporting emerging artists through the purchase of their work, the series showcases British artists of world renown whose works were acquired early on by the Collection. The Arts Council Collection was formed in 1946 and is managed by the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre in London. It is the largest loan collection of modern and contemporary British art.
For more information about the Arts Council Collection, please visit www.artcouncilcollection.org
Image: HUME, American Tan VI (Bronze) 2006-07
Leeds City Art Gallery
The Headrow LS1 3AA - Leeds