His first oneperson exhibition in the united states, at matthew marks gallery in 1992, included five of his signature door paintings. This catalogue marks brice mardens first exhibition in london since 2000 and is notable for his indepth exploration of multiple varieties of terre verte. Oct 11, 2008 gary hume talks about stealing electricity, the boredom of painting hospital doors and why all he wants now is a little peace and quiet. Oct 27, 2017 no one would accuse gary humes paintings of being confessional or revealing. Gary hume artist, fine art prices, auction records for gary. Humes work, once referred to as the flower on the dunghill of british art, is an example of the decorative aesthetic in. The wonky wheel, the renowned british artist updates the genre of history painting for the twentyfirst century. Artist gary hume delivers spring 2015 alex katz chair in. Starting his artistic practice with his famous door paintings, lifesize representations of hospital doors, which he made from 1980s until 1993, later researching themes like a human body, portrait, nature, birds, flowers, etc.
There are books on birds and flowers picked up on humes frequent trips. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. His work up until 1993 was in the form of large rectangular paintings reminiscent of hospital swing doors. Red barn door was painted in humes house and studio in upstate new york, a place he tends to visit annually each summer, and continues the strand of transatlantic romance that the art historian david anfam identified in humes series of paintings and sculptures exhibited in 2007 under the title american tan david anfam, american. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the. These paintings were made early in humes career, as part of his door series. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Young british artist gary hume came to prominence in the early 1990s with his door paintings, a series of lifesized paintings of hospital doors. Saatchi bought two of humes door paintings and commissioned four more. They were a fashionable blurring of the boundaries between image and object, and. Gary hume the sister troop 2009 available for sale. Why did you end up asking other people to choose the colours for the door paintings. While humes paintings have always emphasised their luscious surfaces and simplified forms, many are infused with a melancholic beauty. Gary hume a cat on a lap signed art book javascript seems to be disabled in your browser.
Although known as the quiet man of the yba generation, english artist gary hume is anything but reserved. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. Humes work is strongly identified with the yba who came to prominence in the early 1990s. British artist gary hume is known for his brightlycolored, minimalist paintings, which are usually figurative, yet highly reduced and abstracted. He studied at liverpool polytechnic and then goldsmiths college, london where he became associated with the young british artists ybas group in the late 1980s. To date, he has created more than 50, 18 of which have been gathered for the oxford show. Gary hume art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Gary humes hospital doors are a tonic at new tate britain show. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. This movement, also known as the brit artists or britart movement, and consists of a wide variety of artists, many of whom graduated with. Hume first received critical acclaim with his door paintings which attracted the attention of collector charles saatchi. Gary hume was born in 1962, a remarkable figure of british neopop art. Gary hume artist, fine art prices, auction records for.
Young british artist gary humes work sells for thousands. Yet gary humes door paintings are much more than dumb. Gary hume botanical drawings book cover art new print silkscreen geraniums figure painting flower prints art inspo. The work of renowned painter and sculptor gary hume is characterised by his invigorating combinations of coloured gloss. On the eve of a solo show at tate britain, he talks about his agent. While hume s paintings have always emphasised their luscious surfaces and simplified forms, many are infused with a melancholic beauty. Gary hume museum exhibition catalogues, monographs, artists projects, curatorial writings and essays in this era, as consciousness dissolves rapidly into a hazy, global network of jiggling pictures, hume s paintings, in their wry idiosyncrasy, stand for the vestigial physical residue of personal privacy. Gary hume s painting seduces often by being beautiful. Its like making a garden gary hume ra on printmaking he shot to fame as a painter, but for the past 20 years gary hume ra has also made prints. A graduate of goldsmiths college, london in 1988, gary hume is known for brightly colored figurative and abstract paintings made on aluminum panels.
Rendered in a seductive palette of pink, white and gold, with a single trace of deep red marking its surface, gary humes bird on a branch is a work of sumptuous elegance and formal precision. Gary hume born 1962 first found acclaim in london in the late 1980s, when his bold paintings of hospital doors, rendered at lifesize scale in highgloss. Gary hume creates paintings with distinctive colour palettes, reduced imagery, and rich surfaces. Gary hume a leading figure of british artists who emerged in the 1990s in london, gary hume is best known for his abstract and figurative works painted in striking gloss colour combinations on aluminium panels. Open doors, swinging doors and melamine institutional doors all mark the early work of painter gary hume as variations on a theme colourfully demonstrating the inventive imagination of the artist.
His earliest notable works are his door paintings, lifesize representations of hospital doors. Gary hume is best known for his figurative and abstract paintings on. He came to fame on the crest of the young british artists emerging in the late 1980s, but is often described as the. Hume s work is strongly identified with the yba who came to prominence in the early 1990s. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Window painting from windows paintings work on paper. Exuberantly embracing kitsch, hume straddles the line between representation and abstraction, painting with highgloss paints on aluminum panels to create vibrant color contrasts and.
Gary hume botanical drawings book cover art new print best artist silkscreen geraniums figure painting flower prints. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by gary hume. Oct 31, 2010 gary hume born 1962 first found acclaim in london in the late 1980s, when his bold paintings of hospital doors, rendered at lifesize scale in highgloss hardware store paints on aluminum panels, drew much attention and ushered hume into the ranks of the young british artists. As one of the leading young british artists ybas, his work was featured in damien hirsts freeze and charles saatchis sensation exhibitions and he has exhibited internationally since, becoming best known for vibrant, largescale paintings. Gary hume, born in kent, england, is a contemporary painter and is considered to be a part of the young british artists yba movement. Gary hume is renowned for paintings distinguished by a bright palette, reduced imagery and flat areas of seductive colour. Gary hume young british artist gary hume came to prominence in the early 1990s with his door paintings, a series of lifesized paintings of hospital doors. Seemingly abstract compositions, rendered in highgloss, commercial house paint, inspired by the institutional, swing doors of st. Hume emerged onto the british art scene with his door paintings, large monochrome paintings inspired by hospital doors, in the now legendary freeze exhibition. Hume first received critical acclaim with a body of work known as the door. Water painting was created in 1999 by gary hume in neopop art style.
Art and illustration floral illustrations collage design collage art design art gary hume royal academy of arts motif floral cool artwork. These proved a critical success, being shown in germany and the united states, as well as attracting the attention of collector charles saatchi. No one would accuse gary humes paintings of being confessional or revealing. Limited edition of and exclusive to tate to go alongside the summer exhibition at tate britain. His first group exhibitions were held that year at karsten schubert ltd, london and in freeze. He attended and graduated from goldsmiths college in 1988. Theres a dumb poetry in the image of the shut door. British artist gary hume born 1962 first found international fame in the early 1990s, with his series of bold, abstract door paintings. The painted doors of girl boy, boy girl poke faces out at the viewer if stared at long enough. Rather his glossy, reductive aesthetic and treatment of everyday objects carry a certain artistic and contemplative gravitas that firmly cements a place among the high energy style of the young british artists ybas. I didnt want to invest meaning in the colours, so i thought, well, why dont i ask a friend. Sep 07, 2002 gary glitter, mr sheen, pretty vacant.
Includes biography, selected works, books, posters and associated exhibitions. Hume s work was included in the 1997 sensation exhibition, a touring show of saatchis collection. Brice marden has furthered the traditions of abstraction with his exploration of. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Hume favors bold shapes, flat planes of color, high gloss paint, and reflective surfaces. Gary hume is a contemporary english artist best known for his stylized depictions of everyday objects using highgloss industrial paint. While hume s paintings have always emphasized their luscious surfaces and simplified forms, many are infused with a melancholic beauty. Artwork page for water painting, gary hume, 1999 gary hume traces the multiple overlapping outlines of female nudes from photographs and magazines. Gary hume new art upclose 1 the internationally renowned british painter gary hume is the subject of the first title in our new art upclose series the book illustrates 29 carefully selected artworks spanning humes career, including important works from his early door and rome series, his later garden, water, and portrait paintings, and his more recent flower series. Young british artist gary hume came to prominence in the early with his door pa capital, by gary hume. Humes work was included in the 1997 sensation exhibition, a touring show of saatchis collection. Find more prominent pieces of figurative at best visual art database. Gary hume is best known for his figurative and abstract paintings on aluminum panels, which often feature startling color combinations made with premixed household paints. Gary hume born 1962 first found acclaim in london in the late 1980s, when his bold paintings of hospital doors, rendered at life.
These minimal, abstract compositions eventually evolved into more fluid, lyrical imagery, often employing found images of celebrities including michael jackson and animals. Gary hume museum exhibition catalogues, monographs, artists projects, curatorial writings and essays in this era, as consciousness dissolves rapidly into a hazy, global network of jiggling pictures, humes paintings, in their wry idiosyncrasy, stand for the vestigial physical residue of personal privacy. The bird has a yellow beak doors series english and german edition schneider, eckhard, heymer, kay, hume, gary, sagmeister, rudolf on. Flashback traces a path from humes early works to the present day, including some outstanding early acquisitions of his paintings by the arts council collection as well as key works from the artists own collection. It is an image of closure and impenetrability which still manages to allude to the idea of something beyond withheld, unseen, absent. Hume first achieved critical acclaim in the early 1990s for his series doors, lifesized paintings of institutional doors. Created as part of the artists one of a thousand drawings series, made for and exhibited at whitechapel gallery, london november 27th, 1999 to january 23, 2000.
Jun 14, 2008 with their formal simplicity, and subtle suggestions of exits and death, hume s door paintings proved a hit. States, at matthew marks gallery in 1992, included five of his signature door paintings. Following his first solo show at karsten schubert, london, in 1989, he rapidly established an international reputation, exhibiting in numerous significant group exhibitions throughout the 1990s. Gary stewart hume ra born 9 may 1962 is an english artist. With their formal simplicity, and subtle suggestions of exits and death, humes door paintings proved a hit.
Amy macpherson visits him at the ra schools print workshop ahead of his selling show in the keepers house. Hume has become known for depicting everyday subjects using highgloss industrial paints. Click download or read online button to get gary hume book now. Currently showing at matthew marks gallery are paintings by british artist gary hume. As one of the leading young british artists ybas, his work was featured in damien hirsts freeze and charles saatchis sensation exhibitions and he has exhibited internationally since, becoming best known for vibrant, large. It has to work on the plane for the painting to be successful g. On wednesday, may, internationally renowned british artist gary hume will deliver the cooper union s chool of arts spring 2015 alex katz chair in painting lecture. Brice marden paul hills, noah dillon, tim marlow, brice marden, gary hume on.
Theyll give me all these colours back and say, this is the history of my life, and ill say, great, ill paint it. Gary hume by cotter, suzanne, lawson, thomas, nairne, andrew 2008 hardcover suzanne, lawson, thomas, nairne, andrew cotter on. He was playing on the architectural associations of big abstracts. Twenty years ago, young british artist gary humes hospital doors caused a storm but can they now. Humes door paintings of this decadelifesize representations of hospital doorsproved to be a critical success, attracting the attention of the collector charles. Hume lives and works in london and accord, new york. Gary hume paintings for sale gary hume art value price guide.
Known for emerging onto the london art scene in the 1990s with his door paintings, humes latest work evokes the rural environment of his studio space. The first set he painted were based on the geometric patterns and shapes of the doublehinged swing doors at st bartholemews hospital in east london, with porthole windows and kick or push plates below them. Hume first received critical acclaim with a body of work known as the door paintings. Door paintings seemingly abstract compositions, rendered in highgloss, commercial house paint, inspired by the institutional, swing doors of st. Given that he is now proud of the door paintings, why. Doors are collaged in a montage for my guernica, which works as a minimalist mosaic. Humes work, once referred to as the flower on the dunghill of british art, is an example of the decorative aesthetic in contemporary painting. There arent many people who could put a face to gary hume, even if they.
Hang an original gary hume on the wall with one of his windows paintings, all individually handpainted and signed by the artist. Twenty years later, yardwork features recent paintings and sculpture completed by gary hume in his upstate new york. How to paint a door, one of gary humes giant door paintings pic. While humes paintings have always emphasized their luscious surfaces and simplified forms, many are infused with a melancholic beauty. Gary hume graduated from goldsmiths college, london in 1988. The paintings each act as a stand alone piece and are in a bright yellow frame. Gary humes hospital doors are a tonic at new tate britain. Part ii, at surrey docks, london following his first solo show at karsten schubert ltd, london 1989 he rapidly established an international reputation, exhibiting in numerous significant group exhibitions throughout the.
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