Table of the Elements

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born in Cambridge, Adam Dant lives and works in London after studying Graphic Design at Liverpool School of Art (1987–90), and Fine Art and Printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London (1989–91). In 2002, he won First Prize in the Jerwood Drawing Prize, London. In 1995, Dant created the ‘Donald Parsnips Daily Journal’, an art world pamphlet, that appeared daily for five years. He is known for his "mockuments" – works based on floor plans of the Louvre, the National Gallery and Tate Britain, in which flowcharts lead from image to image to create a psycho-history of the institution being anatomized. Dant was the official Election Artist for the 2015 general election.

Places

England, London, Peter Jones Department Store, Chelsea

Subjects

wheelbarrow, padlock, accordion, piano, drum (as subject), camera, paintbrush, statue (as Subject), painting (as Subject), newspaper, ink pot/ink stand, book, cricket bat, topography, cat, donkey, seagull, man, woman, umbrella, fez (Headgear), shopping, hobby horse, gramophone, broom, lamp, hanger, plant pot, iron, radio, scissors, cup, frying pan, sieve, jug, mug, bottle, flask, teapot, bowl, barrage balloon, pistol, shop, balcony, escalator, sofa, bed, cradle, pillow, chair, commercial interior

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), ink, Ink drawing

Artist

Adam Dant (1967 - )

Title

Table of the Elements

Date

2007

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 202.50 cm, width: 152.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Hales Gallery, May 2007

Inscription

bl: Adam Dant 2007

Provenance

Hales Gallery

GAC number

18125