Funny Girl

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road

Gary Hume is one of the generation of ‘Young British Artists’ who rose to prominence in the late 1980s. He studied at Goldsmiths College in London from 1985 to 1988, participating in the landmark exhibition Freeze, curated by fellow student Damien Hirst. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1996 and in the same year represented Britain at the São Paulo Bienal. Two years later, he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. Since then he has had solo exhibitions at institutions across Europe, including the Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover, Tate Britain in London, Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Modern Art Oxford, and Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle, Belgium. Hume lives and works in London and Accord, New York.

People

unknown woman

Places

Subjects

female portrait, head, girl

Materials & Techniques

screenprint

Artist

Gary Hume (1962 - )

Title

Funny Girl

Portfolio Title

Portraits

Edition

6/36

Date

1998

Medium

Screenprint

Acquisition

Purchased from The Paragon Press, May 1998

Inscription

below image: FUNNY GIRL / Gary Hume

Provenance

The Paragon Press

GAC number

17321/5