American Tan XX (Gloss)

Location

Country: Other
City: storage

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.

Places

Subjects

sport, ear, head

Materials & Techniques

aluminium, household gloss paint, oil painting

Artist

Gary Hume (1962 - )

Title

American Tan XX (Gloss)

Date

2006-2007

Medium

Gloss paint on aluminium

Dimensions

height: 95.20 cm, width: 68.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from White Cube, October 2007

Inscription

verso: American tan. / XX / Gary Hume / 06/07

Provenance

White Cube, London

GAC number

18148