Gary hume door paintings books

Gary hume 1st edition by suzanne cotter, thomas lawson, andrew nairne, allia ali isbn. Saatchi bought two of hume s door paintings and commissioned four more. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Gary hume 19 artworks painting visual art encyclopedia. Gary hume is best known for his figurative and abstract paintings on. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Gary hume paintings for sale gary hume art value price guide. Gary hume is a british artist whose membership of the notorious young british artists yba movement in the 1990s first brought his paintings to public attention. He came to fame on the crest of the young british artists emerging in the late 1980s, but is often described as the. Thats a hospital door the institution of the hospital wont care whether im gary hume the artist or gary hume the dustman. Born in 1962, gary hume emerged as one of the leading figures of the group of young artists working in london in the 1990s, known as the ybas. Hume selected a group of 12 of his portrait paintings to make as screenprints, feeling that this process most closely resembled his ten painting style with its flat dense areas of colour.

They appear abstract, and yet they accurately represent real doors. Gary hume born 1962 first found acclaim in london in the late 1980s, when his bold paintings of hospital doors, rendered at life. Gary hume is a contemporary english artist best known for his stylized depictions of everyday objects using highgloss industrial paint. Humes first oneperson exhibition at matthew marks gallery, in 1992, his first in the united states, included five of his signature door paintings. He usually uses a single colour, and incorporates circles, squares and rectangles to represent the windows and panels of actual doors. Two were rejected and the final portfolio comprised 10 works. Door paintings seemingly abstract compositions, rendered in highgloss, commercial house paint, inspired by the institutional, swing doors of st. 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.

These paintings were made early in humes career, as part of his door series. Artwork page for water painting, gary hume, 1999 gary hume traces the multiple overlapping outlines of female nudes from photographs and magazines. Gary hume a cat on a lap signed art book javascript seems to. Oct 31, 2003 you can go through it it under half an hour. Hume s work, once referred to as the flower on the dunghill of british art, is an example of the decorative aesthetic in contemporary painting. Hume explains his working methodology and philosophy, his move from door paintings to current work styles and the explanatory notes on the works illustrated provide further information that is worth reading. Hume s work is strongly identified with the yba artists who came to prominence in the early 1990s. They were a fashionable blurring of the boundaries between image and object, and. Gary hume is recognized today as a key figure in the yba young british art movement that emerged in the 1990s in london. Hume emerged onto the british art scene with his door paintings, large monochrome paintings inspired by hospital doors, in the now legendary freeze exhibition. Hes also the subject of our latest exclusive print offer. Gary hume was born in 1962 and studied at goldsmiths college in london, subsequently becoming associated with the ybas.

Hume s work was included in freeze, a damien hirst exhibition, and east country yard, a warehouse exhibition that included works by henry bond and sarah lucas. 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 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. Jan 23, 2012 stand right in front of gary humes sumptuously bold, bright, glossy art at white cube in hoxton square and masons yard and youll find subtleties that you never expected, says alastair sooke. Gary hume forthcoming, in stock, and outofprint title information on museum exhibition catalogs, art monographs, and international books from the artbook d. Gary hume is best known for his highly stylized pictorial depictions of everyday objects, celebrities and animals gary hume love loves unlovable, 1994 the kitsch and style of gary hume.

In 1996, hume was nominated for the turner prize, but lost out to douglas gordon. Stripping his subjects of inessentials allows him to highlight their most compelling details and to create subtle displacements and deformities that slightly. Gary hume interview contemporary art books on gary hume. Later monographic shows of humes work were organised at the kestnergesellschaft, hannover, and the kunsthaus bregenz, austria, in 2004, and modern art oxford mounted a survey show of his door paintings in 2008. While hume s paintings have always emphasized their luscious surfaces and simplified forms, many are infused with a melancholic beauty. Hume, gary gary hume was born in 1962 and studied at goldsmiths college in london, subsequently becoming associated with the ybas. There arent many people who could put a face to gary hume, even if they. Gary hume a cat on a lap signed art book javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. 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. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Hume first received critical acclaim with a body of work known as the door.

Although known as the quiet man of the yba generation, english artist gary hume is anything but reserved. His first oneperson exhibition in the united states, at matthew marks gallery in 1992, included five of his signature door paintings. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Gary hume magda, 52 x 36 inches printed on 410 gsm somerset tubsized satin published in 2012 in an edition of print is signed by the artist and numbered on the reverse. He attended and graduated from goldsmiths college in 1988. Gary hume graduated from goldsmiths college, london in 1988. Seemingly abstract compositions, rendered in highgloss, commercial house paint, inspired by the institutional, swing doors of st. Young british artist gary hume came to prominence in the early 1990s with his door paintings, a series of lifesized paintings of hospital doors. Gary hume art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Hume, known for painting minimalist pictures in bright colors, wanted a. Hume abandoned doors in the mid1990s, turning to paintings in household gloss paint on. In the 80s, gary hume became a star of the young british art yba movement virtually overnight. Christopher farr, the british carpet designer, met gary hume in the mid90s.

Featuring essays by thomas lawson and suzanne cotter, this fully illustrated catalogue offers the chance to consider gary s hume s paintings from a broad and compelling perspective. Hume first achieved critical acclaim in the early 1990s for his series doors, lifesized paintings of institutional doors. After graduating from goldsmiths college, london, in 1988, he achieved early success with paintings based on hospital doors, rendered with gloss on panel and displayed in groups of four. Gary hume windows, 20 framed painting on paper so. Like many of his fellow ybas, hume integrated aspects of ordinary life into his artworks with an antiestablishment, rebel spirit that breathed new life into the then floundering british art. Artwork page for incubus, gary hume, 1991 this is one of a number of paintings which hume based on swing doors found in hospitals. Gary hume windows, 20 framed painting on paper so limited edition new. This is one of a number of paintings which hume based on swing doors found in hospitals.

Hume showed his door paintings, which were inspired by a bupa billboard he saw criticising the nhs, and were based on. Gary hume by suzanne cotter 20080620 suzanne cotter. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. By the midnineties, hume and friends were the toast of britains cultural scene. 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 lives and works in london and accord, new york. Click download or read online button to get gary hume book now. For the british pavilion at the venice biennale 1999, he produced the water paintings, largescale works of multiple, overlapping line drawings of nudes punctuated by flat areas of color. May 24, 2001 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. Cerith, gary hume artists collection british council. Gary humes door paintings are enjoyably offthewall.

Gary stewart hume ra born 9 may 1962 is an english artist. Humes work, once referred to as the flower on the dunghill of british art, is an example of the decorative aesthetic in contemporary painting. Catalog 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. The work of renowned painter and sculptor gary hume is characterised by his invigorating combinations of coloured gloss. Twenty years after their first appearance, gary hume. Saatchi bought two of humes door paintings and commissioned four more. So he began doing paintings of doors, complete with porthole windows and kickplates.

To date, he has created more than 50, 18 of which have been gathered for the oxford show. Gary hume begging for it contemporary art begging for it 1994 gloss paint on panel 200 x 150 cm x gary hume gary hume begging for it, 1994 gloss paint he is a psychoanalyst and a founding member of the centre for freudian analysis and research. In hindsight, there is a certain irony in the fact that paintings of closed doors would eventually open doors for the artist who made them. Young british artist gary humes work sells for thousands, but life. Hume s work is strongly identified with the yba who came to prominence in the early 1990s. British artist gary hume born 1962 first found international fame in the early 1990s, with his series of bold, abstract door paintings. Amy macpherson visits him at the ra schools print workshop ahead of his selling show in the keepers house. These minimal, abstract compositions eventually evolved into more fluid, lyrical imagery, often employing found images of. Using imagery as diverse as polar bears, snowmen and supermodels, hume turns ephemera into portraits and abstract landscapes the paintings are simplistic yet engaging and blend a charming naivety with a highly sophisticated grasp of the colour wheel, all of which cements humes position as one of britains most celebrated contemporary.

Gary hume creates paintings with distinctive color palettes, reduced imagery, and rich surfaces. Gary hume is known for figurative and abstract paintings on aluminum panels, which often feature startling color combinations made with paints purchased premixed from a hardware store. Hume will show just 24 paintings from 20 years of work, one of which a nod to his breakthrough series of door paintings from 1988 will be a painted on to the actual doors. Featuring essays by thomas lawson and suzanne cotter, this fully illustrated catalogue offers the chance to consider garys humes paintings from a broad and compelling perspective.

Gary hume by suzanne cotter editor, thomas lawson, andrew nairne online at alibris. Gary hume talks about stealing electricity, the boredom of painting hospital doors and why all he wants now is a little peace and quiet. In many ways the key figure of the famous young british artist moment, gary hume is an english author best known for his highly stylized pictorial depictions of everyday objects created with highgloss industrial paint. Gary hume begging for it contemporary art gary hume, begging for it 1994 gloss paint on panel 200 x 150 cm gary hume begging for it, 1994 gloss paint he is a psychoanalyst and a founding member of the centre for freudian analysis and research. Heres flowers is a portfolio of eight linocuts published by charles booth clibborn under his imprint, the paragon press, london. Gary hume has 12 books on goodreads with 276 ratings. States, at matthew marks gallery in 1992, included five of his signature door paintings. Sep 07, 2002 gary glitter, mr sheen, pretty vacant. 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 hume s career, including important works from his early door and rome series, his later garden, water, and portrait paintings, and his more recent flower series. But unlike several of his yba contemporaries, hume avoided much of the extreme partying and tabloid notoriety that characterized the movement throughout the. Flashback 2012, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. This particular booklet is on gary hume, a prominent yba. Jun 14, 2008 with their formal simplicity, and subtle suggestions of exits and death, hume s door paintings proved a hit. I used house paint in an institutional colour, magnolia, which is a colour of no choice it was about democratic use of the symbol of the door.