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This painting belongs to a series of Door paintings which Hume had begun during his final year at Goldsmiths College. Inspired by the familiar institutional swing doors found in hospitals, he faithfully reproduced their limited characteristics such as window area, raised panelling and finger plate onto the surface of high reflective paintings, using household gloss on canvas and later wooden panels, He chose the insipid colours of the housepainter's palette to reinforce the anonymity of his subject. He later used alternative colours to highlight the different sections and features of the doors, introducing an element of patterning. In common with artists of his generation he took a familiar everyday object and made it the subject of an artwork of minimal appearance.
New Voices New Works from the British Council Collection, The British Council 1992
- Accession Number P6092
- Dimensions 216 X 155
- Media MIXED MEDIA ON PVC PANEL WITH WOOD VENEER
Glossary (2)
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Canvas
A piece of cloth woven from flax, hemp or cotton fibres. The word has generally come to refer to any piece of firm, loosely woven fabric used to paint on. Its surface is typically prepared for painting by priming with a ground.
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Painting
Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.
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Past exhibitions
UBS WARBURG EXHIBITION
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2001
- UK, London, Ubs Warburg At Planit Arches
SINCERELY YOURS
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2000
- Norway, Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum
DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS
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1998
- Korea, Seoul, National Museum Of Contemporary Art
NEW VOICES
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1997
- Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Modern Art
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1996
- Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Musuem Of Fine Arts, The House Of The Black Madonna
- Greece, Thessaloniki, Cultural Centre For The National Bank
- Slovakia, Bratislava, Mirbachov Palace
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Kremlin Museum
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Russian Museum
- Greece, Thessaloniki, Cultural Centre For The National Bank
- Greece, Athens, Art Halls Of The Cultural Centre Of The Municipality Of Athens
- Romania, Bucharest, National Theatre Galleries
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1995
- Germany, Magdeburg, Kulturhistorisches Museum
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1994
- Spain, Jerez, Sala Pescaderia Vieja, Ayunamiento De Jerez
- Spain, Murcia, Veronicas Sala De Exposiciones
- Spain, Madrid, Centro Cultural Galileo
- Spain, Bilbao, Museo De Bellas Artes De Bilbao
- Spain, Barcelona, Centre De Art Santa Monica
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1993
- Turkey, Izmir, Izfas Gallery
- Turkey, Ankara, State Fine Arts Gallery
- Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Greater City Municipality Taksim Art Gallery
- Belgium, Luxembourg, Musee National D'histoire Et D'art
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1992
- Belgium, Brussels, EEC Presidency Exhibition
- Belgium, Brussels, La Borschette
