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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.

British Council Collection

London

Title

Abandoned

Date

1992

Medium

gloss paint & pencil on PVA panel with wood veneer

Measurements

H 215.9 x W 154.9 cm

Accession number

P6092

Acquisition method

purchased from Karsten Schubert, 1992

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

blc: Abandoned 1992; verso upper l: Hume 92

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British Council Collection

British Council, 1 Redman Place, London, Greater London E20 1JQ England

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Artist or maker

Gary Hume

b.1962

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