Red Barn Door
2008 · Enamel paint on 2 aluminium panels
support, each: 2823 x 1326 mm
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Gary Hume
1962
PaintingContemporary
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44
Works in Collection
78
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13
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Gary Hume is a British painter known for large-scale works executed in high-gloss household paint on aluminium panels, rendering simplified, flattened figures, flowers, and everyday motifs with a cool, lacquered surface tension. He was included in the 1995 Turner Prize shortlist and has exhibited extensively at White Cube and Matthew Marks Gallery.
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Contemporary
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Matthew Marks Gallery
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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The Norton Knatchbull School
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Homewood School
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