Gary Hume Represents UK at Venice Biennale
Gary Hume is representing Great Britain at the Venice Biennale. Known for his refusal to offer anything beyond a surface to the viewer, he chooses a highly lacquered painting that, besides a skin-like effect, reflects the spectator. After a long series of doors—prison, canteen, hospital doors—Hume turns to portraiture, again depicting an hermetic and spectral quality that projects the viewer into an abstract space, both beneath and beyond reality.
Key facts
- Gary Hume represents Great Britain at the Venice Biennale.
- He uses highly lacquered paint to create a reflective surface.
- His earlier work includes a long series of doors (prison, canteen, hospital).
- He has recently turned to portraiture.
- His portraits maintain an hermetic and spectral quality.
- The work projects the viewer into an abstract space.
Entities
Artists
- Gary Hume
Institutions
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
Sources
- artpress —