Gary Hume
2
September 8–October 20, 2012
Berlin

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are delighted to present an exhibition of new work by Gary Hume. For the artist’s second solo show in Berlin, the gallery will showcase an intimate series of never-seen-before works on paper, completed by the addition of gloss paint upon the glass of the frame. These multi-layered compositions will be shown alongside three recent paintings on aluminium.

A member of the celebrated group of ‘Young British Artists’ who emerged from London’s Goldsmiths College in the late 1980s, Hume has developed a distinctive visual language of bold, simplified forms and an innovative use of colour. Renowned for his large-scale paintings which use high gloss paint to create planes of industrial colour, Gary Hume’s principal thematic concerns are colour and light and formal ambiguity, while his subject matter ranges from friends, family and celebrities, to motifs drawn from nature and childhood. Recognisable images, sometimes sourced from magazines or snapshots and often of a personal, sentimental nature are schematized, abbreviated and silhouetted almost to the point of abstraction so that the original source material is rarely traceable within the final work.

 

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2 will bring together a selection of works on paper, produced between 2008 - 2010. The charcoal sketches were put aside until recently when the artist had the idea of adding to the existing works by painting the glass of their frames. The monochrome drawings are thus enlivened with colour and texture, imbuing certain details of the earlier compositions with increased significance. The works reveal a further experimentation with paint on different surfaces, as well as highlighting Hume’s interest in the issues of repetition and process in artistic production.

Also on show will be three small-format works painted on aluminum. Hume’s signature bright colours are given extra luminosity through the use of gloss paint on the metal surface. In Red Column (2012) the impenetrable fields of red and beige colour evoke mid century abstraction while illustrating the artist’s intrigue in the fluid, highly reflective qualities of gloss paint. Hume adopts a darker, more somber palette in the portrait Untitled (2012). Here line is articulated as thin ridges of paint, which disrupt the surface of the expanse of colour, acting as walls or dams between different areas of paint, and tracing the outline of the facial features of a person.

 

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Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
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Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume
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Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
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Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume
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Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

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Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
2
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2012

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Exhibited Works
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Charcoal on paper, UV Perspex and gloss paint
91 × 110 cm (framed)
35 7/8 × 43 1/4 inches (framed)

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Charcoal on paper, UV perspex and gloss paint
82 × 63 cm (framed)
32 1/4 × 24 7/8 inches (framed)

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Charcoal on paper, UV Perspex and gloss paint
130 × 90.5 cm (framed)
51 1/8 × 35 5/8 inches (framed)

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
2, 2012

Gary Hume
2, 2012
Gloss paint on aluminium
182 × 137 cm
71 5/8 × 54 inches

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Red Column, 2012

Gary Hume
Red Column, 2012
Gloss paint on aluminium
66 × 122 cm
26 × 48 inches

Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
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Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Charcoal on paper, UV perspex and gloss paint
82 × 63 cm (framed)
32 1/4 × 24 7/8 inches (framed)

More views
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
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Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Gloss paint on aluminium
135 × 98 cm
53 1/8 × 38 5/8 inches

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Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume
Untitled, 2010/12

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2010/12
Charcoal on paper, UV perspex and gloss paint
96.5 × 76 cm (framed)
38 × 30 inches (framed)

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Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Charcoal on paper, UV Perspex and gloss paint
91 × 110 cm (framed)
35 7/8 × 43 1/4 inches (framed)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Charcoal on paper, UV perspex and gloss paint
82 × 63 cm (framed)
32 1/4 × 24 7/8 inches (framed)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Charcoal on paper, UV Perspex and gloss paint
130 × 90.5 cm (framed)
51 1/8 × 35 5/8 inches (framed)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
2, 2012
Gloss paint on aluminium
182 × 137 cm
71 5/8 × 54 inches

Gary Hume
2, 2012
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Red Column, 2012
Gloss paint on aluminium
66 × 122 cm
26 × 48 inches

Gary Hume
Red Column, 2012
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Charcoal on paper, UV perspex and gloss paint
82 × 63 cm (framed)
32 1/4 × 24 7/8 inches (framed)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12 (detail)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2008/12
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Gloss paint on aluminium
135 × 98 cm
53 1/8 × 38 5/8 inches

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012 (detail)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2012
Gary Hume – 2 – Berlin

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2010/12
Charcoal on paper, UV perspex and gloss paint
96.5 × 76 cm (framed)
38 × 30 inches (framed)

Gary Hume
Untitled, 2010/12
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