Gary Hume - Pandamonium 1
Gary Hume
Untitled
Panda, gloss paint, plinth
H 190 cm (including plinth)
Lot no: 10
This work encourages us to reflect on just how precious nature is, and how the balance of survival within the ecosystem is a delicate one. Hume has placed his panda on a pedestal, which perhaps says it all.
Estimated value: £8,000 - £10,000
Gary Hume was born in 1962, in Kent. He started work as an assistant film editor before concentrating on studying art. He graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1988 and took part in the seminal Freeze exhibition curated by Damien Hirst, thus becoming part of the generation of young British artists that emerged in the 1990s. His work was included the infamous YBA Sensation Exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1997, was a Turner Prize nominee in 1996; represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1999, and was elected a Royal Academician in 2001.
Selected exhibitions
2008 Door Paintings. Modern Art, Oxford
2007 American Tan. White Cube, London
2004 Carnival. Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover
1999 Gary Hume. British Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale of Art
1995 Gary Hume. Kunsthalle, Bern; Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Selected public collections
Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of
The auction
The pieces were auctioned on 12 October 2009 at Selfridges, Oxford Street, London to raise funds for WWF.
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