Sentences with phrase «painting hospital doors»

The man who made a name for himself by painting hospital doors has come a long way with a very simple formula: gloss paint in bold, treading a line between abstraction and figuration.

The man who made a name for himself by painting hospital doors has come a long way with a very simple formula: gloss paint in bold, expansive colours on aluminium panels, treading a line between abstraction and figuration.

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The Hume show brings together 24 works charting his career from 1988, when he exhibited his hospital doors paintings at the Damien Hirst - organised Freeze exhibition, introducing the world to the YBAs of whom Hume is often referred to as the «quiet one».

Gary Hume (born 1962) first found acclaim in London in the late 1980s, when his bold paintings of hospital doors, rendered at life - size scale in high - gloss hardware store paints on aluminum panels, drew much attention and ushered Hume into the ranks of the Young British Artists.

Young British Artist Gary Hume came to prominence in the early 1990s with his «Door» paintings, a series of life - sized paintings of hospital doors.

Hume's earliest notable works are his «door paintings», life - size representations of hospital doors.