Crown Jewels: Best of British Contemporary
Gormleys present an exhibition by a number of leading British artists from the past 50 years. Featured will be Banksy, Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Harland Miller, Patrick Hughes, Julian Opie & Grayson Perry.
Key pieces in the exhibition include Francis Bacon鈥檚 Tryptic (Sabatier 6; Tacou 22), an original etching from 1986-1987. Bacon was the master of the modern triptych, using the format to distil and tell a complex story in a bold way.
Banksy has three important works featured, Stop and Search (2007), illustrates a theme dear to Banksy: defiance towards authority and law enforcement, a topic he revisits in many of his works. Here Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) is shown having her wicker basket searched by a uniformed police officer in a satirical take on the controversial stop and search legislation first introduced by the UK government in the 80s. Also featured by Banksy is Monkey Queen, a provocative screen print created in 2003, depicting Queen Elizabeth as a monkey.
A number of Damien Hirst鈥檚 signature Butterfly works will be on display, including Big Love (2010) and Alter (2007). 鈥淚 love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive.鈥� Hirst has intensified his career-long fascination with the beauty, fragility and symbolism of butterflies to create a spectacular and multi-allusive evocation of mortality. His works constantly confronts the balances between life and death, vanity and transience.
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Gormleys present an exhibition by a number of leading British artists from the past 50 years. Featured will be Banksy, Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Harland Miller, Patrick Hughes, Julian Opie & Grayson Perry.
Key pieces in the exhibition include Francis Bacon鈥檚 Tryptic (Sabatier 6; Tacou 22), an original etching from 1986-1987. Bacon was the master of the modern triptych, using the format to distil and tell a complex story in a bold way.
Banksy has three important works featured, Stop and Search (2007), illustrates a theme dear to Banksy: defiance towards authority and law enforcement, a topic he revisits in many of his works. Here Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) is shown having her wicker basket searched by a uniformed police officer in a satirical take on the controversial stop and search legislation first introduced by the UK government in the 80s. Also featured by Banksy is Monkey Queen, a provocative screen print created in 2003, depicting Queen Elizabeth as a monkey.
A number of Damien Hirst鈥檚 signature Butterfly works will be on display, including Big Love (2010) and Alter (2007). 鈥淚 love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive.鈥� Hirst has intensified his career-long fascination with the beauty, fragility and symbolism of butterflies to create a spectacular and multi-allusive evocation of mortality. His works constantly confronts the balances between life and death, vanity and transience.
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