Four Feet in the Garden – (Gary Hume) Previous Next


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Date: 1995

Size: 221 x 170 cm

Museum: Arts Council Collection (London, United Kingdom)

Technique: Aluminium

In this work, two pairs of bare feet confront two other pairs, their toenails outlined with raised paint. The toes nearly touch and there is a hesitant sensuality in the gap between them. It is unclear as to whether the feet, or the dark shape that separates them, are the main image. The artist has commented: ‘I just do very simple things describing anxiety and love and beauty, sadness and pathetic hopes. The under painting is like the flesh and the surface on top is as if you

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