Richard Hamilton

London

The exhibition Richard Hamilton: The Late Works traces an intriguing path leading to Hamilton’s unfinished and unseen final work, ‚Balzac (a) + (b) + (c)‘. Hamilton was at work on a major painting based on Honoré de Balzac’s short story ‚Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu‘ (‚The Unknown Masterpiece‘) when it became clear he would not live to finish the work, Hamilton decided that the National Gallery exhibition – the first significant one since his death – would culminate in the initial presentation of the large-scale variations on this work, using computer-generated images over-painted by hand.

The exhibition traces several themes of the artist’s career; his exacting attention to single-point perspective; the theme of the beautiful woman and desire; his later interest in space and perspective in works by Renaissance artists; and his pioneering use of the computer.

Read the Wertical-Interview with Jo Baer – a 83-year old artist, who is supposed to be the lady sitting on the sofa in his collage from 1956 ‚Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?‘

The National Gallery

October 10th – January 13th, 2012
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
UK

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