TOM HUNTER: INSPIRATION - ICONIC WORKS. NATIONAL MUSEUM, STOCKHOLM

 

Tom Hunter’s Woman Reading a Possession Order is showing in Inspiration - Iconic Works at the National Museum, Stockholm. This exhibition presents art that draws inspiration from iconic masterpieces, created by today’s contemporary artists. A selection of works from the National Museum's vast collections are displayed in dialogue with the contemporary art objects.

Woman Reading a Possession Order is from Hunter’s series Persons Unknown and was taken in his street in Hackney, in 1997. ‘Myself and the residents who made up this community were fighting eviction as squatters. The title of the series comes from the wording used in our eviction orders. The postures and gestures reference Vermeer’s paintings and set out to give status and dignity to our community.’ (Tom Hunter)

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20 February 2020