%C2%A9 Tom Hammick %2F Bridgeman Copyright
Tank, 2012
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The John E. Andrus III Endowment Fundexpand_more 2016.19
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In Tom Hammick’s unique woodcut Tank, a solitary figure observed from behind stands before an industrial storage tank beneath a star-filled night sky. The print’s limited palette and simplified formal arrangement typify Hammick’s minimalist approach, one in which the dreamlike landscape serves as the setting for a metaphorical consideration of the human condition. The lone figure is a symbolic stand-in for human experience. We observe from a distance while the man peers at the night landscape, as if in silent dialogue with his surroundings. Like a poem or a piece of music, Hammick’s abstracted landscape possesses a deep emotional resonance that is at once familiar and mysterious
Details
- Title
- Tank
- Artist Life
- born 1963
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2016.19
- Provenance
- Hammick Editions, East Sussex, England; (Flowers Gallery, New York); sold to MIA, 2016
- Curator Approved
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