Anthea Hamilton (born 1978) is a British artist who graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Beckett University)[1] and the Royal College of Art[2] and was one of four shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Hamilton was responsible for the show's most popular exhibit Project for a Door (After Gaetano Pesce) depicting a doorway consisting of large naked buttocks which reworks a proposal by Italian architect Caetano Pesci, dating from the early 1970s .[2][3] She is known for creating strange and surreal artworks and large-scale installations.
Her exhibitions have included Sorry I'm Late at Firstsite.
In 2017 she became the first black woman to be awarded a commission to create a work for Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries, and according to Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain's director, Hamilton has made a "unique contribution to British and international art with her visually playful and thoughtful works".[4][5] Her sculptures feature collage-like images which reuse images from her previous works.[6]
- ^ "Artist Anthea Hamilton". The Hepworth Wakefield. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b Mark Brown. "Turner prize 2016 shortlist features buttocks sculpture and choo-choo train". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ Iqbal, Nosheen (20 March 2018). "Anthea Hamilton on how she plans to top her Turner prize buttocks". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Anny Shaw, "Anthea Hamilton becomes first black woman to be awarded Tate Britain commission – The London-born artist follows Cerith Wyn Evans and Pablo Bronstein taking up the Duveen Galleries commission", The Art Newspaper, 11 December 2017.
- ^ Adrian Searle, Anthea Hamilton review – gourds move in mysterious ways at Tate Britain", The Guardian, 21 March 2018.
- ^ British Art Show 8. Colin, Anna,, Yee, Lydia,, Leeds Art Gallery. London, UK. 2015. ISBN 9781853323317. OCLC 930770870.
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