Just what is it that makes today's homes so different?
Richard Hamilton British
Not on view
This work is a remake of Hamilton’s famous 1956 collage that, according to the artist, “seemed due for an update.” Using the Quantel Paintbox system, Hamilton populated his interior, based on a postcard of a Spanish hotel room, with images suited to the less optimistic mood of the early 1990s: the body builder of the early version has become a financier engrossed in his work; the AIDS painting, by the Canadian artists’ group General Idea (ca. 1988), grimly parodies Robert Indiana’s famous LOVE (1965); and scenes of war and devastation are seen through the windows.
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