Untitled
About this artwork
The image in this work is similar to a picture one might find on an album cover, club flyer or tattoo associated with heavy metal rock music or with the Hell's Angels. Wright takes his imagery from similar sources to these in popular culture. The ornamental shape above the skulls looks like a leaf or the sign for clubs in a pack of playing cards. Wright used virtually the same symmetrical image of skulls in a wall painting he made for 'Correspondences: Twelve Artists from Berlin and Scotland', an exhibition held in Berlin and at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh in 1997.
Updated before 2020
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artist:
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title:Untitled
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date created:1997
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materials:Gouache and Indian ink on paper
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measurements:27.80 x 39.00 cm (framed: 54.00 x 66.70 x 2.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased with the Iain Paul Fund 2001
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accession number:GMA 4370
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Richard Wright
Richard Wright
Richard Wright was born in London. He studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 to 1982 and also at Glasgow School of Art from 1993 to 1995. Wright is best-known for his site-specific paintings, carried out on walls or ceilings. One of his main concerns is that his works are not a...
