Triple Decker (1999)

David Batchelor

acrylic sheet, enamel paint, found objects

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Acrylic sheets, Enamel paint, Found object

Dimensions:

54 x 43 x 40 cm

Accession Number:

ABDAG013869

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 2000

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Wilkinson Gallery, London by Sean Rainbird for the Contemporary Art Society, with the aid of a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, May 2000; presented to Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, 2000

Relationship:

Sean Rainbird Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Wilkinson Gallery, London Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Subject:

Monochrome, Minimalism

David Batchelor has combined beautiful monochromatic surfaces - achieved by painting the underside of sheets of acrylic - with found objects. These objects are in fact industrial trolleys scavenged from around London. The artist has drawn from the traditions of the monochrome (for example, Yves Klein and his infamous blue paintings) and minimal art. Although fields of colour are intrinsic to the work's quality, it remains an object. In this way Batchelor creates a work of art which uniquely exists somewhere between painting and sculpture.

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