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About Artist:
Christian Hook (b. 1971) is a Gibraltarian contemporary artist.
Hook was born in Gibraltar in 1971. He studied illustration at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, and then worked as a part-time lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London.
In 2014 he won the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year contest with a portrait of Alan Cumming. The painting was later chosen by John Leighton, director of the National Galleries of Scotland, as one of the best 100 paintings in its collection.
Hook has also painted Kristin Scott Thomas and Ian McKellen. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar in 2017.
In 2018, Hook released his ?KI? series, a collection of large-scale oil paintings inspired by his travels around Japan, focusing mainly on the ancient traditions of calligraphy and 'Chi'.
Hook was the keynote speaker at Althorp Literary Festival 2018.
About Artwork:
La Barberia de Antonio II, was produced in 2016 as part of the Christian Hooks highly celebrated Fragmented Memories series. In a 2016 interview, Christian recalls the inspiration behind these early works: "When we think back over our lives we remember a fraction of them. An occasional incident will be remembered in detail, some recalled as scraps or impressions, much is forgotten. Some people will be clear in our minds while others will simply be half remembered encounters. We revisit our memories constantly, and sometimes recreate them, but we must accept that there will always be gaps; our memories."
CHRISTIAN HOOK
La Barberia de Antonio II
- 2016
- 71 x 29 inches
- Fine Art Category: paintings
- Medium: Mixed Media
- Origin: UK
- Certificate of Authenticity: yes
- Issued by: Clarendon Fine Art, 46 Dover St, London
- Provenance: Bought by collector from his March 2016 Fragmented Memories Exhibition at Clarendon Fine Art in London
- Signed: Signed lower right
- Price: £110,000.00 GBP
- Seller: PRIVATE SELLER, UK
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- Artplode ID: 4893
- Artplode Seller ID: 10030
About Artist:
Christian Hook (b. 1971) is a Gibraltarian contemporary artist.
Hook was born in Gibraltar in 1971. He studied illustration at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, and then worked as a part-time lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London.
In 2014 he won the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year contest with a portrait of Alan Cumming. The painting was later chosen by John Leighton, director of the National Galleries of Scotland, as one of the best 100 paintings in its collection.
Hook has also painted Kristin Scott Thomas and Ian McKellen. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar in 2017.
In 2018, Hook released his ?KI? series, a collection of large-scale oil paintings inspired by his travels around Japan, focusing mainly on the ancient traditions of calligraphy and 'Chi'.
Hook was the keynote speaker at Althorp Literary Festival 2018.
About Artwork:
La Barberia de Antonio II, was produced in 2016 as part of the Christian Hooks highly celebrated Fragmented Memories series. In a 2016 interview, Christian recalls the inspiration behind these early works: "When we think back over our lives we remember a fraction of them. An occasional incident will be remembered in detail, some recalled as scraps or impressions, much is forgotten. Some people will be clear in our minds while others will simply be half remembered encounters. We revisit our memories constantly, and sometimes recreate them, but we must accept that there will always be gaps; our memories."
