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Nicholas Hatfull (B. 1984)
Like Carra Sings
signed and dated 'N. Hatfull 09' (on the reverse)
acrylic, gouache and crushed froot loops on paper
27½ x 19 5/8in. (70 x 50cm.)
Executed in 2009
Provenance
Karsten Schubert, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2009.
Exhibited
London, Karsten Schubert, Ignorant with the Suncream (Seafront Delivery), 2009.
London, Saatchi Gallery, Newspeak: British Art Now, 2010(illustrated in colour, p. 125).
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Outwardly whimsical, Nicholas Hatfull’s compositions consider metaphors of food consumption, and with its bright colours and simplified forms, Like Carra Sings, 2009, is lyrical meditation on contemporary conditions. Describing the work, the artist said, ‘My compositions are prepared beforehand, and I often work from collages or quick doodles. Like Carra Sings is a small work on paper. It’s a collage and there are crushed Froot Loops glued onto it that look like sand. Froot Loops are this really bland empty oat filler that have vitamins added to them, and I think of them as an analogy for painting: adding a moment of vivid nutrition to a homogenous base. Sometimes the images are relatively bland and I agitate them to give them more life or levity’. Hatfull’s work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, among others.
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