'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different?' | just what is it that makes today's homes so differ
Justwhatisitthatmakestoday’shomessodifferent?isaremakeofanimageHamiltonoriginallycreatedin1956aspartofhiscontributiontothegroupexhibitionThisisTomorrowheldattheWhitechapelArtGalleryinLondon.ThecollageJustwhatisitthatmakestoday’shome’ssodifferent,soappealing?(KunsthalleTübingen,ZundelCollection)featuredinthecatalogueandwasalsomadeintoaposter.ItisoneofHamilton’smostfamousimagesandhasbecomeaniconofBritishPopart(seeTateP78920andP20271).In1992theBBCinvitedHamiltontoparticipateinaseriesofhalf-hour...
Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different? is a remake of an image Hamilton originally created in 1956 as part of his contribution to the group exhibition This is Tomorrow held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London. The collage Just what is it that makes today’s home’s so different, so appealing? (Kunsthalle Tübingen, Zundel Collection) featured in the catalogue and was also made into a poster. It is one of Hamilton’s most famous images and has become an icon of British Pop art (see Tate P78920 and P20271). In 1992 the BBC invited Hamilton to participate in a series of half-hour programmes entitled QED. His role, in a slot titled ‘Art and Chips’, was to demonstrate an artist’s use of a computer to generate art. He decided to recreate the experience of making the 1956 collage in a way that would be appropriate to the 1990s, remaking the image to reflect the contemporary era using a Quantel Paintbox he had recently purchased. He ...