Tyre, 2024
Humphrey Ocean is a painter. For a brief time, 1971-3, he played bass with Kilburn and the High Roads and in 2004 he was elected a Royal Academician. His work is included in several collections including British Council, British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Government Art Collection and The Whitworth, University of Manchester. His current exhibition Das Bild und sein Buch is showing at Christine König Galerie in Vienna.
He lives and works in London.
Humphrey says:
"Making Tyre, it struck me as odd such a weighty, if tiny, lump of bronze should stand for that lightest of things, fresh air. We have zoomed around on air for nearly 150 years, contained and compressed, with barely a thought. Tools, balloons, lifebelts, fizz and footballs, our modern world is full of it. Our bodies too, for as long as we live and breathe."
Unique work, cast in bronze, approx. H: 1.9 cm x L: 3.4 cm x D: 3.4 cm
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