Self-Portrait
Oil Painting
1986 (made)
1986 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The painting shows the artist sitting in his 1986 armchair made from concrete reinforcement rods, overlooked by a skeleton. The other furniture in the room, screen, candelabra, table, second chair - are either existing pieces of ones he was working on at the time. The is also a double-bass in the room. The frame of the picture is made from a mixture of metal scrap and castings from scrap.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Self-Portrait |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on panel in welded metal frame |
| Brief description | Oil painting in scrap metal frame, Tom Dixon, 1986 |
| Physical description | The painting shows the artist sitting in his 1986 armchair made from concrete reinforcement rods, overlooked by a skeleton. The other furniture in the room, screen, candelabra, table, second chair - are either existing pieces of ones he was working on at the time. The is also a double-bass in the room. The frame of the picture is made from a mixture of metal scrap and castings from scrap. |
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| Gallery label | Tom Dixon tells us about his job as a furniture designer through this painting. He made the frame with bits of scrap metal, like some of the furniture in the room behind him.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery short object label] (2023) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | Given by the artist, 1986 Historical significance: This idealised self portrait was produced by Dixon for the 'Designs of Interiors' exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Musum in 1986. The address of the Interior depicted in the painting is 30 All Saints Road, London, W11. Tom Dixon began welding when he set up Creative Salvage in 1985, creating one-off stylish and functional artifacts made from scrap and salvage metal. He is now the best-known of the 'baroque salvage' artist/designers (as they have been called). The painting shows the artist sitting in his 1986 armchair made from concrete reinforcement rods, overlooked by a skeleton. The other furniture in the room, screen, candelabra, table, second chair - are either existing pieces of ones he was working on at the time. The is also a double-bass in the room. The frame of the picture is made from a mixture of metal scrap and castings from scrap. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.321-1986 |
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| Record created | January 31, 2000 |
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