Speed up your escape. Gary Hume examines the Hiscox collection

Exhibition August 25, 2020 − January 3, 2021
Whitechapel Gallery hosts an exhibition“Speed up your escape. Gary Hume explores the Hiscox collection ".

Visitors will see important works of famous artists selected by British artist Gary Hume: Ethel Adnan, Darren Almond, Edward Burtinski, Keith Coventry, Willie Doherty, Nan Goldin, Noemie Goodal, Howard Hodgkin, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Simon Keenleyside, Ron Nagel, Eve Opppey , Victor Pasmore, Tal R., Eduardo Paolozzi, Kathleen Ryan, Thomas Raff, Prem Sahib, Haim Steinbach and Alison Wilding, who will be presented to the public for the first time from the Hiscox collection.

For Hume, creating a collection and viewing works of art is a means of escape from reality. Gary Hume invites us to escape from everyday worries and find new joys and sorrows in the countless worlds created for us by his chosen artists.

Based on site materialsWhitechapel Galleries, London.