Gary Hume

These proved a critical success, being shown in Germany and the United States, as well as attracting the attention of collector Charles Saatchi.

In 1997, his work was included in Sensation, a touring show of the Charles Saatchi art collection at the Royal Academy, London.

[4] Hume's “Yellow Window,”[3] from 2002, broke records when sold at auction at Christie's (which is now selling some other pieces of his work from George Michael's collection).

[5] The work inspired a later limited edition entitled "1000 Windows," produced for London's Tate Modern in 2013.

[7] Liberty Grip is a 2008 sculpture in bronze by Hume, modelled in three discrete sections using the arm of a mannequin as a template,[8] and exhibited at White Cube gallery in Bermondsey, London in 2013.

[9] The sculpture is today situated on a riverside path on the east side of the North Greenwich in south-east London, where it forms part of The Line, a public sculpture trail that very roughly follows the path of the Prime Meridian as it crosses the River Thames.

I'm the owl, totally disengaged as the balloon bobs by…'[12] Hume represented Great Britain at the 1999 Venice Biennale, where he showed his Water series, a number of superimposed line drawings of women (again, these were gloss paint on aluminium).