Triple Decker

Artist David Batchelor (Dundee, Scotland, born 1955)

Date1999

Mediumacrylic sheet, enamel paint, found objects

ClassificationsSculptures

DimensionsOverall: Height: 33.9 cm, Width: 65.5 cm, Depth: 54 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2000 by the Contemporary Art Society.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG013869

About MeDavid Batchelor studied at Trent Polytechnic, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham. He is currently a tutor at the Royal College in London.

Batchelor has combined beautiful monochromatic surfaces - achieved by painting the underside of sheets of acrylic - with found objects. These objects are in fact industrial trolleys scavenged from around London. The artist has drawn from the traditions of the monochrome (for example, Yves Klein and his infamous blue paintings) and minimal art. Although fields of colour are intrinsic to the work's quality, it remains an object. In this way Batchelor creates a work of art which uniquely exists somewhere between painting and sculpture.