Hadrian Pigott (B. 1961)

Instrument Of Hygiene (Case 4)

Details

Hadrian Pigott (B. 1961)
Instrument Of Hygiene (Case 4)
upholstered fibreglass, leatherette covering, velvet lining and wash basin accessories
19 x 27 x 15in. (50 x 70 x 40cm.)
Executed in 1995
Other work by this artist is included in 'Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection', currently on view at the Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin.

Literature

R. Cork, 'Bright young things at work and play', The Times, 26 Sept.1995 (illustrated).
R. Negrotti, 'Spaced out', What's on, Oct.1995, pp.12-13.

Exhibited

London, The Saatchi Gallery, 'Young British Artists V', Sept.-Dec. 1995.

Lot Essay

David Barret argues that Hadrian Piggott's work "examines the collective psychological of society through the use of an everyday material: soap. Pigott is preoccupied by the paradox of the Western consumerist obsession with cleanliness, which yet leads to the increasing use of detergents that are far more toxic than bodily grime could ever be." (David Barret in: Young British artists from the Saatchi Collection, Sensation, London 1997, p. 205)

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