Fake Trainers

Tomas Harker (1990 - )

oil on canvas

2021

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Downing Street
    Loosely painted and closely cropped, the composition of this painting mirrors that of an online product shot. The source image was an Instagram account selling fake Balenciaga trainers, a cult fashion item. Harker’s ghostly image accentuates the inauthenticity of the shoes. Painting is a medium that imposes reverence and importance to the subjects it depicts. However, as Harker explains further: ‘The idea of authenticity is called into question with painting, as it is already an illusion of a real-life thing. A painting of something which could be fake further calls this into question’.
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  • Details
    Artist
    Tomas Harker (1990 - )
    Title
    Fake Trainers
    Date
    2021
    Medium
    oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 25.5 cm; width: 30.7 cm; depth: 2.0 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from bo.lee gallery, December 2021
    Provenance
    bo.lee gallery; from whom purchased from UK Government Art Collection, 1 December 2021
    GAC number
    19029