Edel Assanti company logo
Edel Assanti
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
    • Fitzrovia
    • St James's
    • Institutional exhibitions
  • Viewing rooms
  • Fairs
  • Media
  • News
  • Events
  • Gallery
Cart
0 items £
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

Artworks

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Harmony Hammond, Brown Rims #1, 2015

Harmony Hammond

Brown Rims #1, 2015
Monotype on grommeted Twinrocker paper
119.4 x 85.1 cm
47 x 33 1/2 in
Copyright the artist
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EHarmony%20Hammond%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EBrown%20Rims%20%231%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E2015%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EMonotype%20on%20grommeted%20Twinrocker%20paper%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E119.4%20x%2085.1%20cm%3Cbr/%3E%0A47%20x%2033%201/2%20in%3C/div%3E
Hammond created her recent series of large monotypes, White Rims and Brown Rims along with master printer Marina Ancona at 10 Grand Press. In these works on paper, Hammond considers...
Read more
Hammond created her recent series of large monotypes, White Rims and Brown Rims along with master printer Marina Ancona at 10 Grand Press. In these works on paper, Hammond considers 'the printing press as a collaborator,' and a site where she can 'set up conditions or situations for accidents, especially around the grommetted holes.' The thick surfaces are created by pressing ink several times, with the ghosted colours underlying the surface emerging by not cleaning the printing plates between presses. She often describes her surfaces as skins and in this context, her use of grommets, although aligned in a modernist grid, resemble body orifices. In addition, Hammond explains, 'Grommets have many references: functionality, the possibility of tying down or connecting… They also literally open up the painting surface, alluding to layers or space below.' About the creation process, Hammond states, 'it’s about accumulation, not blending,' and she is most interested in the way the paint accumulates around the grommets and imbues the works with a sculptural quality. Although a recent work, Brown Rims #1 connects with her paintings from the 1970s, where she layered the canvases with oil and wax, building a textured surface.
Close full details
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
79 
of  292

Instagram

Privacy policy

Cookie policy

+44 (0)20 7637 8537

Email us

Copyright © 2026 Edel Assanti

Manage cookies
Copyright © 2026 Edel Assanti
Site by Artlogic

This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please visit our Privacy Policy to find out more about how we use cookies on our site. 

Manage cookies
Reject non essential
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Join our mailing list

Signup

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.