Colin Self

Hot Dog Sculpture

1965

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Artist: Colin Self born 1941
Medium: Resin, fibreglass, metal and wood
Dimensions: Object: 110 x 1220 x 120 mm, 6.4 kg
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1994
Reference: T06904

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Fast food was a typical subject for pop art in the 1960s. It symbolised consumerism and a new fast-paced society. Self’s Hot Dog Sculpture provides a more critical take, emphasising the darker side of the decade. The blackened hotdog relates to military conflict, its charred appearance illustrating the artist’s anxiety about a possible nuclear holocaust.

Gallery label, August 2018

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