24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011
William Hamilton was an English painter and college artist.
His 1956 collage 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?', produced for the This is Tomorrow exhibition of the Independant Group in London, are considered by critics and historians to be among the earliest works of pop art. A major retrospective of his work was at Tate Modern until May 2014.
Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? was created in 1956 by Hamilton and his friends John McHale and John Voelcker. They collaborated to create the room that became the best-known part of the exhibition.
Hamilton subsequently created several works in which he reworked the subject and composition of the pop art collage, including a 1992 version featuring the female bodybuilder Bernie Price.
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