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Copyright the artist | | | Tilson, Joe (1928 - ) UK
Ziggurat, 1967
Oil on wood relief; 107 x 107 x 10 cm Pop Art
UID 102-569
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Biography
British painter, sculptor and commercial designer. He studied at St Martin's School of Art (1949-52) and at the Royal College of Art (1952-55) in London, with fellow students Peter Blake and Richard Smith. His initial style was conventional and very realistic, concentrating on contemporary, everyday themes and inspired by trips to Italy and Spain. After having seen Abstract Expressionist paintings at an American art exhibition organised at the Tate Gallery in London in 1956, Tilson began working in an abstract style. At the beginning of the 60s, he immediately responded to the emergence of Pop Art, adapting his formal language to the creation of objects which were reminiscent, in their construction, to children's toys. His formal and iconographic concerns were particularly evident in his wooden constructions based on labyrinths and ziggurats. In 1972, he partially gave up the use of technology that had characterised his work in the 60s, to return to traditional wooden handicraft. In his paintings and prints of the 80s, Tilson used inscriptions and motifs taken from pre-classical mythology and in his more recent work he has shown his preference for a vast range of more traditional techniques such as engraving, aquatint and xylography.
Exhibitions
Uma Escolha numa Colecção Particular Galeria Valentim de Carvalho, Portugal 08-07-1993 ~ 28-07-1993
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Pop 60s Transatlantic Crossing Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 11-09-1997 ~ 17-11-1997
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Gunma) The Museum of Modern Art (Gunma), Japan 19-02-2005 ~ 27-03-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Hiroshima) Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan 29-05-2005 ~ 10-07-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Kochi) The Museum of Art (Kochi), Japan 03-04-2005 ~ 22-05-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Nagoya) Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan 10-09-2005 ~ 30-10-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Osaka) Daimaru Museum, (Umeda, Osaka), Japan 19-01-2005 ~ 06-02-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo) Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo), Japan 26-07-2005 ~ 28-08-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo) The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Japan 06-11-2004 ~ 26-12-2004
Berardo Museum Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 16-09-2007
Bibliography
Pop '60s Transatlantic Crossing, 1997 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176384
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004 Published by TBS Television, INC.
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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