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Taste
1968
from the Made in Italy - Five senses portfolio 1968

Medium
colour photo-screenprint on transparent synthetic polymer resin

Measurements
42.6 × 50.0 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
© Joe Tilson / DACS, London. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

Gallery location
Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International

 

About this work

Joe Tilson was associated with the development of Pop Art in Britain in the 1960s, and took up printmaking as a major artform in 1963. He shared the general optimism about technology prevalent in this decade, using photographic imagery and hi-tech materials in his prints. His imagery was often drawn from mass media and consumer advertising, and he presented the prints in the Made in Italy – Five Senses portfolio as enlarged 35mm slides printed on acetate. In these he conveys each of the five senses through an emblematically paired object and written word.

Artwork Details

Edition
ed. 28/40

Inscription
printed (in image) u.l.: S.T.V.LIPS.T.V.
incised l.l.: 28/40
incised l.r.: Joe Tilson

Accession Number
2013.519

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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