Hearing
1968
from the Made in Italy - Five senses portfolio 1968
Medium
colour photo-screenprint on transparent synthetic polymer resin
Measurements
42.6 × 49.9 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
Catalogue/s Raisonné
di Martino p. 49
Edition
ed. 28/40
Inscription
printed (in image) l.c.: ear
incised l.l.: 28/40
incised l.r.: Joe Tilson
Accession Number
2013.520
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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