
© Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by DACS 2023.
WITTGENSTEIN AT THE CINEMA ADMIRES BETTY GRABLE 1965
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 – 2005)
Details
- Dimension
- 660 x 965 MM
- Media
- SCREENPRINT
- Accession number
- P848
Summary
This work is taken from As is When, a suite of 12 screenprints based on the life and work of the Austrian born philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. First published in 1965, it is now regarded as a landmark in the history of modern British printmaking, and in particular in the acceptance of screenprinting as a fine art medium. Fragments of Wittgenstein’s texts were brought together and all but three handled as abstractions; this work is biographical and refers to Wittgenstein’s: love of American movies. Images within the portfolio were literally recycled: prints were cut up on the studio guillotine and elements collaged to create subsequent works in the series.
Glossary
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Medium
Refers to either the material used to create a work of art, craft or design, i.e. oil, bronze, earthenware, silk; or the technique employed i.e. collage, etching, carving. In painting the medium refers to the binder for the pigment, e.g. oil, egg, acrylic dispersion. The plural form is media.