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Joe Tilson
Ziggurat, Zoomate Print - Colourful Contemporary Abstract Print, White + Blue

2002

$1,006.96
£750
€868.12
CA$1,414.93
A$1,553.87
CHF 799.87
MX$18,592.51
NOK 10,184.14
SEK 9,544.06
DKK 6,483.47

About the Item

Joe Tilson 1928-2023 Ziggurat, Zoomate Print, 2002 silkscreen 27.8 x 23.5 cm 11 x 9 1/4 in signed and numbered 5/300 in pencil After serving in the Royal Air Force (1946–49), Tilson studied at St Martin's School of Art (1949–52) and the Royal College of Art (1952–55) where he received the Rome Prize, taking him to live in Italy in 1955. He returned to London in 1957, and from 1958 to 1963 he taught at St Martin's and subsequently taught at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, and Kings College, Newcastle upon Tyne, before moving to The School of Visual Arts, New York and then Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Hamburg.In 1961 he exhibited at the Paris Biennale. During the 1960s Tilson became one of the leading figures associated with the British Pop Art movement. Making use of his previous experience as a carpenter and joiner, Tilson produced wooden reliefs and constructions as well as prints and paintings. As a student at the RCA Tilson associated with Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, R. B. Kitaj, Peter Blake, Allen Jones, Patrick Caulfield and David Hockney. His first one-man show was held at the Marlborough Gallery, London in 1962, shortly followed by a second at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, in '63. In 1977 he joined the Waddington Galleries and also exhibited at the Alan Cristea Gallery and the Giò Marconi Galleries in Milan. Tilson's work gained an international reputation when shown at the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964, which led to a retrospective at the Boyman's Museum, Rotterdam in 1964. Further retrospective exhibitions followed at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1979 and the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol in 1984. Growing disillusionment with the consumer society led to a change in Tilson work in the 1970s. After moving to Wiltshire in 1972, Tilson began to use a wider variety of materials, including stone, straw and rope in an effort to transcend time and culture by drawing on the motifs of pre-Classical mythology. This body of work was called Alchera. Tilson's work has been exhibited regularly in solo shows throughout the world: Cortona Centro Culturale Fontanella Borghese, Rome (1990), Plymouth City Museum (1991), Palazzo Pubblico, Siena (1995), Mestna Gallery, Ljubljana (1996) and Galleria Comunale d'Arte, Cesena (2000). Recently a major retrospective was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2002). Among Tilson's awards are the Gulbenkian Foundation Prize (1960) and the Grand Prix d'Honneur, Biennale of Ljubljana (1996). His work forms part of numerous collections worldwide, including Deutsche Bank, and the former collection of David Bowie, He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1985 and a full Royal Academician in 1991. His career was celebrated with a retrospective exhibition in 2002 at the Royal Academy 'Joe Tilson: Pop to Present' (Sackler Galleries) from April 2002. Tilson lives and works in London and Cortona, Tuscany.
  • Creator:
    Joe Tilson (1928, British)
  • Creation Year:
    2002
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.95 in (27.8 cm)Width: 9.26 in (23.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Kingsclere, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2718217202382

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