Becoming Is Meaning Like Nothing Is Going from General Dynamic F.U.N.
Eduardo Paolozzi
British, 1924–2005
1965–70, published 1970
An offset lithograph in which Paolozzi translates machine-made repetition into a dazzling field of saturated color, using printed squares and overlays to make pattern feel energetic and tactile.
A hot-pink and red checkerboard of slightly shifted squares seems to shimmer and vibrate, its translucent layers and a narrow yellow-and-red frame producing a pulsing optical depth.
Work like this moves Paolozzi’s collage-driven interest in industrial imagery into print, using commercial printing techniques and bright, mass-produced color to open up new avenues for Op Art, graphic rhythm, and the aesthetics of mechanization.
Medium
Offset lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-four offset lithographs and sixteen screenprints
Dimensions
composition: 12 13/16 × 9 7/16" (32.5 × 23.9 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10" (38 x 25.4cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Mrs. Donald B. Straus Fund
Accession
427.1970.33
Palette
Exhibitions
