In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Richard Hamilton 1922–2011
- Medium
- Lithograph and enamel on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 849 × 424 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the artist 1991
- Reference
- P20043
Display caption
Hamilton was fascinated by the process of working with the computer program Quantel
Paintbox. He used a video recording of the documentary to review the intermediary stages in constructing his painting The subject, and selected an image to make into a Cibachrome transparency. This formed the basis for several works.
The process of converting the digital information to print produced a blurry image which Hamilton called the ‘hard copy problem’. He applied cheap enamel paint to enliven each copy. This mirrored the electronic ‘masking’ necessary to isolate areas of the image to be manipulated on the Quantel Paintbox.
Gallery label, July 2008
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