Prints and Drawings Room
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- Joe Tilson 1928 – 2023
- Part of
- A-Z Box
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 540 × 490 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the artist 1977
- Reference
- P02436
Online caption
Tilson is interested in language, puzzle-making and symbols. He was one of the founding figures of British pop art in the early 1960s, and his work from the time reflected his growing political activism and critique of consumerism. The screenprints in the series A-Z Box often mimic the layout of radical newspapers and magazines of the period, such as Black Dwarf and International Times. They include works concerning controversial figures such as Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh and political upheavals such as the Prague Spring and the Vietnam war.
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