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ARTIST IN FOCUS: Per Inge Bjørlo

June 24, 2011 by Tyler Collection

The Kenneth Tyler Printmaking Collection contains prints made by seventy seven artists. Today we are taking a closer look at the work of Norwegian artist Per Inge Bjørlo. Bjørlo collaborated with Ken Tyler on several projects during the mid to late 90s, producing the series Heads from Balance and several other prints. Like much of his oeuvre – which includes painting, sculpture and installation – the work produced at Tyler Graphics Ltd. investigates the workings of the human psyche. Executed […]

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Art, artists, Kenneth Tyler, Per Inge Bjørlo, printmaking, prints, Tyler Graphics

Frank Stella awarded the ISC’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’

May 4, 2011 by Tyler Collection

Last month Frank Stella was awarded the International Sculpture Center’s (ISC) Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala event in New York City. Established in 1991, the award recognises artists whose sculptural practice has made ‘exemplary contributions to the field of sculpture’ and who are considered ‘masters of sculptural processes and techniques’. Stella and Ken Tyler share a collaborative working history that spans three decades and countless innovative projects across an astounding range of media. Tyler was invited by ISC to give […]

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, Art, artists, candid photography, Frank Stella, International Sculpture Center, Ken Tyler, Kenneth Tyler, Lifetime Achievement Award, prints, sculpture, Stella, Tyler Graphics Ltd

The Center for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler CollectionArchive

April 11, 2011 by Tyler Collection

The Center for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Collection Archive (CCGA) is a sister institution to the National Gallery of Australia’s Kenneth Tyler Printmaking Collection, located in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. Following the tragedy of the Tohoku-Kanto earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear threat, we are very pleased to report that all staff members are safe. The CCGA building sustained some damage and is currently closed; our thoughts and best wishes are with the CCGA staff and their families as they […]

Categories: Artists, Exhibitions, Galleries, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: CCGA, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, James Rosenquist, Japan, Josef Albers, Robert Motherwell, Roy Lichtenstein

Jasper Johns: the ‘Color Numeral’ series

March 9, 2011 by Tyler Collection

Currently on display at the National Gallery of Australia is Jasper Johns’ luminous Color Numeral series. Johns was at the forefront of the Pop Art movement and challenged the art establishment with works that feature ubiquitous symbols of the everyday. In his paintings and prints the American flag, letters, numbers, targets, arms and legs are reframed as the subject matter of fine art. The Color Numeral series shows each figure from zero through to nine rendered in brilliant hues. The dramatic, shifting […]

Categories: Artists, Exhibitions, Gemini GEL • Tags: Gemini GEL, Jasper Johns, Kenneth Tyler, lithography, National Gallery of Australia, Pop art, prints, rainbow

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ARTIST IN FOCUS: Per Inge Bjørlo

Frank Stella awarded the ISC’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’

The Center for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler CollectionArchive

Jasper Johns: the ‘Color Numeral’ series