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John Hutcheson lifting Robert Motherwell's 'Black cathedral' from offset lithography press, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, 1990

Memorial Service for Master Printer John Hutcheson

July 29, 2016 by tylercollection

A memorial service to celebrate the life of John Hutcheson will be held at on Saturday August 27th at 1pm in the University of North Florida Fine Arts Center Recital Hall to be followed by a reception in the Printmaking Studio.

Categories: Behind-the-scenes, Technique Tuesday, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Art, John Hutcheson, lithography, master printer, memorial, printmakers, printmaking, Robert Motherwell, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Staff, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics, Tyler Graphics Ltd, University of North Florida

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Deborah Kass ‘Vote Hillary’

Political pictorial satire

July 13, 2016 by tylercollection

This week we noticed New York artist Deborah Kass’s satirical political print ‘Vote Hillary’ which, like the Andy Warhol work it references, belongs to a long tradition of political pictorial satire in the US.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: feature

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John Hutcheson inking woodblock for Steven Sorman’s ‘From away’, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, 1988

Vale John Hutcheson

July 4, 2016 by tylercollection

It is with heartfelt sadness that we share the news of Master Printer John Hutcheson’s death. John worked at Tyler Graphics for over sixteen years, from 1975–1978 and then from September 1987 until the workshop closed in March 2001. John was a key member of the team as a printer, papermaker and Tyler’s ‘right-hand’ man. He was the Workshop Manager for many years and was responsible for the practical management of the print workshop at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute […]

Categories: Behind-the-scenes, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: inking, John Hutcheson, lithography, master printer, printmaking, prints, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Staff, Steven Sorman, Tamarind, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Ellsworth Kelly, 1923–2015

January 8, 2016 by tylercollection

The art world mourns the loss of American abstractionist Ellsworth Kelly, who passed away on 27 December 2015 at the age of 92.

Categories: Artists • Tags: abstraction, Colored paper images, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Gemini GEL, HMP, John Koller, Kenneth Tyler, Paper pools, paper pulp, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Behind the scenes: Tyler Graphics at work

December 18, 2015 by tylercollection

We are very excited to announce that our new show Behind the scenes: Tyler Graphics at work is now open! The exhibition presents elaborate graphic artworks from a diverse range of artists in the context of their making. Through candid photographs and a series of specially produced short films, we are transported behind the scenes at Tyler Graphics Ltd, investigating the processes of printmaking, and illuminating the collaborative relationships between artist and printmaker. Behind the scenes has been months in the making and is […]

Categories: Behind-the-scenes, Exhibitions • Tags: National Gallery of Australia, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Claes Oldenburg’s ‘Profile Airflow’ gets some TLC

October 16, 2015 by tylercollection

Objects Conservator Sarah Mchugh shares with us the painstaking process of treating Profile Airflow, which took two years to complete

Categories: 3D Multiples, Behind-the-scenes • Tags: Chrysler Airflow, Claes Oldenburg, conservation, Gemini GEL, lithograph, plastic, polyurethane

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If this chair could talk

September 4, 2015 by tylercollection

Spanning nearly four decades, the history of the Tyler workshops is a rich and complex one, weaving together artists, printers, papermakers, industry collaborators, photographers, writers, film makers, curators, family and friends. Over the years, many of these people sat, mused and even worked in an antique barber’s chair carefully selected by Ken Tyler for the studio. In today’s post, Tyler reveals the story of this unusual workshop fixture.             In 1965, when I set up […]

Categories: Behind-the-scenes, Gemini GEL, Gemini Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: artists, candid photography, Gemini GEL, Gemini Ltd, Kenneth Tyler, Koken barber chair, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Insiders: a printer’s perspective – Anthony Kirk

July 31, 2015 by tylercollection

Anthony Kirk was head of the etching department at Tyler Graphics from 1988 until 2000. Here, Kirk reflects on his experiences at TGL

Categories: Behind-the-scenes, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Anthony Kirk, aquatint, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, etching, Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, intaglio, Joan Mitchell, John Walker, Kenneth Tyler, master printer, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Vale William Crutchfield (1932–2015)

June 24, 2015 by tylercollection

As a close friend, I’ve been exceptionally fortunate to have known Bill for fifty two years. We collaborated on various print and sculptural projects from 1963 to 2000. He was a talented artist, excelling as a draftsman, sculptor and printmaker.

Categories: Artists • Tags: artist, Garo Antreasian, Gemini GEL, Gemini Ltd, industry, John Herron School of Art, Kenneth Tyler, lithograph, Los Angeles, printmaking, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Tyler Graphics Ltd, William Crutchfield

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ARTIST IN FOCUS: Robert Zakanitch

June 2, 2015 by tylercollection

Robert Zakanitch – a key exponent of the 1970s Pattern and Decoration movement – arrived at Tyler Graphics in 1979 with little printmaking experience. Despite this, by 1981 he had produced six editions and two large series of unique paper pulp works featuring floral motifs and curvilinear forms in vibrant colours.

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: candid photography, Kenneth Tyler, Ornamentation, paper pulp, papermaking, Robert Zakanitch

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Happy Easter!

April 5, 2015 by tylercollection

For many, Easter conjures up memories of early morning egg hunts and gorging on chocolate. To celebrate we thought we’d share these charming Polaroids from the Kenneth Tyler Photographic Collection which show the Tyler Graphics team and their children mid-hunt on a sunny morning in 1986.

Categories: Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: candid photography, Easter, Printers, Staff

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Japan’s Center for Contemporary Graphic Art turns 20

April 1, 2015 by tylercollection

This month the Center for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Graphics Archive Collection (CCGA and TGAC) celebrates its 20th anniversary. Located in the Japanese city of Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, the CCGA is an exhibition, study, and storage facility which houses a collection of more than 100,000 items.

Categories: Galleries • Tags: CCGA, John Newman, Kenneth Tyler, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Sid Avery: stars on camera

February 25, 2015 by tylercollection

The 1976 documentary film Reaching out: Ken Tyler, master printer takes viewers into renowned print workshop Gemini GEL, Los Angeles, providing us with behind-the-scenes footage of master printer Ken Tyler at work with Roy Lichtenstein and David Hockney.

Categories: Gemini GEL • Tags: David Hockney, Documentary, Gemini GEL, Kenneth Tyler, Lee Tirce, Michael Crichton, Roy Lichtenstein, Sid Avery

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In with the new

January 14, 2015 by tylercollection

Happy New Year!! We hope you’ve all had a fantastic, restorative break with family and friends and are looking forward to 2015 as much as we are. In the spirit of new beginnings, today we celebrate the 28th anniversary of the opening of the Tyler Graphics workshop and gallery at Mount Kisco, New York in 1987. Featuring a custom-built paper mill, gallery space, artist studio and press room, the new facilities paved the way for projects of unprecedented scale and […]

Categories: Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: anniversary, Helen Frankenthaler, James Rosenquist, Kenneth Tyler, Mount Kisco, opening, PARTY, printmaking, prints, Robert Motherwell, Steven Sorman, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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