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
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
A recent morning spent at a book fair saw me trawling through old exhibition catalogues and artist biographies, emerging an hour later with an armful of pre-loved volumes and a sudden desire to learn more about a different kind of art book – the artists’ book. The focus of much debate over the years, in the context of this post the term is used to signify those books which are made or conceived by artists,[1] and that are ‘dependent upon the […]
Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: artists' books, El negro, Helen Frankenthaler, John Altoon, Kenneth Tyler, lithography, poetry, printmaking, Rafael Alberti, Robert Creeley, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd
As curators we have a tendency to focus on the artwork, the finished product; however this is only ever part of the equation. The technical nature of printmaking often necessitates collaboration and team work in order to successfully execute a print. Indeed, the prodigious output of the Tyler workshops was reliant on the efforts of a dedicated and hard-working team of talented printers and staff, a fact which we have endeavoured to reflect on the Team page of our website. The […]
Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Claes Oldenburg, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, John Hutcheson, Kenneth Noland, Kenneth Tyler, lithography, National Gallery of Australia, papermaking, Per Inge Bjørlo, printmaking, prints, Robert Motherwell, Roy Lichtenstein, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics Ltd
Over the past few months we have been compiling new information for the Gallery’s Kenneth Tyler printmaking collection website, and working to make the site easier to use. The results are now online for you to explore here: http://nga.gov.au/InternationalPrints/Tyler/Default.cfm?MnuID=12 An important addition to the site is the new Tyler Graphics Ltd (TGL) team page, dedicated to the immensely talented group of printers and workshop staff that made the astonishing print projects produced at TGL possible. This page reveals the truly […]
Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: David Hockney, Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, printmaking, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd
The votes are in! You asked for more candid photographs from behind the scenes, so we thought we would begin with an overview of this unique collection. The Tyler candid photography collection contains thousands of rare candid photographs of artists at work in the Tyler workshops, as well as in their own studios. The collection is an invalubale resource for students, teachers, scholars and fans of printmaking, providing a unique insight into the working methods of Tyler and his dedicated workshop […]
Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: candid photography, Facebook, Helen Frankenthaler, James Rosenquist, Josef Albers, Kenneth Tyler, lithograph, Nancy Graves, National Gallery of Australia, Paul Jenkins, Tyler Collection
Kenneth Tyler and Helen Frankenthaler worked together on many print projects in a collaborative relationship that spanned 25 years. Below Ken remembers working with Helen and discusses her approach to printmaking. Helen Frankenthaler’s death on December 27, 2011 is a great loss to the world and, within that, the world of art. She will be remembered for her unshakeable confidence, indefatigable in her creation of abstract images. Helen was both meticulous and experimental in her painting and printmaking, often challenging […]
Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes • Tags: Essence Mulberry, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, printmaking, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd, woodblock
John Chamberlain, 1927-2011 and Helen Frankenthaler, 1928-2011 The closing month of 2011 saw the deaths of two great artists represented in theTyler collection – John Chamberlain on December 21 and Helen Frankenthaler on December 27. During the course of their long careers these two artists made significant contributions to the art world and their loss will be deeply felt. Chamberlain worked with Tyler at Gemini GEL in 1971 to produce a small multiple: Le molé. The basis for this sculpture […]
Categories: 3D Multiples, Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, Helen Frankenthaler, John Chamberlain, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, Tyler Graphics Ltd
