Tag: Kenneth Tyler

Page turners: artists’ books

December 5, 2014 by tylercollection

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

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Robert Motherwell: Elegies

August 22, 2014 by tylercollection

Of all the works in Robert Motherwell’s oeuvre, no series is so consistent in its exploration of a singular motif, so instantly recognisable, so deep in the artist’s character, as the Elegies. Constructed of ovoid forms balanced between vertical rectangles, a ‘massing of black against white’, the elegy motif first emerged in 1948 in an ink drawing illuminating a poem by Harold Rosenberg, the ‘brutality and aggression’ of which Motherwell hoped to give visual expression. The abstract forms resonated with […]

Categories: Artists, Exhibitions, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, exhibitions, Kenneth Tyler, lithograph, lithography, National Gallery of Australia, paper pulp, poetry, printmaking, prints, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Installing ‘Robert Motherwell: At five in the afternoon’

July 9, 2014 by tylercollection

This week we’ve been busy installing Robert Motherwell: At five in the afternoon, which opens on Saturday. It has been wonderful to see the show come together – from wall colours to framing to lighting – after months of preparation. Thank you to everyone who has made the exhibition possible, it really is a team effort. In the coming months we will look more in-depth at the artist and the works on display, so keep an eye out. Here are some behind-the-scenes shots […]

Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Exhibitions • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, Collage, etching, exhibitions, Installation, Kenneth Tyler, lithography, National Gallery of Australia, paper pulp, printmaking, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics Ltd

Insiders: a printer’s perspective – John Hutcheson

May 15, 2014 by tylercollection

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

The prints of Anni Albers: line involvements

April 17, 2014 by tylercollection

Julia Greenstreet, Curatorial Assistant, Kenneth Tyler Collection, reflects on the prints of Anni Albers – one of the 20th century’s most influential textile artists and a brilliant printmaker. Anni Albers (1899 – 1994) began her career as a weaver and only turned to printmaking when she was in her sixties. At the core of both her textiles and prints are a set of fundamental principles established during her years at the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop which guide her creative process […]

Categories: Artists, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Anni Albers, aquatint, Bauhaus, etching, Gemini GEL, Josef Albers, Kenneth Tyler, lithograph, lithography, National Gallery of Australia, printmaking, prints, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, textiles, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics Ltd, weaving

Direct from the source: Ken Tyler on Roy Lichtenstein

February 19, 2014 by tylercollection

Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix may have shut its doors but for those interested in the Pop master and his working methods, there’s more! Ken Tyler and Marabeth Cohen-Tyler’s visit to the National Gallery of Australia in July last year presented a significant opportunity to learn more about Roy Lichtenstein and his print projects direct from Tyler, the master printer with whom he had a long and fruitful collaboration. Video and audio content captured during this visit is now available on […]

Categories: Artists • Tags: exhibitions, Gemini GEL, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, Pop art, printmaking, prints, Roy Lichtenstein, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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Happy New Year!

January 15, 2014 by tylercollection

We can hardly believe that 2014 has arrived! Team Tyler had a wonderfully busy, productive year in 2013. Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix travelled to the red centre of Australia, opening at Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs in April. In an emphatic end to its successful national tour, the exhibition returned to the National Gallery of Australia in July, where it has been on display since. The opening night – a buzzing, Pop-inspired party with vodka POPtails, WHAAM burgers, and Ray […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Anthony Caro, Araluen Arts Centre, David Hockney, Happy New Year, Impact International Printmaking Conference, Kenneth Tyler, Megalo, National Gallery of Australia, prints, Roy Lichtenstein, Sam Amato

Anthony Caro, 1924-2013

October 25, 2013 by tylercollection

It is with regret that we report the death of Anthony Caro, who passed away on October 23 at the age of 89. Caro was one of the great modernist sculptors; an artist whose explorations of space, form and materials continued throughout his distinguished career. Caro was best known for his abstract sculptures in steel and other metals. Duccio variations no.7 – a generous donation to the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia by Ken and Marabeth Tyler […]

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Anthony Caro, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery London, National Gallery of Australia, paper pulp, printmaking, prints, sculptor, sculpture, Tyler Graphics Ltd

Remembering Walasse Ting

August 28, 2013 by tylercollection

In 1964 Roy Lichtenstein was joined by 27 of his contemporaries in contributing lithographic illustrations to One Cent Life, a volume of poems by Walasse Ting. Visitors to Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix have the rare opportunity to view sections of this significant publication, in which Ting’s ‘raunchy Pidgin English’[1] is united with the work of key artists including Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg. Ting, a Chinese-American poet, printer and painter, produced several illustrated portfolios over the […]

Categories: Artists, Uncategorized • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Joan Mitchell, Kenneth Tyler, lithograph, lithography, National Gallery of Australia, One Cent Life, poetry, Pop art, prints, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Sam Francis, Tamarind, Tyler Collection, Walasse Ting

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Lichtenstein opening party

August 12, 2013 by tylercollection

After weeks of anticipation, Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix opened at the National Gallery of Australia with a BANG! (or should we say POP!?) on 19 July. Ken Tyler opened the exhibition with a quirky speech channelling Walasse Ting’s poetry, while NGA Director Ron Radford cheekily drew our attention to the catalogue’s centrefold of the gorgeous Nude with yellow pillow. Vodka POPtails were flowing as guests jumped into a photo booth to create their own Lichtenstein mashups, with props such as […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: CELEBRATION, exhibitions, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, PARTY, PERFORMANCE ART, Roy Lichtenstein, Tyler Collection

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‘Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix’ media launch

July 22, 2013 by tylercollection

Media and staff gathered last Friday at the National Gallery of Australia for the media preview of ‘Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix’, which opened to the public on Saturday 20 July. The excitement was palpable as Ken Tyler– who travelled to Canberra specially to open the show–recounted some of his unique experiences of working with Roy Lichtenstein. Thank you to both Ken and Marabeth Tyler for making the long trip from the U.S. to be here. Marabeth Cohen-Tyler, NGA Director Ron […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ABC NEWS, exhibitions, Kenneth Tyler, MEDIA, National Gallery of Australia, printmaking, Roy Lichtenstein, Tyler Collection

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Frank Stella: Recent work

June 7, 2013 by tylercollection

Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm June 4 – July 5 2013 http://www.wetterlinggallery.com/ On June 4 the Wetterling Gallery in Stockholm opened a new exhibition of Frank Stella’s recent sculptures. The large brightly coloured works are a continuation of the Scarlatti Sonata Kilpatric series that Stella began in 2006, which explores the dynamic sense of movement achieved in music. You can read more about the sculptures and the exhibition here: http://www.wetterlinggallery.com/exhibitions/frank-stella-recent-work Ken and Marabeth Tyler joined Stella in Stockholm for the opening of the exhibition, and took the […]

Categories: Artists, Exhibitions, Galleries, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: exhibitions, Frank Stella, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, Per Inge Bjørlo, Tyler Graphics Ltd, Wetterling Gallery

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Kenneth Tyler honoured at IPCNY

May 24, 2013 by tylercollection

Each year the International Print Center New York (IPCNY), an institution ‘dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of fine art prints’ holds a spring benefit honouring luminaries of the print world. This year art writer Faye Hirsch, artist Robert Mangold and master-printer Ken Tyler were the honourees celebrated at a function on May 15. Frank Stella, Tyler’s long-time friend and collaborator, presented Tyler with his award and gave a presentation discussing Tyler’s unique printmaking career. These images were taken during the […]

Categories: Artists, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Frank Stella, International Print Center, International Sculpture Center, Kenneth Tyler, Liam Alexander, New York

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Behind the scenes: treatment of Robert Motherwell’s ‘El negro’

March 28, 2013 by tylercollection

Robert Motherwell’s El negro recently made a trip to the National Gallery of Australia’s paper conservation department for some preventative treatment. We paid a visit to conservator Fiona Kemp to bring you these special behind-the-scenes shots of conservation in action! You can read more about the making of El negro in the Tyler Graphics Ltd. print documentation here: http://nga.gov.au/internationalprints/tyler/pamphlets/TylerTGL/MotherwellNegro.pdf For more information on Motherwell and his work with Tyler, visit our website: http://nga.gov.au/internationalprints/tyler/DEFAULT.cfm?MnuID=2&ArtistIRN=22859&List=True

Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, conservation, El negro, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, Raphael Alberti, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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