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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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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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The install

April 24, 2012 by tylercollection

The Tyler team spent last week in Victoria installing the Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix exhibition at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG) http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/. Thank you to all the fabulous MPRG staff and volunteers who made the install a breeze! To give you a taste of what’s on the walls, check out the below shot of install week. If you live in the area, make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to see over 80 works by Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein. […]

Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Exhibitions • Tags: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Pop art, Roy Lichtenstein, travelling exhibitions

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Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix

March 20, 2012 by tylercollection

If you live in the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Brisbane in Queensland or Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, the Tyler collection is coming to you! Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix is the latest travelling exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia: http://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/TravEx.cfm Featuring over 80 works by Pop master Roy Lichtenstein, the exhibition traces the development of the artist’s print practice over more than four decades – from the early 1950s to the mid 1990s. The majority of works in […]

Categories: Exhibitions • Tags: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Pop art, Roy Lichtenstein

Behind the scenes: Tyler collection rehang

November 25, 2011 by tylercollection

Because of their sensitivity to light, works on paper displays are changed more frequently than paintings or sculptures. This is great for regular visitors to the National Gallery, as it means added opportunity to see the breadth of the Tyler collection. For an idea of what is involved in changing a gallery display, this month we’re taking a behind-the-scenes tour of an International Prints rehang. Rehanging a gallery is more complex than you might imagine and involves the coordination of […]

Categories: Behind-the-scenes, Exhibitions, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: exhibitions, Jasper Johns, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, Pop art, Richard Serra, Tyler Graphics Ltd

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The quintessence of art collaboration: Richard Hamilton at Tyler Graphics Ltd.

September 26, 2011 by tylercollection

British Pop artist Richard Hamilton died earlier this month, aged eighty-nine. In a career that spanned many decades Hamilton developed his irreverent style in a range of media. He worked with Ken Tyler at Tyler Graphics Ltd. on a series of prints in 1976. To commemorate the life of this legendary artist we asked Ken to reflect on the time he spent working with Richard. His comments are below: “The quintessence of art collaboration was working with Richard Hamilton. Richard arrived at […]

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Art, artist, Kenneth Tyler, Pop art, printmaking, prints, Richard Hamilton, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics

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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

Up the skirt of Oldenburg’s ‘Ice bag – scale B’

November 3, 2010 by tylercollection

Claes Oldenburg is known for his experimentation with prints and multiples in order to produce witty, large scale transformations of everyday objects. Like the other, larger Ice bags that Oldenburg created, Ice bag – scale B (1971) was given life as a kinetic sculpture, mechanically powered from within so that it rises and tilts continually, in a gentle circular motion – almost as if it is breathing. Caring for kinetic sculptures presents unique challenges, especially when they are frequently on display (Ice bag – scale B can be seen in action regularly in the NGA’s Pop […]

Categories: 3D Multiples, Behind-the-scenes, Gemini GEL • Tags: air bag, Claes Oldenburg, conservation, Gemini GEL, kinetic sculpture, National Gallery of Australia, oldenburg, Pop art, preservation, soft sculpture

Beyond Print: Documenting the living history of the National Gallery of Australia's Kenneth Tyler Printmaking Collection

Tag: Pop art

Direct from the source: Ken Tyler on Roy Lichtenstein

Remembering Walasse Ting

The install

Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix

Behind the scenes: Tyler collection rehang

The quintessence of art collaboration: Richard Hamilton at Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Jasper Johns: the ‘Color Numeral’ series

Up the skirt of Oldenburg’s ‘Ice bag – scale B’