Tag: printmaking

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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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: collage

September 15, 2014 by tylercollection

Collage was a Surrealist inspired art practice adopted by Motherwell. Originally invented by Cubist artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, collage combines different visual elements together to create multi-faceted compositions. Motherwell first made collages with Jackson Pollock for a 1943 exhibition, and later compared the process to creating a personal journal: Collage somehow came to be my joy, and has been ever since. Also it has another function: sometimes I get stuck in painting … and often, after […]

Categories: Artists, Exhibitions • Tags: Braque, Collage, Picasso, printmaking, prints, Robert Motherwell, Surrealism

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Robert Motherwell: Elegies

August 22, 2014 by tylercollection

A look at Motherwell’s continued use of a single motif

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

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

‘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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New look Tyler Collection website

August 23, 2012 by tylercollection

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

In memory of Robert Hughes, 1938 – 2012

August 8, 2012 by tylercollection

The International Print collection at the National Gallery of Australia has a special, historic connection to Robert Hughes. In 1973 – almost a decade before the Gallery opened its doors to the public – Hughes alerted then director James Mollison to the fact that master-printer Kenneth Tyler was looking to sell his collection of printers’ proofs. Tyler, who set up the Gemini GEL workshop in Los Angeles, had decided to move to the east coast and was looking for a […]

Categories: Gemini GEL • Tags: Gemini GEL, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, printmaking, prints, Robert Hughes

Pay attention

July 17, 2012 by tylercollection

Bruce Nauman, Pay attention, 1973 Unlikely as it may seem, a work from the Tyler collection of post-war American prints is hung at the entrance to unDisclosed the second National Indigenous Art Triennial here at the National Gallery of Australia. The lithograph, emblazoned with words ‘PAY ATTENTION MOTHER FUCKERS’ printed in reverse, certainly catches our attention: but what is it doing here, as we enter an exhibition of contemporary art by some of the country’s leading Indigenous artists? Bruce Nauman’s […]

Categories: Artists, Exhibitions, Gemini GEL • Tags: arts, Bruce Nauman, National Gallery of Australia, National Indigenous Art Triennial, printmaking, Tony Albert, unDisclosed

Helen Frankenthaler and Kenneth Tyler: a 25 year collaboration

February 21, 2012 by tylercollection

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

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