Eduardo Paolozzi, Whitechapel Gallery

British artist Pop Art's godfather, the late, inimitable Eduardo Paulozzi brings his brutalist sculptures and revolutionary screenprints to Whitechapel

Eduardo Paolozzi, Wittgenstein in New York (from the series As is When), 1965 (detail) Courtesy Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: GMA 4366 K © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, licensed by DACS
British artist Eduardo Paolozzi is often called the 'godfather of Pop Art'. In fact he was much more than that - Paolozzi was one of the most iconoclastic and visionary artists of the 20th century. His experimental impulse never left him, from his Surrealist sculptures of the '40s to his Swinging Sixties geometrical prints and late relief works. Come and discover the work of a British master at the Whitechapel next year.

Paolozzi's work is wildly diverse: over a five decade career he mastered pottery, screen-prints, tapestries, paintings and sculptures. This Whitechapel show spans five decades and features more than 250 works. We'll encounter the artist’s radical explorations of material and form, processes and technologies, and consistent rejection of aesthetic convention throughout his career.


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What Eduardo Paolozzi, Whitechapel Gallery
Where Whitechapel Gallery, 72-78 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX | MAP
Nearest tube Whitechapel (underground)
When 16 Feb 17 – 14 May 17, Monday Closed, Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm, Thursday 9pm Late Opening
Price £13.50 / £11.95 (without Gift Aid). Free for Members
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