Kreuzberg
About this artwork
This work was made while the artist was living in the Kreuzberg district of West Berlin in the 1970s, and was given an entire floor of a disused garment factory in which to make his large reliefs. Paolozzi was developing a new language of forms – the geometric shapes are inspired by a magazine illustration purporting to show the visual equivalent of a piece of organ music. Starting off in printmaking, his imagery of rhythmic patterns and structures was soon translated into a series of sculptural reliefs. This tall, vertical bronze is made up from five smaller units welded together. It illustrates Paolozzi’s interest in structural repetition as a major subject in the arts, be it in sculpture, printmaking or even in music.
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artist:Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) Scottish
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title:Kreuzberg
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date created:Dated 1974
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:299.00 x 11.50 x 16.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1993
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accession number:GMA 3704
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Eduardo Paolozzi
Of Italian descent, Paolozzi was born in Leith near Edinburgh. He studied in Edinburgh and London and spent two years in Paris from 1947, where he produced enigmatic, bronze sculptures reminiscent of those by Giacometti. During the same period he made a series of dada and surrealist-inspired...