Screenprint on paper
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Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/janez-bernik-745" aria-label="More by Janez Bernik" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Janez Bernik</a>
Purchased 1981
abstraction
artist’s notes
inscriptions
irregular forms
non-representational
symbols and personifications
paper print screenprint
Untitled
image: 496 × 698 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07584</b> UNTITLED 1978</p>
<p>
<br/>Inscribed ‘Bernik’ bottom right and ‘1978’ and ‘II/XXX’</p>
<p>Screenprint, printed and published by the artist, 19 1/2×27 1/2 (49.6×69.8)
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>The writing on both these <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bernik-untitled-p07584" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07584</span></a>- <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bernik-untitled-8-p02548" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02548</span></a>] evokes old manuscripts; it is mysterious and illegible. Bernik's expressive calligraphy and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gestural" title="Glossary definition for 'Gestural'"><span>gestural</span></a> colour marks are reminiscent of the work of Antoni Tàpies. He has used <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprinted</span></a> colour to convey fragile <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/collage" title="Glossary definition for 'Collage'"><span>collage</span></a>.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction artist’s notes inscriptions irregular forms non-representational symbols and personifications