Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Rose and Chris Prater
Collection
As Is When
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-eduardo-paolozzi-1738" aria-label="More by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Eduardo Paolozzi</a>
Poster
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
abstraction
colour
education, science and learning
geometric
inscriptions
name of artist
non-representational
philosophy, Wittgenstein
society
symbols and personifications
title of work
<p>Paolozzi learnt screenprinting in 1950 at the London College of Printing. But it was not until 1964 that he set about making a major suite of images in this medium. 'As Is When' was based on the life and writings of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Paolozzi had been impressed by a biography of Wittgenstein he had been reading, and some of the prints incorporate passages from the text. Others use quotations from Wittgenstein's own writings. These written elements were combined with photographically transposed fragments of collage taken from Paolozzi's extensive collection of clippings and other printed material. Many of the prints developed as richly patterned abstractions but a number contain specific references to events in Wittgenstein's life.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print screenprint
Poster
image: 830 × 511 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999979" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Rose and Chris Prater</a> through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
<p>Paolozzi learnt <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>screenprinting</span></a> in 1950 at the  London College of Printing. But it was not until  1964 that he set about making a major suite of  images in this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>medium</span></a>. 'As Is When' was based on  the life and writings of the Austrian philosopher  Ludwig Wittgenstein. Paolozzi had been impressed  by a biography of Wittgenstein he had been  reading, and some of the <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> incorporate  passages from the text. Others use quotations from  Wittgenstein's own writings. These written  elements were combined with photographically  transposed fragments of <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> taken from  Paolozzi's extensive collection of clippings and  other printed material. Many of the prints  developed as richly patterned <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstractions</span></a> but a  number contain specific references to events in  Wittgenstein's life.</p>
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