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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/andrej-jemec-1358" aria-label="More by Andrej Jemec" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Andrej Jemec</a>
Escalation towards Light
Purchased 1981
abstraction
colour
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
irregular forms
light
non-representational
paper print screenprint
Escalation towards Light
image: 597 × 600 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07587</b> ESCALATION TOWARDS LIGHT 1974
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<br/>Inscribed ‘A Jemec 1974’ bottom right and ‘118/150’
<br/>Screenprint, printed and published by the artist, 23 1/2×22 5/8 (59.8×60)
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>These two <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/jemec-escalation-towards-light-p07587" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07587</span></a> and <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/jemec-red-dark-red-p02550" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02550</span></a>] exemplify the change that took place in Jemec's work in the late 1970s, from glowing colour effects on layered sinous forms to more monumental flat colour shapes.</p>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984</p>
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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction colour emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities irregular forms light non-representational