Screenprint on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/tim-mara-1573" aria-label="More by Tim Mara" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Tim Mara</a>
Power Cuts Imminent
Presented by Anderson O'Day 1976
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
chair
couch
electrical appliances
elevator
features
fine arts and music
furnishings
heating and lighting
interior - non-specific
interiors
legs crossed
light / lamp
man
objects
people
picture
projector
public and municipal
sitting
television
woman
<p>Tim Mara was born in Dublin and studied art at Epsom, Wolverhampton and the Royal College of Art. He was Professor of Printmaking at the Royal College from 1991 until his death. He had his first solo show of prints in 1974 and the screenprints he made in the 1970s reveal his interest in cluttered domestic interiors and a sense of narrative. Technically his prints are very dense and complex, often with as many as fifty or sixty separately printed colours. He did not wish to be thought of as a Pop artist and said that his heroes were the painters Piero della Francesca, Velasquez and Vermeer. 'I like the constancy of life, like Shakespeare in modern dress.'</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print screenprint
8 February 2013 – 2 February 2014
2014-02-02
8 February 2013 – 12 May 2013
2013-05-12
2013-02-08
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
13 June 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-06-13
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
http://www.schirn.de
18 October 2013 – 2 February 2014
2014-02-02
2013-10-18
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz (Linz, Austria)
http://www.lentos.at/en/
2013-02-08
Glam! The Performance of Style
Exhibition
8 February 2013 – 2 February 2014
2014-02-02
1 June 2013 – 30 September 2013
2013-09-30
2013-06-01
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
http://www.schirn.de
1 October 2013 – 2 February 2014
2014-02-02
2013-10-01
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz (Linz, Austria)
http://www.lentos.at/en/
2013-02-08
Glam!
Loan-out
Power Cuts Imminent
image: 772 × 768 mm
Presented by Anderson O'Day 1976
<p>Tim Mara was born in Dublin and studied art at  Epsom, Wolverhampton and the Royal College of Art.  He was Professor 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/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>Printmaking</span></a> at the Royal  College from 1991 until his death. He had his  first solo show of prints in 1974 and 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/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprints</span></a> he made in the 1970s reveal his  interest in cluttered domestic interiors and a  sense 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/n/narrative" title="Glossary definition for 'Narrative'"><span>narrative</span></a>. Technically his prints are  very dense and complex, often with as many as  fifty or sixty separately printed colours. He did  not wish to be thought of as 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/p/pop-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Pop art'"><span>Pop artist</span></a> and said  that his heroes were the painters Piero della  Francesca, Velasquez and Vermeer. 'I like the  constancy of life, like Shakespeare in modern  dress.'<br/></p>
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture chair couch electrical appliances elevator features fine arts and music furnishings heating and lighting interior - non-specific interiors legs crossed light / lamp man objects people picture projector public and municipal sitting television woman