Etching and aquatint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Rose and Chris Prater
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Tembi
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1980
abstraction
colour
geometric
gestural
non-representational
paper print etching aquatint
Tembi
image: 546 × 692 mm
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<p><b>P05551</b> TEMBI 1980
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<br/>Inscribed ‘John Hoyland 1980’ bottom right and ‘P/P’
<br/>Etching and aquatint, printed at Kelpra Studio, published by Waddington Graphics in an edition of 60, 21 1/2×27 1/4 (54.5×69.2)
<br/>Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1980
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<br/>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/hoyland-anking-p07513" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07513</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/hoyland-dido-p07514" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07514</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/hoyland-memphis-p05549" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P05549</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/hoyland-rankin-p05550" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P05550</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/hoyland-tembi-p05551" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P05551</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/hoyland-vigil-p05567" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P05567</span></a>]<b> </b> manifest Hoyland's desire to use 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/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etching</span></a> process as a colouristic rather than linear <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>. Working directly into a soft or hard ground with a brush loaded with white spirit, he has produced contrasting scumbled and opaque areas in a manner closely resembling his <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/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of the same period. The fresh colour and the lively surface of a work such as ‘Anking’ [P07513<b>]</b> result from the manipulation 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/a/aquatint" title="Glossary definition for 'Aquatint'"><span>aquatint</span></a> and the bleeding of inks. Hoyland has encouraged the formation of drip marks and other accidental markings conferring upon the printmaking medium characteristics normally associated with his <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. Because these only become apparent in proofing, the final decisions concerning the conception as well as the executing of the image are often made at a later stage.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction colour geometric gestural non-representational