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>
Spirit Snake
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
abstraction
adults
animals: reptiles
body
colour
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
geometric
head / face
inscriptions
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
named individuals
non-representational
pattern
people
philosophy, Wittgenstein
quotation
snake
society
symbols and personifications
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
<p>The life and theories of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein inspired this sequence of screenprints. Each print includes quotations from Wittgenstein''s own writings or passages from a biography. The collages of fragmented images relate to these texts. Paolozzi has described the prints as ''a kind of combined autobiography''. His Italian background led him to identify with Wittgenstein as ''a foreigner in England'', who shared an interest in engineering and a love of cinema. He has also drawn parallels between Wittgenstein''s theories of language and his own artistic practice.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print screenprint
2 November 2001 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
2 November 2001 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
2001-11-02
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2001-11-02
Eduardo Paolozzi
Collection based display
The Spirit of the Snake
image: 787 × 530 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>The life and theories of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein inspired this sequence 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/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprints</span></a>. Each <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>print</span></a> includes quotations from Wittgenstein''s own writings or passages from a biography. 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/c/collage" title="Glossary definition for 'Collage'"><span>collages</span></a> of fragmented images relate to these texts. Paolozzi has described the prints as ''a kind of combined autobiography''. His Italian background led him to identify with Wittgenstein as ''a foreigner in England'', who shared an interest in engineering and a love of cinema. He has also drawn parallels between Wittgenstein''s theories of language and his own artistic practice.
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abstraction adults animals: reptiles body colour education, science and learning emotions, concepts and ideas figure formal qualities from recognisable sources geometric head / face inscriptions literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man named individuals non-representational pattern people philosophy, Wittgenstein quotation snake society symbols and personifications Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig