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>
Wittgenstein at Cinema Admires Betty Grable
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
abstraction
aircraft, military
animals: mammals
characters
colour
cultural icon
education, science and learning
figure
film, music and ballet
film: Disney, Walt
from recognisable sources
inscriptions
irregular forms
lifestyle and culture
literature and fiction
Mickey Mouse
mouse
non-representational
philosophy, Wittgenstein
quotation
society
symbols and personifications
transport: air
<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
Wittgenstein at the Cinema Admires Betty Grable
image: 833 × 503 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 aircraft, military animals: mammals characters colour cultural icon education, science and learning figure film: Disney, Walt film, music and ballet from recognisable sources inscriptions irregular forms lifestyle and culture literature and fiction Mickey Mouse mouse non-representational philosophy, Wittgenstein quotation society symbols and personifications transport: air