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Sculptures

Commissioned by the Contemporary Art Society when the plaster version was shown at the ICA in 1950/51. Presented by the Contemporary Art Society to the Tate Gallery in 1958.

Forms on a Bow 1949

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• 'Every year between the ages of nine and fifteen, I'd go from Edinburgh to Milan, changing trains in London then in Paris. I'd always loved drawing engines, usually copying cigarette cards our shop's customers gave me.' This comment by Eduardo Paolozzi in a recent article by Frank Whitford gives a flavour of the sort of childhood memories that may have contributed to his vision as an artist. The idea of a mobile sculpture is compelling, and the fact that this piece is actually engineered to fit on railway lines indicates that it might well be displayed in a siding in Euston or Newcastle, or in Leith, Paolozzi's home town.

• This flat wagon is piled high with sculptural fragments of a dismembered figure - massive hands, head and feet are typical images from the store of Paolozzi's mechanistic figures which are here with other items in organised chaos. He is reported in an article in The Times magazine as saying: 'Sculpture doesn't live near nature, it's an urban thing, so even if you don't like sculpture you might see something like this parked in a siding of a railway... People might see it on the way to work, and because this is figurative, people will recognise that it's not the usual load. If it's put in a railway siding, it's stuck under your nose for the ordinary commuter who might not go to sculpture parks - they can't miss it. It's a way of making sculpture more accessible.'

• When London to Paris rests briefly at Sculpture at Goodwood - that sylvan setting in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - something of urban society is attached to nature. Eduardo Paolozzi is renowned for combining unlikely components, even opposites, in his work, and with London to Paris he has done so on a monumental scale

London- Paris (wood) 2000

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In 1950 Paolozzi discovered an illustration in the National Geographical Magazine of a wooden head in sections made by American scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was a model for testing the radiation caused by X-ray beams upon the human skull. Inspired by the Surrealists’ interest in uncanny medical imagery, and by the model’s mechanical appearance, Paolozzi copied the shape into a series of bronze heads. Despite its comical name, this humanoid bust represents the dehumanising effects of science, and the pose recalls effigies of ancient martyrs.

Mr. Cruikshank  1950

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2. March 7,1924 -- April 22, 2005. Scottish-born Italian sculptor, collagist, printmaker and film-maker.

3. One of the founders of the 1950s British Pop Art movement.

British Pop Art emerged in the mid 1950s. Pop Art focused on everyday objects rendered through an adoption of commercial art techniques. Images and ideas were based upon “popular culture” such as comic books, movies, advertisements and especially television.

Eduardo used images of contemporary consumer items to create collage prints that could be mass-produced and sold at affordable prices. He thought of pop art as a way to bring art to the people, as well as a way to celebrate everyday life through art. These collages are mainly made from magazines given to Paolozzi by American ex-servicemen.

4.Ten Collages of BUNK!

Concepts: Emotions, Groups/Movements, Objects, People, Symbols, Society

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Source : ) Devin Ruys Period 2• http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2006-Le-Ra/Paolozzi-Eduardo.html

• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article384305.ece

• http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1738&page=1

• http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=21227&searchid=9519 (Dr. Pepper)

• http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=11336&searchid=9519 (Forms of a Bow)

• http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=11360&searchid=9519 (Mr. Cruikshank; Sculpture)

• http://www.independentgroup.org.uk/contributors/paolozzi/index.html

• http://www.culturekiosque.com/travel/item1578.htm

• http://www.sculpture.org.uk/work/000000100156/