His earliest work was print-making; Tilson would craft unique prints on which he would paint directly, adding a handmade quality - he would often blur the lines between two and three-dimensional space, as evident in his Bela Lugosi Journal piece.
« I think it's a mistake for painters or poets to get too involved in politics, any more than it makes sense for them to get swept up in being fashionable. »
Joe Tilson
Later in his career, Tilson began to widen his range of materials to include rope, straw and stone, all of which he used as a means to escape the constraints of time and culture by making use of pre-classical motifs for which he is now widely recognised. (
Artist website)
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His earliest work was print-making; Tilson would craft unique prints on which he would paint directly, adding a handmade quality - he would often blur the lines between two and three-dimensional space, as evident in his Bela Lugosi Journal piece.
« I think it's a mistake for painters or poets to get too involved in politics, any more than it makes sense for them to get swept up in being fashionable. »
Joe Tilson
Later in his career, Tilson began to widen his range of materials to include rope, straw and stone, all of which he used as a means to escape the constraints of time and culture by making use of pre-classical motifs for which he is now widely recognised. (
Artist website)
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