A selection of prints from traditional engravers and Pop artists will go on show at a fantastic new exhibition at Bradford 1 Gallery.
‘Prints from the Collection’ will focus on two main areas: prints from traditional engravers such as Goya, Walter Sickert and William Blake, and Pop Art from the 1970s by Americans Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, and British artists Joe Tilson, Richard Hamilton and Patrick Caulfield.
The exhibition, which draws on Bradford Council’s Museums and Galleries’ extensive collection, will open at Bradford 1 Gallery on Thursday, 8 December and run until Saturday 3 March 2012.
It will be launched with a special introduction to the show and free mono-print workshop, where people can try their hand at making their own print. The drop-in event will be held on Thursday, 8 December from 1.30-3pm.
Highlights of the exhibition include Richard Hamilton’s ‘Release’, a print of the Rolling Stones after their infamous drugs bust in 1968, and Andy Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Hotdog Bean Soup Can’. Two prints based on photographs of wrapped buildings by Christo and Jeanne-Claude will also be on display.
Coun David Green, Executive Member for Culture and Tourism, said: "This exhibition will bring together prints that Bradford Museums and Galleries has been collecting for over a hundred years from some of the undisputed masters in the form, from Goya through to Andy Warhol.
"It will give people the chance to re-appraise the pieces of work and the print medium in general, which had a major impact on the history of art.”
For further information about the opening event, which is suitable for all ages, please contactBradford 1 Gallery on 01274 437800.
Bradford 1 Gallery is located on Centenary Square and is open Tuesday - Friday 11am - 6pm; and Saturday 12noon - 5pm. Entry is free.
