Joe Tilson, RA
Stele for James Joyce, 1972
Wood and iron
60 x 15 x 15 cm
Edition of 10
Signed and dated underneath
Photo Certificate by the Artist dated 2013
Photo Certificate by the Artist dated 2013
'This work is one small manifestation of my interests at that time. If it is related to work by other artists, I would say that it is closer in spirit...
"This work is one small manifestation of my interests at that time. If it is related to work by other artists, I would say that it is closer in spirit to Arte Povera than to Pop Art. I was predominantly using wood, as I had done throughout my previous artistic practice and the repetition of the word 'Yes' reflects my interest in the Mantra in history rather than in Pop Art serial imagery repetition such as you find in Warhol. It also, as the title suggests, refers to the famous 'Yes' of Molly Bloom and as such reflects my admiration for James Joyce."
Joe Tilson
Joe Tilson
Provenance
Private collection, Italy.Exhibitions
2016, Pop Art Heroes: Pop, Pin-Ups & Politics, Whitford Fine Art, London.
Literature
Joe Tilson, exhibition catalogue, with introduction by Arturo Carlo QUINTAVALLE and interview with Joe Tilson, Istituto di Storia dell'Arte, Parma , Dec. 1974 - Jan. 1975, p. 45, ill. p.12; Michael COMPTON and Marco LIVINGSTONE. Tilson. Milan, London and New York, 1992, large version of Stele for James Joyce (1972) ill. p.80; Pop Art Heroes Britain, exhibition catalogue, Whitford Fine Art, London, 2016, cat. no. 33, ill.
