The Art of Collaboration: The Big Americans

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This book recognizes the achievements of master printer Kenneth Tyler who has worked with some of the greatest artists of recent times. The success of the collaboration between Tyler and key artists on the American art scene is manifestly evident in the National Gallery of Australia’s collection of editioned original prints, screens, paper works, illustrated books and multiples, along with rare and unique proofs and drawings produced at Tyler’s workshops. The collection documents an extraordinary story of artist and printer collaboration in postwar America. Artists Josef Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella have produced some of their finest works in a workshop atmosphere that celebrates creativity. For Ken Tyler, collaboration engages both heart and mind; it inspires innovation, response, and reaction, the printer has to be like a chameleon, changing in disposition and approach to suit a particular artist’s needs.


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Master printmaker Kenneth Tyler's name doesn't appear in the bibliographic information for this book, but it is his work that is showcased; more specifically, it is his work with artists Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, and Frank Stella. Tyler's collaboration with these artists is documented in text, photos of artists at work, and representative artworks. The extraordinary collection featured here is housed at the National Gallery of Australia (where author Jane Kinsman is a curator) and comprises works created at Tyler's workshops in Los Angeles and New York, beginning in the 1960s. Distribution in the US is by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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