Dimensions: image: 794 x 533 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Patrick Caulfield. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: Patrick Caulfield's "Lung Ch’uan Ware and Black Lamp" presents such stark shapes. The black seems to consume everything, yet the objects retain a delicate balance. What symbols do you see at play here? Curator: The silhouettes themselves act as symbols. The vase, emptied of detail, becomes an emblem of classical beauty, a cultural echo. Do you sense a tension between the flatness and the suggestion of three-dimensionality? Editor: Yes, the contrasting shapes create a visual push and pull. It almost feels like a stage set. Curator: Precisely. Caulfield invites us to consider the performance of images. Aren't we all actors on our own stage, curating our own symbols? Editor: I hadn't thought of it that way. It reframes how I see the painting, and myself. Curator: Indeed. The power of images lies in their ability to reveal, conceal, and ultimately, transform.
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White Ware Prints is a portfolio of eight screenprints made at Advanced Graphics, a fine art print workshop in London. It was published in an edition of forty-five with thirteen proofs of each image by Waddington Graphics, London; Tate’s set is the sixth of the artist’s proofs. Each print is signed by the artist and inscribed ‘AP’ below the lower right corner of the background set in a broad white margin. The initials ‘WG’ are embossed into the corner of each print.
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