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Description: | The Tube has fascinated Timothy Morrison since his childhood. He says it was 'just about the most exciting thing you could do in London, and now almost symbolises for me the quintessential London'.
Morrison regularly drew the Underground during the 1980s and 90s. He would position himself on the Leicester Square platform at rush hour, armed with a pot of ink, a brush and a sketchbook. Each sketch took about half an hour. From these drawings and from memory, Morrison completed a series of black and white monoprints.
The monoprint technique is an unusual one. Oil-based paint or ink is painted directly onto the polished surface of an etching plate. The plate and a piece of paper are then put through a printing press. Because of the pressure, the paper picks up subtle washes and marks in a way unique to monoprint. Because of the process, only one print can be made. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Tim Morrison | Subjects: | Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | 1987 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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