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Description: | Signed "Eduardo Paolozzi" and inscribed with name of caster: "R WATSON MAKER" CRE PAOLOZZI, Eduardo, Sir; (Scottish; 1924-2005) Two bas-relief cast aluminium doors commissioned for the main entrance of the gallery, officially opened in 1980 (doors were finally finished and installed April 1981).
The idea for these doors came form Paolozzi himself during a discussion in 1974 with Whitfield Partners, architects of the building. There are two main sources for the motifs employed in the reliefs: Paolozzi's interest in machine parts, often quite abstracted, and mechanical images in general as a symbol of the age; and his activities as a collage screenprint designer. The low reliefs have a syncopated rythm that consciously approaches that of contmeporary music by composers such as the American, Charles Ives. Groups of squares run through the composition. This motif is highly appropriate for the building that houses the greatest collection of the designs of the architect and designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who favoured the chequer motif. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ABSTRACT : GEOMETRY : DOORS : RWATSONMAKER : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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