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Film launch! Kenneth Tyler: The Art of Collaboration

A photo taken from above of a man operating a hydraulic lithography press

Kenneth Tyler operating his custom-designed hydraulic lithography press during edition printing of Nicholas Krushenick's Fairfax and mustard, GEL workshop, Los Angeles, California, September, 1965. Kenneth E Tyler Collection archive, NGA Study Collection.

The film documents Kenneth Tyler’s life and work from childhood, through his training to become a master printer.


30 November 2016
In The Kenneth Tyler Collection

We are excited to announce that on Saturday afternoon we will be screening our new film ‘Kenneth Tyler: the art of collaboration’ at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra!

The film documents Kenneth Tyler’s life and work from childhood, through his training to become a master printer at Tamarind, and looks in depth at the innovation and collaboration at his workshops over four decades.

The film was produced by CantoMedia and features a host of enlightening new interviews from: Judith Goldman, Print Curator and Art Critic; Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art; Jack Flam, Director Dedalus Foundation; Garo Antreasian, artist, master printer, and Technical Director, Tamarind Lithography Workshop; John Wagner, CEO, Associate Director Tyler Graphics Ltd.; and the late master printer John Hutcheson,  Workshop Manager, Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Before the film Senior Curator Jane Kinsman will be giving an overview of the exhibition Frank Stella: The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection.

Saturday December 3, 2:00pm 

Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)

To learn more visit the Kenneth E. Tyler Collection website.


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