Stalking Eduardo Paolozzi
Stalking the famous sculptor around London. For the original feature, visit Londonist. http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/11/londonist_stalk.php Who? You might enquire. Not everyone will have heard of Paolozzi, but virtually all Londoners will have seen his work. His splendid mosaics at Tottenham Court Road Tube are the only reason to go anywhere near that dismal and overcrowded station. If you want some background, check out Wikipedia. We’re more concerned here with what he left to London. Suffice it to say that Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a Scottish artist (obviously of Italian descent) with some claim to the invention of Pop Art. His later work, and the majority of his publicly displayed London art, took the form of metal sculptures, often combining organic and mechanical elements. Again, you’ve probably seen several of these before, but never linked them as being from the same artist. Well, that’s where we come in…