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Let A Hundred Flowers Blossom in Tiananmen Square

Print
2011 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Antonio Claudio Carvalho (born Brazil; lives UK) is best known as a painter and a poet, but is increasingly focused on printmaking – particularly screen printing.This print is an artist's book which takes the form of a single concertina-folded sheet, printed with a poem by Carvalho. The poem was written in situ during the artist's first visit to China, and references such icons of poetry such as Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg and Frank O'Hara. The poem is presented as a sequence of images referencing the titles of important influential poems and poetry books, with an emphasis on radical literature and protest. These iconic titles are presented like newspaper sellers’ placards, suggesting an immediacy and urgency in the message which poetry can carry in a political context. This is the first of twelve artists’ books which responds to the Saison Poetry Library’s collection as part of Art on Poetry at The South Bank, London.


Object details

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Object type
TitleLet A Hundred Flowers Blossom in Tiananmen Square (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint on paper, folded
Brief description
Print, 'Let A Hundred Flowers Blossom in Tiananmen Square', by Antonio Claudio Carvalho, Belguim, 2011.
Physical description
Folded sheet printed in black on white with images of newstand placards with names of poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Frank O'Hara.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.2cm (folded)
  • Width: 27.2cm (Folded)
Unfoldedm width = 109 cm
Copy number
20/100
Marks and inscriptions
Antonio Claudio Carvalho 2011 20/100
Translation
Signature; date; edition number. All in pencil.
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subject depicted
Summary
Antonio Claudio Carvalho (born Brazil; lives UK) is best known as a painter and a poet, but is increasingly focused on printmaking – particularly screen printing.This print is an artist's book which takes the form of a single concertina-folded sheet, printed with a poem by Carvalho. The poem was written in situ during the artist's first visit to China, and references such icons of poetry such as Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg and Frank O'Hara. The poem is presented as a sequence of images referencing the titles of important influential poems and poetry books, with an emphasis on radical literature and protest. These iconic titles are presented like newspaper sellers’ placards, suggesting an immediacy and urgency in the message which poetry can carry in a political context. This is the first of twelve artists’ books which responds to the Saison Poetry Library’s collection as part of Art on Poetry at The South Bank, London.
Collection
Accession number
E.453-2011

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Record createdDecember 5, 2011
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