The Silk World of Michelangelo

The Tate Gallery, London (the UK).

Screen printing.

In the 1960s, Eduardo Paolozzi was interested in the technology of screen printing, which was actively used by American Pop art artists. He created a series of works in this technique; one of them named “The Silk World of Michelangelo” tells about the relationship between history and modernity, as well as between high art and modern advertising. To express his idea, the artist used two different images – Disney’s mouse Mickey Mouse and the sculptural head of David Michelangelo. The contrast between these characters originating from absolutely different places and times is enhanced by the colour scheme, which becomes very dark in the area with the image of the head.