[no title] 1962

Curator: We're looking at an untitled work by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. Editor: It's a script, really, with an urgent, almost manic energy in its lines. Curator: Yes, the text is central. Note how Paolozzi uses phrases like "dreadful symmetry" and "trapped light". The composition is defined by this textual structure. Editor: The phrase "Picture of a sculpture" suggests the artist is chasing after something, a memory perhaps? The themes of antagonism and memory are compelling. Curator: Precisely. Paolozzi is exploring the semiotics of form through language. The words, their arrangement, create a visual architecture. Editor: For me, it’s more about how these word-images conjure a whole world of lost, monumental forms and the emotions attached to them. Curator: I see Paolozzi’s breakdown of form. Editor: I am taken with lost history.