Durham display for pop art prince Paolozzi





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AN EXHIBITION of work by a pop art pioneer will is to visit the region.
General Dynamic F.U.N. features 50 screenprints and photolithographs created by the late Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi between 1965 and 1970.
Paolozzi was a compulsive collector and enjoyed turning the mundane, derelict and mass-produced into complex graphic images.
His friend JG Ballard described the series as ‘a unique guidebook to the electric garden of our minds’.
General Dynamic F.U.N., a Hayward Touring exhibition from the Southbank Centre, London, will be at the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery from Saturday, January 31, to Friday, April 10.
The Durham City venue is open 10.30am to 4pm Wednesday to Saturday during school terms and 10.30am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday during school holidays.
Entry costs £4 for adults, £3 for concessions and £2 for children aged four to 16.
For more information, visit dlidurham.org.uk or call 03000-266-590.