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The exhibition Metro Art at Velocity presents British artist Eduardo Paolozzi and American designer Lance Wyman, and centers on the works that each artist created for the underground systems of London and Mexico City. |
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Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was one of the most important British artists of the end of the 20th century with an extraordinary eye for cultural details. In the latter part of his life, he was interested in the challenges presented by different production spaces, which led him to work on a significant number of public works including the iconic mosaics in Tottenham Court Road station of London's Underground. |
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As part of the exhibition the public will appreciate some large-scale models directly collaged by the artist. Hand coloured collages, cut-out colour copies and graph-paper pixelations that gave form to his mosaic at London’s Tottenham Court Road Underground station. These sculptural models have been specially restored for this project. Lance Wyman (B.1937, Newark, NJ, EE.UU.) is a graphic designer specializing in events, institutions and transit systems. During the last five decades, his work has helped define the field of environmental graphics. The selection of Wyman's work shows the prolific period that marked his early career in Mexico, with a focus on the design system produced in 1969 for the Mexico City Metro. The exhibition also explores the very influential graphic programme and logo of the 1968 Olympic Games and refers also to his works for the 1970 World Cup. Wyman is the creator of the graphic system of the Mexico City’s Metro, unique at the time for its use of a subjective and symbolic set of icons that functioned as alternatives to written language. The graphic system was pioneer in "wayfinding" and visual communication. His work continues to define the aesthetic limits of urban traffic for the people of Mexico City. Bloomberg L.P. opened its own gallery called Bloomberg SPACE in 2002. It is dedicated to commissioning and exhibiting contemporary art within its European headquarters in London. The programme complements Bloomberg’s existing program of innovative arts sponsorship and further extends the company’s support of a wide range of arts and charity projects throughout Europe and the world.
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Exhibition Metro: Art at Velocity
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