Eduardo Paolozzi, a Leading British Pop Artist, Is Dead
NY Times
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, a father of British Pop Art and a leading sculptor of the postwar era, died in a London hospital on Friday. He was 81.
Sir Eduardo’s death followed a period of decline that began when he suffered a stroke four years ago, said Emily Bishop, director of the New York branch of Flowers, the London gallery that handles his work.
Long before Pop Art emerged in the United States, Sir Eduardo made collages using mass-media images that reflected the impact of commercialism and consumerism on contemporary culture. He went on to create sculptures resembling futuristic and surrealistic machines, satirizing the mechanization of modern life.
