Eduardo Paolozzi Dies

Scottish sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, a pioneer of Pop Art in Britain, has died aged 81 at a London hospital. He had been confined to a wheelchair since suffering brain damage from a serious illness four years ago. After the war he lived in Paris, where he was influenced by surrealist and avant-garde artists. He brought something of surrealism's anarchic energy to work in a variety of media, including sculpture, ceramics and screen printing. In the 1950s, Paolozzi was an influential member of the London-based Independent Group, forerunner of the English Pop Art movement, and his use of pop-culture sources such as magazines and advertising foresaw much of 1960s art. His many works of public art include murals at Tottenham Court Road subway station in London and a 3.6 metre bronze sculpture of Sir Isaac Newton outside the British Library. For the full story - click the title Irish Art