On No Work of Words

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street

Pauline Aitken was born in Bedford. She studied at the Slade School of Art (1962–64), winning the Slade Etching Prize in 1965. She has exhibited in group shows including Young Contemporaries (Royal Academy, 1964) and the Bradford International Print Biennale (1968–69). Her first solo show was held at the Curwen Gallery in London in 1966. Based in Suffolk, Aitken exhibits her work regularly at Jill Bishop Contemporary Art in Halesworth. Her work focuses on forms and ideas based upon botanical and zoological processes. During 2002–2003, she undertook a research residency at the University of Cambridge, where she produced prints based on the study of plant tissue. More recently, also at the University, she has worked in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience on 'Cardio-Active', a project funded by the Wellcome Trust, that explores the form and function of the human heart, in context also with the foxglove plant that has been used since the 18th century for the treatment of some heart conditions.

Places

Subjects

abstract

Materials & Techniques

etching, colour etching

Artist

Pauline Aitken (1943 - )

Title

On No Work of Words

Edition

71/75

Date

1969

Medium

Colour etching

Dimensions

height: 57.0cm, width: 67.5cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, February 1970

Inscription

below image: [left] 71/75 [centre] "Oh no work of words" [right] Pauline Aitken '69

GAC number

8629